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On This Day (December 6th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 6th?
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1. 1534 – Which South American city is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar ?
Quito
Lima
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
2. 1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to where ?
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
3. 1877 – The first edition of which newspaper is published ?
New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post
The Boston Globe
4. 1897 – Which city becomes the world's first to host licensed taxicabs ?
Paris
New York
London
Dublin
5. 1917 – A munitions explosion near which city kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time ?
Miami, USA
Manchester, UK
Stockholm, Sweden
Halifax, Canada
6. 1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that which James Joyce's novel is not obscene ?
Ulysses
Dubliners
Finnegans Wake
Eveline
7. 1947 – Which National Park in Florida is dedicated ?
Biscayne National Park‎
Dry Tortugas National Park‎
Everglades National Park‎
Hot Springs National Park
8. 1957 – A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts which country's first attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit ?
Soviet Union
United States
China
France
9. 1969 – At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by security guards belonging to which motorcycle gang ?
Hells Angels
Bandidos
Outlaws
Sons of Anarchy
10. 1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, in which city ?
Manchester
London
Liverpool
Southampton
11. 1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in which village in Northern Ireland ?
Drumsum
Draperstown
Ballykelly
Portglenone
12. 1991 – Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army bombard which city after laying siege for seven months ?
Dubrovnik
Split
Rijeka
Zadar
13. 1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 Russlan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near which city ?
Voronezh
Novosibersk
Magadan
Irkutsk
14. 1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America sues which peer-to-peer file-sharing service, alleging copyright infringement ?
Gnutella
Napster
Kazaa
Limewire
15. 2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of what on Mars ?
Liquid Water
Bacteria
Gold Deposits
Basic Plants
6 Comments
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Level 76
Dec 6, 2020
Have to add my birthday in 1998.
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Level 79
Dec 6, 2020
Sorry, I only did mine..If I put one in, I'll have to put you all in!

Why don't you make a quiz with all Jetpunk users birthdays, and we have to guess with user is on which day ?

That might take a bit of research though, Good Luck ! :)

Happy Birthday, by the way !

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Level 54
Dec 6, 2020
Sorry, I forgot to comment recently. Interesting that the Supreme Court has to decide whether a novel is vulgar.
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Level 79
Dec 6, 2020
I don't expect a comment daily you know, I'm just happy when someone does. In the UK we have a similar situation with novels and recordings. There is a lot more freedom nowadays, but there are still recording artists (The Macc Lads for one) that it's safe to say will never be played on the radio.

p.s. don't listen to the Macc Lads if you are of a religious or nervous background. Strictly adults only and definately NSFW!

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Level 54
Dec 6, 2020
So I have found some more funny ones.

Rowan Vs. USPS was a case on whether junk mail should be abolished. The USPS won because the plaintiff's request was a violation of Freedom of Speech.

UNITED STATES V. APPROXIMATELY 64,695 POUNDS OF SHARK FINS. this was a case on whether to abolish killing Sharks for fins.

NIX V. HEDDEN was about whether Tomatoes were fruits or vegetables.

BIRTHDAY SONG CASE. This was one that argued whether the birthday song should be patented.

UNITED STATES V. NINETY-FIVE BARRELS, MORE OR LESS, ALLEGED APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. Here, the US sued a company for using rotten apples to make cider.

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Level 79
Dec 7, 2020
I'd heard of the one about the "Birthday Song" and the Shark Fin Soup debate has been going on for years.