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On This Day (April 27th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 27th ?
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1.
711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula by landing at which place ?
Gibraltar
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Punta Camarinal
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Isla de las Palomas
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Punta de Calaburras
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2.
1521 – Which explorer is killed by natives led by chief Lapu-Lapu in the Philippines ?
Martin Frobisher
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Juan Sebastián Elcano
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
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3.
1667 – Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for how much ?
£1
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£100
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£50
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£10
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4.
1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in the village of Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as what ?
Shepherd
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German Soldier
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Truck Driver
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Old Woman
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5.
1953 – The US offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. Known as which operation ?
Operation Wolf
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Operation Pony Tail
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Operation Humble
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Operation Moolah
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6.
1960 – Which African country gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship ?
Togo
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Senegal
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Chad
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Gabon
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7.
1967 – Expo 67 officially opens with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world, in which city ?
Los Angeles, USA
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Madrid, Spain
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Montreal, Canada
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Tokyo, Japan
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8.
1992 – Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected as what in the UK ?
Leader of the House of Lords
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Speaker of the House of Commons
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Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Head of MI5
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9.
1961 – Which country is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister ?
Sri Lanka
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Solomon Islands
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Barbados
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Sierra Leone
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10.
2005 – Which aircraft had its maiden test flight ?
Airbus A380
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Boeing KC-767
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Dassault Falcon 7X
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Bell 429 GlobalRanger
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11.
2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower in which city ?
London
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Chicago
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New York
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Johannesburg
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12.
2018 – The Panmunjom Declaration is signed by which two countries ?
France and Spain
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North Korea and South Korea
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South Africa and Zimbabwe
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Chile and Argentina
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13.
2007 – Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of which city ?
Jerusalem
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Tel Aviv
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Haifa
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Cairo
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14.
1923 – Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, is born today, she was the first female chief of which native American tribe ?
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
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Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
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Seminole Tribe of Florida
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Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
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15.
1993 – All members of the which national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal ?
Zimbabwe
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Tanzania
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Madagascar
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Zambia
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