On This Day (June 25th) Multiple Choice

1. 1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake which island at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War ?

2. 1678 – When she graduates from the University of Padua, Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of which branch of study ?

3. 1741 – Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of which nation ?

4. 1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in which body of water ?

5. 1788 – Which state becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution ?

6. 1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of what ?

7. 1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever what in a DH.4B biplane ?

8. 1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of which country ?

9. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala begins. It is the largest battle ever fought in which region ?

10. 1960 – Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency defected to the Soviet Union while on vacation in which country ?

11. 1975 – Mozambique achieves independence from which nation ?

12. 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the which city's Gay Freedom Day Parade ?

13. 1993 – Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of which country ?

14. 2017 – The World Health Organization estimates that which country has over 200,000 cases of cholera ?

15. 1940 – Clint Warwick, English bass player, is born. With which band was he the original bass player ?