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On This Day (December 24th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 24th?
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I thought really hard about question 4, but thought it has a place in history even though I don't agree with any of it's policies.
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1.
1500 – A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on which Greek island ?
Kefalonia
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Crete
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Rhodes
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Lesbos
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2.
1777 – The island of Kiritimati is discovered by James Cook. What is it's anglicised name ?
Easter Island
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Thursday Island
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Christmas Island
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Bedwell Island
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3.
1818 – The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in which Austrian town ?
Bregenz
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Villach
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Amstetten
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Oberndorf
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4.
1865 – Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form which hate group ?
11th Hour Remnant Messenger
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Ku Klux Klan
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American Freedom Party
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National Association for the Advancement of White People
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5.
1871 – The opera "Aida" premieres in which city ?
Milan
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Vienna
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St. Petersburg
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Cairo
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6.
1906 – Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a speech, and a solo on which musical instrument ?
Cello
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Saxaphone
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Violin
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Clarinet
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7.
1920 – Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces. The city of Fiume is now known by what name ?
Rijeka
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Trieste
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Koper
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Gorizia
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8.
1929 – Assassination attempt on President Hipólito Yrigoyen of which country ?
Ghana
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Japan
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Nicaragua
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Argentina
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9.
1941 – World War II: Which North African city is conquered by the British Eighth Army ?
Tripoli
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Sfax
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Benghazi
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Timbuktu
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10.
1953 – On New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged and collapses beneath a passenger train. What caused the damage ?
Earthquake
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Mudflow
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Vehicle accident
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Sabotage
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11.
1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb which hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam ?
Hotel Continental
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Caravelle Hotel
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Brinks Hotel
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Rex Hotel
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12.
1968 – Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed how many lunar orbits ?
Ten
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Three
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Twenty Two
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Fourteen
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13.
1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates which Australian city ?
Perth
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Darwin
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Cairns
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Townsville
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14.
1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near an RAF base in which county, an incident called "Britain's Roswell" ?
Devon
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Lincolnshire
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Suffolk
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Cumbria
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15.
2003 – The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives inside a railway station in which city ?
Madrid
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Barcelona
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Seville
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Valencia
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