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On This Day (August 11th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 11th?
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Last updated: August 11, 2020
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1. 106 – The south-western part of Dacia becomes a Roman province. Where is Dacia ?
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Poland
2. 1786 – Captain Francis Light establishes a British colony in which Asian region ?
Penang, Malaysia
Goa, India
Hong Kong, China
Aden, Yemen
3. 1804 – Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of which nation ?
Italy
Poland
Austria
Spain
4. 1858 – Which European mountain is ascended for the first time ?
Jungfrau
Matterhorn
Elbrus
Eiger
5. 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in which city ?
Chicago, Illinois
Cleveland, Ohio
New York, New York
Baltimore, Maryland
6. 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at which prison ?
Alcatraz
Folsom
Sing Sing
San Quentin
7. 1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for an invention that later becomes the basis for what ?
Surround Sound
Automatic lights
Wi-Fi
Remote control TV
8. 1952 – Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of which nation ?
Jordan
Morocco
Qatar
Oman
9. 1959 – Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens to serve which city ?
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Yekaterinberg
Moscow
10. 1960 – Which African country declares it's independence ?
Mali
Chad
Kenya
Botswana
11. 1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to do what ?
Space walk
Orbit the earth over 20 times
Float in microgravity
Take a photo of Earth from space
12. 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from quarantine following their liftoff from the moon. How long was the quarantine ?
Two Weeks
One Month
One Week
Three Weeks
13. 1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others whilst en route from Tokyo, Japan to which city ?
Honolulu
Chicago
Los Angeles
Vancouver
14. 2006 – The oil tanker "MT Solar 1" sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands , causing which country's worst oil spill ?
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Federated States of Micronesia
15. What food is celebrated on this day in the United Kingdom ?
National Bakewell Tart Day
National Baked Potato Day
National Kebab Day
National Porridge Day
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