On This Day (February 20th) Multiple Choice

1. 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of what ?

2. 1673 - First recorded auction of which commodity is held in London ?

3. 1816 – Which of Rossini's operas premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome ?

4. 1872 – Which museum in New York opens its doors for the first time ?

5. 1913 – King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of which capital city ?

6. 1927 – Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat is born in which city ?

7. 1927 - Golfers in South Carolina are arrested for what reason ?

8. 1931 – The U.S. Congress approves the construction of which bridge ?

9. 1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in which part of the world ?

10. 1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to do what ?

11. 1947 - A chemical mixing error causes an explosion that destroys 42 blocks in which US city ?

12. 1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in what time ?

13. 1998 - "Kung Fu" actor David Carradine weds actress Marina Benjamin on the back lot of which movie studio ?

14. 2003 - During a rock concert in Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets fire to the club killing 100 people. Which rock band were playing?

15. 2010 – Heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of which island ?

16. 2013 - Which country becomes the first to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars ?