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On This Day (August 11th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 11th?
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1.
106 – The south-western part of Dacia becomes a Roman province. Where is Dacia ?
Bulgaria
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Romania
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Hungary
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Poland
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2.
1786 – Captain Francis Light establishes a British colony in which Asian region ?
Penang, Malaysia
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Goa, India
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Hong Kong, China
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Aden, Yemen
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3.
1804 – Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of which nation ?
Italy
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Poland
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Austria
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Spain
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4.
1858 – Which European mountain is ascended for the first time ?
Jungfrau
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Matterhorn
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Elbrus
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Eiger
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5.
1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in which city ?
Chicago, Illinois
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Cleveland, Ohio
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New York, New York
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Baltimore, Maryland
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6.
1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at which prison ?
Alcatraz
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Folsom
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Sing Sing
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San Quentin
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7.
1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for an invention that later becomes the basis for what ?
Surround Sound
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Automatic lights
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Wi-Fi
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Remote control TV
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1952 – Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of which nation ?
Jordan
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Morocco
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Qatar
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Oman
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1959 – Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens to serve which city ?
St. Petersburg
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Vladivostok
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Yekaterinberg
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Moscow
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1960 – Which African country declares it's independence ?
Mali
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Chad
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Kenya
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Botswana
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1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to do what ?
Space walk
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Orbit the earth over 20 times
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Float in microgravity
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Take a photo of Earth from space
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12.
1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from quarantine following their liftoff from the moon. How long was the quarantine ?
Two Weeks
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One Month
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One Week
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Three Weeks
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1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others whilst en route from Tokyo, Japan to which city ?
Honolulu
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Chicago
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Los Angeles
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Vancouver
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14.
2006 – The oil tanker "MT Solar 1" sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands , causing which country's worst oil spill ?
Indonesia
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Malaysia
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Philippines
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Federated States of Micronesia
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15.
What food is celebrated on this day in the United Kingdom ?
National Bakewell Tart Day
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National Baked Potato Day
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National Kebab Day
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National Porridge Day
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