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On This Day (February 1st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 1st?
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1. 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and which other country ?
The Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Spain
2. 1884 – The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary is published, it runs from A to which three letter word ?
Asp
Bee
Ant
Cat
3. 1893 – Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, called the Black Maria in which city ?
Westport, Connecticut
West Orange, New Jersey.
White Oak, Maryland
Woodside East, Delaware
4. 1908 – King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in which Portugese city ?
Lisbon
Porto
Coimbra
Faro
5. 1946 – The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy and proclaims the Hungarian Republic after how many centuries ?
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
6. 1835 – Slavery is abolished in which Indian Ocean country ?
Madagascar
Seychelles
Mauritius
Maldives
7. 1965 – The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed in honour of which former world leader ?
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Charles de Gaulle
8. 1942 – Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in Monty Pythons Flying Circus is born in which Welsh town ?
Rhyl
Llandudno
Colwyn Bay
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
9. 1896 - Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme" premieres in which Italian city ?
Milan
Turin
Vicenza
Bologna
10. 1898 - What type of insurance policy is issued by in the US for the first time ?
Automobile
Travel
Home
Life
11. 1972 - The first scientific hand-held calculator, the HP-35 by Hewlett-Packard, is introduced, how much does it cost ?
$125
$99
$500
$395
12. 1975 - Otis Francis Tabler is first person to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department that is what ?
Native American
Openly Gay
First Generation Immigrant
Ex Convict
13. 1979 - English international forward Trevor Francis becomes Britain’s first £1 million soccer player when he transfers from Birmingham City to which club ?
Nottingham Forest
Arsenal
Manchester United
Liverpool
14. 1978 - Harriet Tubman is 1st African American woman to be honored in which way ?
African Banknote
TV mini series
Commemorative Day
US Postage Stamp
15. 2004 - 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede during which annual event ?
Rio Carnival
Hajj Pilgrimage
Glastonbury Music Festival
Oktoberfest, Munich
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