On This Day (February 9th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1540 - The first recorded horse race meeting in England takes place at which course ?

Aintree, Liverpool ✓

Hamilton Park, Glasgow ✓

Roodee Fields, Chester ✓

Goodwood, Chichester ✓

2. 1555 – The Bishop of Gloucester, John Hooper, is executed in which manner ?

Lynched ✓

Burned at the Stake ✓

Beheaded ✓

Drowned ✓

3. 1870 – US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing what ?

US Weather Bureau ✓

Trading Links with China ✓

US Department of Transportation ✓

Federal Taxation ✓

4. 1886 - US President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle for what reason ?

Earthquake ✓

Labour Strikes ✓

Typhoid Outbreak ✓

Anti Chinese Violence ✓

5. 1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as what ?

Monopoly ✓

Curling ✓

Volleyball ✓

Snooker ✓

6. 1907 – What is the name of the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in the UK ?

March for Votes ✓

The Clay Marathon ✓

The Vote Procession ✓

The Mud March ✓

7. 1909 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer, famous for wearing fruit hats, was born in which city ?

Rio de Janiero, Brazil ✓

Havana, Cuba ✓

Buenos Aires, Argentina ✓

Porto, Portugal ✓

8. 1923 - Which airline, that is still operational, is founded on this day ?

Air France ✓

Aeroflot ✓

Cathay Pacific ✓

Qantas ✓

9. 1941 – World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in which Italian city is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate ?

Turin ✓

Palermo ✓

Genoa ✓

Trieste ✓

10. 1964 – Which musical act makes its first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA ?

The Beatles ✓

The Rolling Stones ✓

Elvis Presley ✓

The Three Degrees ✓

11. 1978 – The Budd Company unveils its first "SPV-2000" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, what is the SPV-2000 ?

Hydrogen Powered Semi Truck ✓

Self-propelled Railcar ✓

Twin Rotor Helicopter ✓

Production Line Robot ✓

12. 1981 - Bill Haley, American rock vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll, dies of a heart attack probably caused by alcoholism, at what age ?

61 ✓

72 ✓

55 ✓

80 ✓

13. 1986 - Halley's Comet makes it's last appearance in the Inner Solar System, in how many years will it return?

Approx. One Million Years ✓

30-35 Years ✓

75-79 Years ✓

Approx. 5,000 Years ✓

14. 1995 - Irish music and dance show "Riverdance" first opens in which European city ?

Dublin ✓

London ✓

Paris ✓

Brussels ✓

15. 1996 – The Provisional IRA declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in which part of London, killing two people ?

Notting Hill ✓

Camden Town ✓

Kensington ✓

Canary Wharf ✓

16. 2018 - The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics is performed in which country?

South Korea ✓

Japan ✓

Austria ✓

Canada ✓

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