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On This Day (February 22nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 22nd ?
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1. 1371 – Robert II becomes King of which country ?
Scotland
Denmark
England
Castille
2. 1819 – Spain sells Florida to the United States for what amount ?
$10 million
$15 million
$5 million
$2 million
3. 1856 – The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in which city ?
Boston
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
4. 1924 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to do what from the White House ?
Fly in a helicopter
Rescue a turkey
Deliver a radio address
Command an army
5. 1878 – Frank Woolworth opens the first of many five-and-dime Woolworth stores in which New York State city ?
Utica
Syracuse
Buffalo
Schenectady
6. 1959 – Lee Petty wins which NASCAR race that is held for the first time ever ?
Southern 500
Virginia 500
Nashville 500
Daytona 500
7. 1983 – The notorious Broadway flop "Moose Murders" opens and closes on the same night at which Broadway venue ?
Winter Garden Theatre
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
New Amsterdam Theatre
Richard Rodgers Theatre
8. 1997 – In Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, British scientists announce that an adult sheep has been successfully cloned, what was its name ?
Poppy
Dolly
Annie
Shaun
9. 2018 – A man throws a grenade, and dies from a second explosion but injuring no-one else at the U.S embassy in which European capital city ?
Podgorica, Montenegro
Sofia, Bulgaria
Lisbon, Portugal
Tirana, Albania
10. 2015 – A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in which Asian river, killing 70 people ?
Indus River
Irrawaddy River
Padma River
Godavari River
11. 1962 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host, a.k.a. "The Crocodile Hunter", was born in Essendon, a suburb of which Australian city ?
Perth
Melbourne
Sydney
Hobart
12. 1907 - The first cabs fitted with taxi meters begin operating in which city ?
New York
Paris
Tokyo
London
13. 2011 – New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes which city, killing 185 people ?
Christchurch
Auckland
Dunedin
Wellington
14. 1933 - Malcolm Campbell sets a new world land speed record driving his famous "Blue Bird" car at Daytona Beach, Florida, at just over what speed ?
198 mph
272 mph
301 mph
243 mph
15. 2018 - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stirs up controversy by declaring he prefers what to the national dish of rice ?
Quinoa
Potato
Couscous
Pasta
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