On This Day (July 31st) Multiple Choice

1. 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of which volcano ?

2. 1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of which French river ?

3. 1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover which island ?

4. 1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet. What is he pelted with ?

5. 1790 – The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for what invention ?

6. 1856 – Which New Zealand city is chartered on this day ?

7. 1913 – The Balkan States sign an armistice in which capital city ?

8. 1932 – The Nazi Party wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections. What is the party's official name ?

9. 1945 – Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in which country ?

10. 1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned ration of what in the Royal Navy ?

11. 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to do what ?

12. 1975 – Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland. What was the bands name ?

13. 1992 – Which nation joins the United Nations ?

14. 2007 – Operation Banner, the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end. Where did it take place ?

15. 2012 – Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics. How many does he hold ?