On This Day (February 22nd) Multiple Choice

1. 1371 – Robert II becomes King of which country ?

2. 1819 – Spain sells Florida to the United States for which amount ?

3. 1856 – The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in which city ?

4. 1878 – Frank Woolworth opens the first of many five-and-dime Woolworth stores in which city in New York State?

5. 1907 - The first cabs fitted with taxi meters begin operating in which city ?

6. 1924 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to do what from the White House ?

7. 1933 - Malcolm Campbell sets a new world land speed record driving his famous "Blue Bird" car at Daytona Beach, Florida, at just over what speed ?

8. 1959 – Lee Petty wins which NASCAR race that is held for the first time ever ?

9. 1962 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host, a.k.a. "The Crocodile Hunter", was born in Essendon, a suburb of which Australian city ?

10. 1983 – The notorious Broadway flop "Moose Murders" opens and closes on the same night at which Broadway venue ?

11. 1997 – In Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, British scientists announce that an adult sheep has been successfully cloned, what was its name ?

12. 2011 – New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes which city, killing 185 people ?

13. 2015 – A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in which Asian river, killing 70 people ?

14. 2018 – A man throws a grenade, and dies from a second explosion but injuring no-one else at the U.S embassy in which European capital city ?

15. 2018 - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stirs up controversy by declaring he prefers what to the national dish of rice ?

16. 2006 - The UK's largest heist takes place at a Securitas depot in which county?