On This Day (March 18th) Multiple Choice

1. 1608 – Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of which empire ?

2. 1834 – Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia on what charge ?

3. 1850 – Which financial institution is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo ?

4. 1874 – Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting what rights ?

5. 1882 - Morgan Earp (Brother of Wyatt) is assassinated by outlaws in Tombstone while playing which game ?

6. 1892 – Which former Governor General pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada ?

7. 1899 - Which of Saturn's moons is discovered by William Pickering ?

8. 1902 -Turkey grants Germany a concession to construct a railroad through Turkish territory for the first time to link Berlin with which city ?

9. 1921 – The second Peace (or Treaty) of Riga is signed between the Soviet Union and which other country ?

10. 1940 – World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom on which mountain pass ?

11. 1965 – Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to do what ?

12. 1965 - The members of the Rolling Stones are fined £5 each for what crime ?

13. 1969 – The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail, used by communist forces to infiltrate Vietnam, in which country ?

14. 1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings worth half a billion dollars are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in which city?

15. 2003 - Which language is recognised as an official British language ?

16. 2015 - 23 people are killed when the Bardo National Museum is attacked by gunmen, in which country?