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1.799 – After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, which Pope flees to the Frankish court of King Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection ?
Pope Leo III
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Pope Gregory III
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Pope Sisinnius
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Pope Theodore II
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2.1134 – Which city was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the _____ Bishopric around 1094 ?
Budapest
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Barcelona
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Zagreb
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Tirana
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3.1792 – Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person to be executed by what means ?
Firing Squad
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Guillotine
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Poison
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Garrote
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4.1859 – British and French engineers break ground for which construction project ?
Channel Tunnel
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Panama Canal
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Mont Blanc Tunnel
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Suez Canal
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5.1901 – New York becomes the first U.S. state to require what ?
Drivers Licences
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Voter Registration
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Automobile License Plates.
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Firearms Licences
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6.1940 – The flag of which island group is approved by the British occupation government ?
Faroe Islands
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Malta
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Falkland Islands
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Canary Islands
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7.1945 – Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in which city ?
Geneva
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Rio de Janiero
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Odessa
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San Francisco
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8.1954 – Bell Telephone Laboratories publicly demonstrates the first practical what ?
Wind Turbine
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Solar Cell
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Lithium Battery
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Cell Phone
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9.1960 – Which United States Navy submarine completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe ?
USS Seadragon
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USS Triton
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USS Tullibee
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USS Skate
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10.1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about what ?
Nuclear War
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Poverty
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Communism
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Human Rights
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11.1983 – Pioneer 10 travels beyond the orbit of which heavenly body ?
Jupiter
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Neptune
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Pluto
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Uranus
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12.1990 – Violeta Chamorro becomes the first woman to take office as the President of which country ?
El Salvador
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Costa Rica
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Belize
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Nicaragua
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13.2001 – Michele Alboreto is killed while testing which car at the Lausitzring in Germany ?
BMW i8
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Audi R8
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McLaren F1
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Lamborghini Huracan
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14.2005 – The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by which army in 1937 ?
Italian
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German
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British
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French
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15.2005 – Which two countries sign accession treaties to join the European Union ?