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1. 1610 Galileo Galilei discovers which satellite of Jupiter ?
Callisto
Io
Europa
Ganymede
2. 1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of which island with the loss of 139 lives ?
Long Island
Nantucket Island
Prince Edward Island
Madeira
3. 1888 – Which National society is founded in Washington, D.C.?
National Geographic Society
National Maritime Historical Society
National Genealogical Society
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
4. 1908 – The Rhoads Opera House fire kills 171 people in which Pennsylvania town ?
Bethlehem
Titusville
Boyertown
Harrisburg
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
Empire State Building
American Telephone & Telegraph Company Building
Federal Building and Post Office
6. 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
Poland
Albania
Romania
7. 1926 – Michael Bond, English soldier and author, is born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK. Which famous character did he create?
Scooby Doo
Postman Pat
Paddington Bear
Thomas the Tank Engine
8. 1938 - The Church of England accepts what for the first time ?
Female Choristers
Theory of Evolution
Conversions from other Faiths
Second Marriages
9. 1941 – James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet dies in which Swiss city after undergoing surgery ?
Geneva
Basel
Zurich
Bern
10. 1942 – Henry Ford patents an automobile made from what material, which is 30% lighter than a regular car ?
Fibreglass
Plastic
Cardboard / Pressed Paper
Aluminium
11. 1963 – A Coup d'état in which African country results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio ?
Benin
Sierra Leone
Togo
Equatorial Guinea
12. January 13th is Democracy Day in which African Island nation ?
Sao Tome and Principe
Comoros
Madagascar
Cape Verde
13. 2001 – An earthquake hits which Central America country, killing more than 800 ?
Costa Rica
Panama
Honduras
El Salvador
14. 2012 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to what ?
Collision with another ship
Captains Negligence
Vessel Over Permitted Weight
Manufacturing Faults
15. 2018 – A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in which US state caused widespread panic ?
California
Hawaii
New Jersey
Florida
16. 2020 - The first case of Covid-19 outside of China is confirmed by the Health Ministry of which country?