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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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1. 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of what ?
A Dowry
Import / Export Taxes
Reparation Costs
Safe Passage
2. 1816 – Which of Rossini's operas premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome ?
William Tell
La Cenerentola
The Barber of Seville
Otello
3. 1872 – Which museum in New York opens its doors for the first time ?
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of the City of New York
American Museum of Natural History
4. 1913 – King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of which capital city ?
Ankara
New Delhi
Gaberone
Canberra
5. 1931 – The U.S. Congress approves the construction of which bridge ?
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
George Washington Bridge
6. 1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in which part of the world ?
Galapagos Islands
Antarctica
Vatican City
Great Barrier Reef
7. 1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to do what ?
Use production teams to make information films
Include war messages in cinemas
Take cameramen to the front line
Censor movies
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
12 hours 35 minutes
6 hours 10 minutes
26 hours 20 minutes
9. 2010 – Heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of which island ?
Corsica
Montserrat
Madeira
Fiji
10. 1927 – Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat is born in which city ?
Nassau
Tokyo
Havana
Miami
11. 1998 - "Kung Fu" actor David Carradine weds actress Marina Benjamin on the back lot of which movie studio ?
Warner Brothers
Universal Pictures
Columbia Pictures
20th Century Studios
12. 1673 - First recorded auction of what is held in London ?
Oil Paintings
Wine
Property
Slaves
13. 1927 - Golfers in South Carolina are arrested for what reason ?
Dangerous Shots
Theft from Clubhouse
Trespassing
Violating the Sabbath
14. 1947 - A chemical mixing error causes an explosion that destroys 42 blocks in which US city ?
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Houston
Detroit
15. 2013 - Which country becomes the first to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars ?
Switzerland
New Zealand
Estonia
Norway
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