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On This Day (December 2nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 2nd?
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1. 1409 – The second oldest university in what is now Germany opens in which city ?
Aachen ✓
Hannover ✓
Regensburg ✓
Leipzig ✓
2. 1697 – Which cathedral is consecrated in England ?
Lincoln Cathedral ✓
Salisbury Cathedral ✓
St. Pauls Cathedral, London ✓
Coventry Cathedral ✓
3. 1763 – The Touro Synagogue, the first synagogue in what will become the United States, is dedicated in which city ?
Bridgeport, Connecticut ✓
Newport, Rhode Island ✓
Worcester, Massachusetts ✓
Nashua, New Hampshire ✓
4. 1867 – At Tremont Temple in Boston, which British author gives his first public reading in the United States ?
Charles Dickens ✓
Thomas Hardy ✓
Lewis Carroll ✓
H. G. Wells ✓
5. 1908 – Puyi becomes Emperor of China at what age ?
Seven ✓
Fourteen ✓
Two ✓
Twelve ✓
6. 1927 – Following 19 years of Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils which model as its new automobile ?
Model K ✓
Model S ✓
Model B ✓
Model A ✓
7. 1939 – Which of New York City's numerous airports opens for the first time ?
La Guardia ✓
Idlewild (JFK) ✓
Newark Liberty ✓
Teterboro ✓
8. 1943 – World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on which Italian harbour sinks numerous cargo and transport ships including one carrying mustard gas ?
Trieste ✓
Brindisi ✓
Bari ✓
Naples ✓
9. 1957 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to which conflict is adopted ?
Korea ✓
Kashmir ✓
Vietnam ✓
Algeria ✓
10. 1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent what ?
Artificial heart ✓
Seat on board of directors ✓
Monthly salary until death ✓
Robotic arm ✓
11. 1988 – Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of which country, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state ?
Maldives ✓
Bangladesh ✓
Pakistan ✓
Afghanistan ✓
12. 1991 – Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of which nation from the Soviet Union ?
Belarus ✓
Estonia ✓
Latvia ✓
Ukraine ✓
13. 1993 – Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in which city ?
Medellin ✓
Bogota ✓
Cali ✓
Barranquilla ✓
14. 2016 – Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted warehouse serving as an artist collective in which Californian city ?
Modesto ✓
Mendocino ✓
Oakland ✓
Anaheim ✓
15. 1960 – Rick Savage, English singer-songwriter and bass player is born. He is best known as a founding member of which British rock band ?
The Jam ✓
Def Leppard ✓
Iron Maiden ✓
U2 ✓
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