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On This Day (December 31st) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 31st?
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1. 1229 – James I the Conqueror, King of Aragon enters Medina Mayurqa thus consummating the Christian reconquest of which island ?
Menorca
Ibiza
Tenerife
Majorca
2. 1670 – The expedition of John Narborough leaves Corral Bay having surveyed the coast and lost 4 hostages to the Spanish. In which modern day country is Corral Bay ?
Peru
Cuba
Chile
Mexico
3. 1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to which Cape ?
Cape Cod
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Horn
Cape York
4. 1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness. How long is the lease valid for ?
999 years
9,000 years
20,000 years
500 years
5. 1831 – Which park in Manhattan is deeded to New York City ?
Gramercy Park
Carl Schurz Park
Isham Park
Sakura Park
6. 1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, at Menlo Park in which US state ?
New York
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New Jersey
7. 1907 – The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square in Manhattan. What was the square then known as ?
Lincoln Square
Longacre Square
Washington Square
Grand Army Plaza
8. 1956 – Which European country's television network begins its first broadcast ?
Yugoslavia
Portugal
Romania
Malta
9. 1963 – The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Rhodesia and which other nation ?
Burundi
Uganda
Rwanda
Malawi
10. 1983 – Benjamin Ward is appointed New York City Police Department's first ever police commissioner from which ethnic group ?
African American
Native American
British American
Hispanic American
11. 1992 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. What did the media call the split ?
Marshmallow Divorce
Pillow Divorce
Velvet Divorce
Silk Divorce
12. 1999 – Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ended after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at which city's airport ?
Cairo, Egypt
Kandahar, Afganistan
Karachi, Pakistan
Bangkok, Thailand
13. 2004 – The official opening of which building, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world ?
Petronas Towers
Shanghai World Financial Center
Landmark 81
Taipei 101
14. 2011 – NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around which celestial body ?
Mars
Venus
The Moon
Mercury
15. 2019 – The World Health Organization was informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in which city ?
Chennai
Wuhan
Ulaan Bataar
Kathmandu
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