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On This Day (January 6th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 6th ?
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1. 1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries which of his 6 wives ?
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
2. 1839 – The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in which Irish city ?
Cork
Waterford
Dublin
Limerick
3. 1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in which Italian city ?
Milan
Turin
Rome
Verona
4. 1912 – Which state is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state ?
Nevada
New Mexico
Nebraska
Minnesota
5. 1925 – John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, is born in which city ?
Belfast, UK
Perth, Australia
Cape Town, South Africa
Detroit, USA
6. 1930 – The first automobile trip powered by what is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York ?
Electricity
Diesel
Jet Turbine
Vegetable Oil
7. 1936 - Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st female what ?
High Court Judge
Airline Pilot
Mayor
Priest
8. 1947 – Which company becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.?
TAP Air Portugal
B.O.A.C
Pan American Airlines
Air France
9. 1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to where ?
Miami
Denver
Seattle
New Orleans
10. 1975 - "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on which TV network ?
NBC
BBC
ABC
CBS
11. 1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from which country, where it was held after World War II ?
USA
UK
France
Germany
12. 1993 – Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter dies on this day, he was most famous for playing which instrument ?
Saxaphone
Trumpet
Trombone
Clarinet
13. 2000 - The last known living example of what animal is found dead after being crushed by a tree ?
Saudi Gazelle
Toolache wallaby
Schomburgk's deer
Pyrenean Ibex
14. 2005 – A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of what ?
Malt Liqour
Crude Oil
Sulphuric Acid
Chlorine Gas
15. 2019 - Record $3.1 million price was paid for which product at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market ?
Great White Shark Fins
Giant Bluefin Tuna
Beluga Caviar
Consignment of Fugu (Blowfish)
16. 2021 - Supporters of Donald Trump attack which building?
White House
Pentagon
Capitol Building
Trump Towers
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4 Comments
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Level 56
Oct 14, 2021
Should probably be updated.
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Level 81
Oct 15, 2021
Why ? Which part ? Is there a question or answer that is wrong ?
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Level 65
Aug 3, 2022
Think he's talking about the Capitol attack.
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Level 81
Aug 3, 2022
Ah, OK.

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