On This Day (December 23rd) Multiple Choice

1. 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of which Mayan city ?

2. 1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan is executed in which now German city for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs ?

3. 1815 – Which novel by Jane Austen is first published ?

4. 1876 – First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in which region ?

5. 1893 – Which opera by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed ?

6. 1914 – World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in which African city ?

7. 1936 – Colombia becomes a signatory to a 1910 copyright treaty signed in which city ?

8. 1941 – World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies which island ?

9. 1947 – The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories. Bell Labs is now owned by which tech company ?

10. 1954 – The first successful transplant of which organ is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray ?

11. 1968 – The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in which country ?

12. 1972 – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes which Central American capital killing more than 10,000 ?

13. 1972 – The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster, that survived by resorting to cannabalism, are rescued after how many days ?

14. 1990 – In a referendum, 88.5% of which country's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia ?

15. 2007 – An agreement is made for the Kingdom of which nation to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state ?