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On This Day (May 24th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 24th ?
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Last updated: May 24, 2020
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1. 1276 – Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in which Cathedral ?
Uppsala
Stockholm
Kristianstad
Malmo
2. 1607 – How many English settlers disembark in Jamestown, to form the first permanent English colony in America ?
220
54
100
500
3. 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan for 60 guilders. That 60 guilders would today be worth approximately how much ?
$100
$10,000
$100,000
$1,000
4. 1683 – The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first university museum in which English city ?
London
Oxford
York
Cambridge
5. 1738 – John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as what day ?
Founder's Day
The Beginning
Aldersgate Day
Elderman's Day
6. 1813 – South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters which city, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator") ?
Merida, Venezuela
Bogota, Colombia
Quito, Ecuador
Trujillo, Venezuela
7. 1844 – Samuel Morse sends a message from the United States Capitol to his assistant in Baltimore to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line. What was the message ?
"This is a Test"
"What hath God wrought"
"Let Communication Begin"
"Please reply now"
8. 1883 – Which bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction ?
George Washington Bridge
University Heights Bridge
Queensboro Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
9. 1930 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo to Australia, but from where ?
Paris, France
Bombay, India
Cape Town, South Africa
London, England
10. 1935 – The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating which other team 2–1 at Crosley Field ?
Philadelphia Phillies
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
11. 1956 – The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in which city ?
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Antwerp, Belgium
Lugano, Switzerland
Turin, Italy
12. 1961 – American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in which city, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus ?
Birmingham, Alabama
Jackson, Mississippi
Lafayette, Louisiana
Macon, Georgia
13. 1976 – The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching which region as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine ?
California
Tuscany
Chile
Provence
14. 1994 – Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to how long in prison ?
25 years
107 years
240 years
360 years
15. 1941 – Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, producer and Nobel Prize laureate is born in which city ?
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Waterloo, Iowa
Peoria, Illinois
Duluth, Minnesota
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