On This Day (April 11th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 11th ?
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1. 1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, in which modern day region of Italy ?
Piedmont
Lombardy
Lazio
Tuscany
2. 1689 – William III and which other person are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain ?
Anne
James IV
Mary II
George II
3. 1727 – The premiere of composer's "St Matthew Passion" is performe at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn
4. 1868 – Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders which castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate ?
Osaka Castle
Matsumoto Castle
Gifu Castle
Edo Castle
5. 1909 – Which city, now in Israel was founded on this day ?
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Eilat
Acre
6. 1945 – World War II: American forces liberate which concentration camp ?
Buchenwald
Dachau
Bergen-Belsen
Ravensbrück
7. 1957 – United Kingdom agrees to the self-rule of which of its territories ?
Gibraltar
Hong Kong
Antigua and Barbuda
Singapore
8. 1961 – The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in which city ?.
Berlin
The Hague
Jerusalem
Buenos Aires
9. 1977 – Some of London Transport's famous red AEC Routemaster buses are painted what colour ?
Silver
Gold
Yellow
Blue
10. 1990 – Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what items on a ship bound for Iraq ?
Hundreds of stolen vehicles
Parts for a "Supergun"
A portion of the Crown Jewels
Boxes of counterfeit banknotes
11. 2002 – Approximately how many people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez ?
100,000
500,000
300,000
200,000
12. 2006 – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully acheived what ?
Launched a Spy Satellite
Eradicated Poverty
Enriched Uranium
Cure for AIDS
13. 2011 – An explosion in which city's metro system kills 15 people and injures 204 others ?
Milan, Italy
Minsk, Belarus
London, UK
Shanghai, China
14. Today is marked as a "World....Day" for which disease ?
World Parkinson's Day
World AIDS Day
World Cancer Day
World Malaria Day
15. 1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter was born in which English town ?
York
Lancaster
Doncaster
Chipping Norton
2 Comments
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Level 53
Jul 30, 2020
Nice quiz! 8/15
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Level 79
Jul 30, 2020
Thanks!