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1. 222 – Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with which of his relations, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt ?
His Son
His Mother
His Daughter
His Cousin
2. 1702 – England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time. What was it called ?
Oxford Gazette
Berrow's Worcester Journal
Stamford Mercury
The Daily Courant
3. 1787 - Naval officer Horatio Nelson weds Frances Nisbet at the Montpelier Estate on which Caribbean island ?
Nevis
Barbuda
Anguilla
Grand Cayman
4. 1869 - The West first learns of which creature via French missionary Armand David who receives a skin from a hunter ?
Platypus
Anaconda
Manatee
Giant Panda
5. 1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery begins, located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain, in which regional area?
South Wales
Yorkshire
East Midlands
Potteries
6. 1927 – Samuel Lionel Rothafel opens which theatre in New York City?
Times Square Theatre
Roxy Theatre
Palace Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
7. 1941 – World War II: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs which Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan ?
Provisions Act
Supplies Act
Allied Help Act
Lend-Lease Act
8. 1945 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in which island group ?
Caroline Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Gilbert Islands
Shortland Islands
9. 1946 – Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of which German concentration camp, is captured by British troops ?
Dachau
Auschwitz
Buchenwald
Sachsenhausen
10. 1978 – Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack a bus in which country ?
Yemen
Egypt
Syria
Israel
11. 1986 - Today marks 1 million days since the foundation of Rome on April 21st, in which year ?
753 BC
625 BC
1025 BC
567 BC
12. 1990 – Which country declares itself independent from the Soviet Union ?
Lithuania
Kazakhstan
Georgia
Tajikistan
13. 1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female to hold which government post ?
Secretary of the Treasury
Ambassador to the United Nations
Attorney General
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
14. 2011 – Which Japanese nuclear power station was destroyed by a tsunami that also killed thousands of people?
Takahama
Fukoshima
Sendai
Ashihama
15. 2013 - Falkland Islands’ sovereignty referendum: What percentage of residents choose to remain an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom ?
95.2%
89.9%
99.8%
78.4%
16. 2021 - US President Joe Biden signs into law the American Rescue Package following which event?
Evil aliens have decided to kill everyone on Earth! Fortunately, they've given you two minutes to save as many as you can. All you have to do is name a country to save everyone in it.