On This Day (December 22nd) Multiple Choice

1. 1622 – The town of Bucaramanga is founded by Andres Paes de Sotomayor. Bucaramanga is in which South American country ?

2. 1808 – Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs four of his pieces in concert at a theatre in which city ?

3. 1851 – What is operated for the first time in India at Roorkee ?

4. 1888 – The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of which region's independence movement

5. 1890 – Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport in which Canadian province ?

6. 1937 – Which tunnel opens to traffic in New York City ?

7. 1942 – World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop which weapon ?

8. 1963 – The cruise ship "Lakonia" catches fire 180 miles north of which island with the loss of 128 lives ?

9. 1965 – In the United Kingdom, a speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. What was the speed limit ?

10. 1974 – The house of which former British Prime Minister is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA ?

11. 1984 – "Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in which city ?

12. 1989 – Which Berlin border crossing re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany ?

13. 1997 – Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes which disputed title by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt ?

14. 2001 – Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives. Where were they hidden ?

15. 2016 – A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine is between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against which disease ?