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On This Day (January 13th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 13th?
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1.
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers which satellite of Jupiter ?
Callisto
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Io
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Europa
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Ganymede
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1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of which island with the loss of 139 lives ?
Long Island
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Nantucket Island
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Prince Edward Island
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Madeira
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1888 – Which National society is founded in Washington, D.C.?
National Geographic Society
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National Maritime Historical Society
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National Genealogical Society
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National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
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4.
1908 – The Rhoads Opera House fire kills 171 people in which Pennsylvania town ?
Bethlehem
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Titusville
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Boyertown
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Harrisburg
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5.
1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from which New York building ?.
Metropolitan Opera House
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Empire State Building
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American Telephone & Telegraph Company Building
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Federal Building and Post Office
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1917 - A train in which Eastern European country catches fire and explodes, between 800-1,000 die, making it the third worst rail accident in history ?
Hungary
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Poland
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Albania
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Romania
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7.
1926 – Michael Bond, English soldier and author, is born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK. Which famous character did he create?
Scooby Doo
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Postman Pat
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Paddington Bear
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Thomas the Tank Engine
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1938 - The Church of England accepts what for the first time ?
Female Choristers
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Theory of Evolution
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Conversions from other Faiths
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Second Marriages
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1941 – James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet dies in which Swiss city after undergoing surgery ?
Geneva
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Basel
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Zurich
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Bern
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10.
1942 – Henry Ford patents an automobile made from what material, which is 30% lighter than a regular car ?
Fibreglass
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Plastic
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Cardboard / Pressed Paper
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Aluminium
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1963 – A Coup d'état in which African country results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio ?
Benin
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Sierra Leone
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Togo
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Equatorial Guinea
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12.
January 13th is Democracy Day in which African Island nation ?
Sao Tome and Principe
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Comoros
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Madagascar
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Cape Verde
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13.
2001 – An earthquake hits which Central America country, killing more than 800 ?
Costa Rica
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Panama
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Honduras
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El Salvador
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14.
2012 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to what ?
Collision with another ship
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Captains Negligence
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Vessel Over Permitted Weight
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Manufacturing Faults
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2018 – A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in which US state caused widespread panic ?
California
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Hawaii
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New Jersey
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Florida
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2020 - The first case of Covid-19 outside of China is confirmed by the Health Ministry of which country?
Thailand
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Laos
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Japan
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Cambodia
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