On This Day (February 28th) Multiple Choice

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1. 202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by which dynasty ?

Han Dynasty ✓

Zhou Dynasty ✓

Jin Dynasty ✓

Qin Dynasty ✓

2. 1844 – A gun on USS Princeton explodes, killing six people, while the boat is on a cruise on which river ?

Hudson ✓

St Lawrence ✓

Mississippi ✓

Potomac ✓

3. 1849 – A regular steamship service from the east to the west coast of the US begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, how long after leaving New York Harbour ?

Four months 22 days ✓

Three months 11 days ✓

Two months 18 days ✓

Five months 4 days ✓

4. 1897 – Queen Ranavalona III is deposed by a French military force. She was the last monarch of which African country ?

Senegal ✓

Madagascar ✓

Niger ✓

Burundi ✓

5. 1900 – The Second Boer War: A 118-day siege is lifted from which town ?

Ladysmith ✓

Mafeking ✓

Magersfontein ✓

Kimberley ✓

6. 1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over which country through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence ?

Egypt ✓

Zambia ✓

Pakistan ✓

Jamaica ✓

7. 1939 – What was the erroneous word discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation ?

Mormt ✓

Prasp ✓

Dord ✓

Viddy ✓

8. 1940 – Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver was born in what is now which modern day country ?

Croatia ✓

Slovenia ✓

Slovakia ✓

Kyrgyzstan ✓

9. 1940 – Which sport is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh) ?

American Football ✓

Baseball ✓

Ice Hockey ✓

Basketball ✓

10. 1953 – James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of what ? (Official announcement is in April)

Protein ✓

DNA ✓

LSD ✓

Methamphetamine ✓

11. 1975 – In London, an underground train fails to stop at which station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people ?

Blackfriars ✓

Clapham Junction ✓

Moorgate ✓

Charing Cross ✓

12. 1983 – The final episode of which show airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.?

M*A*S*H ✓

The A Team ✓

Hill Street Blues ✓

Dynasty ✓

13. 1998 - "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson divorces Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee after how many years of marriage ?

One ✓

Two ✓

Three ✓

Four ✓

14. 2013 - The brains of two animals of which species are successfully connected so that they share information ?

Monkeys ✓

Mice ✓

Dogs ✓

Rats ✓

15. 2013 - Pope Benedict XVI resigns becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII in which year?

1415 ✓

1241 ✓

1672 ✓

1549 ✓

16. 2019 - The lost Caravaggio painting "Judith and Holofernes" rediscovered in 2014, is to be auctioned, valued at $171 million. Where was it found ?

Cafe in Zurich, Switzerland ✓

Attic in Toulouse, France ✓

Basement in Boise, Idaho, USA ✓

Warehouse in Manchester, UK ✓

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