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On This Day (August 26th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 26th?
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1.
1444 – A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near which Swiss city ?
Zurich
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Basel
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Geneva
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Interlaken
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1542 – Francisco de Orellana completed the first known navigation of which river ?
Amazon
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Nile
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Volga
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Mekong
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3.
1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America is founded in which city ?.
Boston
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Memphis
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Baltimore
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Philadelphia
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1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board which ship ?.
HMS Discovery
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HMS Adventure
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HMS Endeavour
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HMS Resolution
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5.
1778 – The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in which country ?
Poland
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Slovenia
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Norway
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Morocco
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6.
1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for which invention ?
Steamboat
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Belt Buckle
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Childrens Swing
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Potters Wheel
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7.
1883 – The 1883 eruption of which volcano begins its final, paroxysmal, stage ?
Vesuvius
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Tambora
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Krakatoa
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Popocatépetl
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1914 – World War I: Which German colony surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign ?
Kamerun
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German Samoa
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German East Africa
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Togoland
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1940 – Which country becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor ?
Chad
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Senegal
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Djibouti
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Gabon
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1944 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters which French city ?
Lyon
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Paris
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Marseille
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Bordeaux
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11.
1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of which region ?
Newfoundland
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Catalonia
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Quebec
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Corsica
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12.
1978 – Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as which Pope ?
John Paul I
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John Paul II
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Paul VI
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Benedict XVI
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13.
1980 – John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in which Nevada community ?
Reno
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Stateline
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Carson City
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Jackpot
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14.
2009 – Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for how many years ?
22
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6
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14
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18
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15.
1910 – Mother Teresa, nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate is born in which Eastern European city ?
Cluj
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Tirana
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Skopje
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Krakow
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