On This Day (August 15th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. Construction is eventually completed in which year ?

1765 ✓

1880 ✓

1921 ✓

1637 ✓

2. 1519 – Which central American capital city is founded ?

Panama City ✓

San Salvador ✓

Managua ✓

Tegucigalpa ✓

3. 1695 – French forces end the bombardment of which European city ?

Bilbao ✓

Turin ✓

Luxembourg ✓

Brussels ✓

4. 1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in which city ?

Vienna ✓

London ✓

Copenhagen ✓

Rome ✓

5. 1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the official transit of a cargo ship going by what name ?

SS Beagle ✓

SS Ancon ✓

SS Bluewater ✓

SS Flugen ✓

6. 1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at which theater in Los Angeles, California ?

Grauman's Chinese Theatre ✓

The Tower Theater ✓

Million Dollar Theater ✓

Ricardo Montalbán Theatre ✓

7. 1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at which venue making him the last person to be executed there ?

Wormwood Scrubs Prison ✓

Bastille ✓

Edinburgh Castle ✓

Tower of London ✓

8. 1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches which island barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses ?

Cyprus ✓

Malta ✓

Guernsey ✓

Crete ✓

9. 1947 – Which country gains Independence after near 190 years of British company and crown rule ?

Pakistan ✓

Sri Lanka ✓

India ✓

Bangladesh ✓

10. 1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at which stadium, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock ?

Shea Stadium ✓

Madison Square Gardens ✓

Wrigley Field ✓

Cotton Bowl ✓

11. 1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era, opens in which US state ?

Maine ✓

New York ✓

Maryland ✓

Connecticut ✓

12. 1970 – Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to take part in which sport professionally ?

Soccer ✓

Nascar ✓

American Football ✓

Formula 1 ✓

13. 1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named what ?

The "Hurrah" signal ✓

The "Alien" signal ✓

The "Boo" signal ✓

The "Wow" signal ✓

14. 2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years. It belongs to which family ?

Raccoon ✓

Wolf ✓

Rat ✓

Beaver ✓

15. 2015 – North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time,it is how many hours ahead of UTC ?

7 hours 0 minutes ✓

9 hours 30 minutes ✓

8 hours 30 minutes ✓

5 hours 0 minutes ✓

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