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