On This Day (December 30th) Multiple Choice

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1. 999 – The combined forces of Munster and Meath inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin in what is now which Irish county ?

County Mayo ✓

County Longford ✓

County Sligo ✓

County Kildare ✓

2. 1460 – Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win which battle ?

Battle of Worksop ✓

Battle of Wakefield ✓

Battle of Blore Heath ✓

Battle of Tewkesbury ✓

3. 1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. The majority of the land is in which state ?

Arizona ✓

California ✓

Texas ✓

New Mexico ✓

4. 1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in which city ?

Singapore ✓

Manila ✓

Jakarta ✓

Madrid ✓

5. 1905 – Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell in which US state ?

Idaho ✓

Montana ✓

Wyoming ✓

Nevada ✓

6. 1916 – Russian mystic and advisor to Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. Where was his body found ?

In a forest outside St. Petersburg ✓

Murmansk harbour ✓

In a Moscow river ✓

On the shores of Lake Baikal ✓

7. 1916 – The last coronation in which country is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita ?

Bulgaria ✓

Hungary ✓

Turkey ✓

Romania ✓

8. 1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in which city ?

Hong Kong ✓

Delhi ✓

Beijing ✓

Tokyo ✓

9. 1935 – The Italian Air Force bombs a Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Which nation operated the hospital ?

Sweden ✓

United Kingdom ✓

Switzerland ✓

United States ✓

10. 1952 – An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes on which island after an engine failure ?

Cyprus ✓

Ascension ✓

Malta ✓

Madeira ✓

11. 1993 – Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with which nation ?

Italy ✓

Ireland ✓

Pakistan ✓

Panama ✓

12. 2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in which city kills 194 ?

Rio de Janiero ✓

Barcelona ✓

Buenos Aires ✓

Mexico City ✓

13. 2006 – Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed. It is the 2nd largest airport in Europe after which other facility ?

Paris - Charles de Gaulle ✓

London - Heathrow ✓

Amsterdam - Schipol ✓

Rome - Fiumcino ✓

14. 2009 – A suicide bomber kills nine people at Camp Chapman, a key facility of the CIA in which country ?

Iraq ✓

Afghanistan ✓

Saudi Arabia ✓

Turkey ✓

15. 2017 – In a bid to reduce accidents Nepal bans solo climbers, double amputees and climbers with which other disability from scaling its mountains ?

Deaf ✓

Epilepsy ✓

Blind ✓

Heart disease ✓

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