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On This Day (December 11th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 11th?
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1.
1282 – Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near which Welsh town ?
Haverfordwest
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Builth Wells
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Llandovery
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Aberystwyth
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2.
1602 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of which European city ?
Geneva
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Vienna
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Marseille
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Luxembourg
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3.
1688 – Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into which river ?
Humber
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Severn
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Medway
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Thames
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4.
1816 – Which state becomes the 19th U.S. state ?
Illinois
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Iowa
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Indiana
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Idaho
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5.
1907 – The Parliament Buildings of which nation are almost completely destroyed by fire ?
New Zealand
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Peru
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Kenya
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Denmark
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6.
1917 – World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters which city on foot and declares martial law ?
Tripoli
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Aden
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Kabul
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Jerusalem
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7.
1946 – Which United Nations organisation is established ?
UNHCR
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UNICEF
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UNESCO
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WHO
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8.
1962 – Arthur Lucas is the last person to be executed in Canada. What crime was he convicted of ?
Kidnapping
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Treason
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Murder
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Fraud
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9.
1968 – A Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, and Marianne Faithfull, is filmed in Wembley, London. Who organised it ?
The Rolling Stones
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John Lennon
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Roger Daltrey
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Jim Morrison
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10.
1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the final Apollo mission to land on the Moon. It was which mission to land there ?
Seventh
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Sixth
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Fifth
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Eighth
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11.
1978 – A heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. On which airlines cargo depot was it committed ?
Pan-Am
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KLM
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Swissair
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Lufthansa
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12.
1994 – A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila to which city ? (The captain is able to safely land the plane)
Sydney
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Tokyo
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Kuala Lumpur
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Bangkok
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13.
1997 – The Kyoto Protocol treaty opens for signature. It concerns which global issue ?
Refugees
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Whaling
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Climate Change
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Poverty
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14.
2005 – The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England. It is alongside which motorway ?
M1
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M11
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M25
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M4
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15.
2008 – Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a Ponzi scheme valued at how much ?
$100 billion
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$50 billion
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$100 million
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$500 million
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NeilV
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Level 51
Dec 11, 2020
Only 33% got Indiana? I'm happy though because I got 40%!
toowise
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Level 76
Dec 11, 2020
Not everyone is based in the USA
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