On This Day (December 3rd) Multiple Choice

1. 1775 – USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes). What was the ship's former name ?

2. 1818 – Which state becomes the 21st U.S. state ?

3. 1904 – Which moon of Jupiter is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory ?

4. 1910 – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Motor Show in which city ?

5. 1927 – The first Laurel and Hardy film, is released. What was it called ?

6. 1944 – Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in which city between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army ?

7. 1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter is born. As the frontman for the band Black Sabbath, he acquired what nickname ?

8. 1960 – The musical Camelot debuts at which theatre on Broadway ?

9. 1967 – At Groote Schuur Hospital a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human, in which South African city ?

10. 1973 – Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of which planet ?

11. 1976 – An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before a free concert that was called by what name ?

12. 1979 – In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a concert by which band ?

13. 1992 – The Greek oil tanker "Aegean Sea", carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm and spills much of its cargo whilst on the approach to which port ?

14. 1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via which network to the phone of a colleague ?

15. 1994 – Which gaming console is released in Japan ?