On This Day (December 25th) Multiple Choice

1. 336 – First documented sign of a Christmas celebration in which city ?

2. 508 – Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith by Saint Remigius in which French city ?

3. 1000 – Which European country is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I ?

4. 1013 – Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of where ?

5. 1076 – Coronation of Bolesław II as king of Poland. Which of the following was NOT one of his nicknames ?

6. 1492 – The "Santa María", commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef due to an improper watch. Off which island ?

7. 1809 – Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a tumor that weighed how much ?

8. 1826 – A riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening. What was it known as ?

9. 1914 – Many unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas. What sport was famously played by opposing forces in at least one of the truces ?

10. 1941 – World War II: A battle ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of which city ?

11. 1950 – The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish students. It turns up in Scotland in April of which year ?

12. 1976 – EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, in which city ?

13. 1989 – Romanian Revolution: Deposed President Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial by what means ?

14. 2004 – The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on which of Saturn's moons on January 14, 2005 ?

15. 2019 – Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines. By what name was the typhoon known locally ?