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On This Day (December 14th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 14th?
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1.
1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots on the death of her father, James V of Scotland. How old was she ?
One week
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Two months
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One year
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Three years
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2.
1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded in which Austrian city ?
Graz
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Linz
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Wiener Neustadt
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Klagenfurt
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3.
1780 – Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in which New York state city ?
Syracuse
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Buffalo
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Utica
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Albany
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4.
1812 – The French invasion comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from which nation ?
Spain
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Russia
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Algeria
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Lebanon
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5.
1896 – Which European city's underground railway is opened ?
Athens
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Hamburg
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Budapest
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Glasgow
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6.
1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to which other city ?
Tokyo
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Honolulu
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Hong Kong
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Anchorage
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7.
1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party at the Hotel Savoy in which South American city ?
Buenos Aires
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Rio de Janiero
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Quito
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Bogota
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8.
1918 – The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs. It was renowned for what reason ?
First election to have the results broadcast
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First election to allow women to vote
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First election to have more than three political parties
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First election where votes are cast in secret
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9.
1939 – Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading which country ?
Afghanistan
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Norway
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Nepal
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Finland
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10.
1940 – Which element is first isolated at Berkeley, California ?
Uranium
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Neptunium
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Plutonium
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Californium
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11.
1941 – World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with which Asian nation ?
Thailand
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Laos
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Vietnam
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Indonesia
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12.
1962 – NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by which planet ?
Mars
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Venus
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Mercury
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Saturn
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13.
1972 – Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon. To this day in 2020 how many people have walked on the Moon ?
Eight
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Fifteen
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Twenty
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Twelve
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14.
1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on which river ?
Yangtze
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Nile
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Amazon
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Volga
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15.
2008 – Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws what at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq ?
Eggs
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Tomatoes
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Shoes
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Flour
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