On This Day (February 10th) Multiple Choice

1. 1355 – The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in which English city, leaving 63 scholars and 30 locals dead in two days?

2. 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to which part of the world ?

3. 1763 – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes which area to Great Britain ?

4. 1870 – Which organisation is founded in New York City ?

5. 1879 - The first electric arc light is used in a theatre in which US state ?

6. 1933 – Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf in round 13 of a boxing match at which venue, causing Schaaf's death four days later ?

7. 1940 – Which cartoon characters make their debut with "Puss Gets the Boot" ?

8. 1942 - Glenn Miller is awarded the first ever gold record for selling 1 million copies of which tune ?

9. 1947 – Crowds gathered at shop windows in Paris to see which designer's New Look fashion of longer skirts, nipped-in waists and padded shoulders ?

10. 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in which country ?

11. 1955 - Greg Norman, Australian golfer is born in which Australian State ?

12. 1996 – An IBM supercomputer defeats Garry Kasparov at chess for the first time. What was it's name ?

13. 2013 - Nigeria defeat which team 1-0 to win the football 2013 Africa Cup of Nations ?

14. 2016 - To save electricity, due to a drought caused by El Nino, the Venezuelan government orders the early closure of more than 100 what ?

15. 2018 – 19 people are killed and 66 injured when a double-decker bus overturns in which city ?

16. 2021 - Which annual carnival is cancelled for the first time due to Covid-19 ?