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On This Day (February 20th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 20th ?
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Last updated: February 20, 2020
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1.
1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of what ?
A Dowry
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Import / Export Taxes
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Reparation Costs
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Safe Passage
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1816 – Which of Rossini's operas premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome ?
William Tell
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La Cenerentola
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The Barber of Seville
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Otello
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1872 – Which museum in New York opens its doors for the first time ?
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of the City of New York
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American Museum of Natural History
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1913 – King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of which capital city ?
Ankara
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New Delhi
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Gaberone
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Canberra
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1931 – The U.S. Congress approves the construction of which bridge ?
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
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George Washington Bridge
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6.
1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in which part of the world ?
Galapagos Islands
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Antarctica
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Vatican City
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Great Barrier Reef
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1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to do what ?
Use production teams to make information films
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Include war messages in cinemas
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Take cameramen to the front line
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Censor movies
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8.
1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in what time ?
4 hours 55 minutes
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12 hours 35 minutes
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6 hours 10 minutes
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26 hours 20 minutes
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2010 – Heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of which island ?
Corsica
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Montserrat
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Madeira
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Fiji
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1927 – Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat is born in which city ?
Nassau
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Tokyo
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Havana
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Miami
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11.
1998 - "Kung Fu" actor David Carradine weds actress Marina Benjamin on the back lot of which movie studio ?
Warner Brothers
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Universal Pictures
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Columbia Pictures
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20th Century Studios
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1673 - First recorded auction of what is held in London ?
Oil Paintings
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Wine
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Property
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Slaves
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1927 - Golfers in South Carolina are arrested for what reason ?
Dangerous Shots
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Theft from Clubhouse
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Trespassing
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Violating the Sabbath
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1947 - A chemical mixing error causes an explosion that destroys 42 blocks in which US city ?
Los Angeles
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San Francisco
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Houston
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Detroit
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2013 - Which country becomes the first to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars ?
Switzerland
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New Zealand
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Estonia
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Norway
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