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On This Day (February 8th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 8th ?
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1.
1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder who ?
Queen Elizabeth I
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King James VI
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King Rudolf II
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Pope Sixtus V
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1879 – The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in which city ?
Delhi, India
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Karachi, Pakistan
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Sydney, Australia
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Durban, South Africa
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3.
1922 – United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first what to the White House ?
Pet Cat
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Radio Set
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Central Heating System
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Draught Beer Pump
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4.
1924 – The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in which state ?
Nevada
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Texas
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Alabama
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North Dakota
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5.
1971 – Which stock market index opens for the first time ?
Nikkei 225
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FTSE 100
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IBEX 35
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NASDAQ Composite
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6.
1974 – The crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit the American space station Skylab, returns to Earth after how many days ?
96
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84
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72
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57
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7.
1981 – 21 spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Greece, after a football match between AEK Athens F.C. and which other team ?
Panathinaikos
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Karaiskakis Arta
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Olympiacos
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Aris Thessaloniki
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8.
1989 – Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to which island group, killing all 144 passengers on board ?
Azores
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Canary Islands
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St Vincent and the Grenadines
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St. Pierre and Miquelon
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9.
1993 – GM sues which network after a programme allegedly rigs two crashes to demonstrate that some pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places ?
Fox
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NBC
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ABC
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CBS
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10.
1921 – Lana Turner, American actress is born in which city ?
Ritzville, Washington
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Great Falls, Montana
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Elko, Nevada
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Wallace, Idaho
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11.
1980 - Model Angie Bowie divorces singer David Bowie after how many years of marriage ?
7
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8
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9
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10
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12.
1969 - A meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in which Mexican state ?
Chihuahua
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Jalisco
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Baja California Sur
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Oaxaca
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13.
1978 - Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of which Middle Eastern country ?
Qatar
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Bahrain
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Kuwait
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Oman
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14.
1992 - The Ulysses spacecraft passes which planet ?
Neptune
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Uranus
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15.
2015 - Which country wins the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations football championship ?
Ivory Coast
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Niger
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Cameroon
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Egypt
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