On This Day (July 22nd) Multiple Choice

1. 1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his troops outside which Scottish town ?

2. 1342 – St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for which region ?

3. 1598 – Which of William Shakespeare’s plays is entered on the Stationers’ Register ?

4. 1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of which mountain ?

5. 1894 – The first ever motor race is held in France between which two cities ?

6. 1933 – Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in what time ?

7. 1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian rationing of what product due to the wartime demands ?

8. 1943 – World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in which city, killing 22 ?

9. 1943 – World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily in an operation known by what name ?

10. 1963 – Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance. On which island was Sarawak ?

11. 1976 – Japan completes its last reparation for war crimes to which nation ?

12. 1990 – Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins the Tour de France. How many times did he win the event ?

13. 1992 – Fearing extradition to the United States, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison near which city ?

14. 1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens connecting which two countries ?

15. 2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers. What nationality was Menezes ?