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On This Day (January 16th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 16th ?
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1.
1900 – The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to what ?
The Samoan Islands
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Tahiti
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Puerto Rico
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Aleutian Islands
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2.
1556 – Philip II becomes King of which European country ?
Denmark
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Sweden
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Spain
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Netherlands
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3.
1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in which city ?
Lisbon, Portugal
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London, England
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Rome, Italy
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Paris, France
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4.
1979 – The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to which African country ?
Ethiopia
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Egypt
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Somalia
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Libya
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5.
1974 – Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer is born in which town in England ?
Croyden
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Leatherhead
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Barking
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Milton Keynes
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6.
1862 – Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have what ?
First Aiders on site at all times
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At least two independent means of escape
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Rescue equipment on all levels underground
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Independant air supply pumped underground
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7.
Today is National Religious Freedom Day in which country ?
UK
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Australia
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New Zealand
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USA
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8.
1864 - Mary Ann Nichols weds printer's machinist William Nichols in London, England. Mary Ann would become famous as what ?
Mistress of a serving Prime Minister
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Owner of the largest brothel in London
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Possible first victim of Jack the Ripper
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Leader of many suffragettes protesting for the right to vote
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9.
1581 - English parliament passes laws against what religion ?
Catholicism
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Islam
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Judaism
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Buddhism
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10.
1942 – Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian, dies as a consequence of what type of tragedy ?
Plane Crash
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Sinking Ship
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Car Crash
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Train Crash
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11.
1879 - January record of snow falls in New York City, (broken Jan 7, 1996), how deep was the snow ?
8 inches
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24 inches
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13 inches
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9 inches
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12.
1936 - 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in which US state ?
Georgia
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Florida
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Louisiana
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Alabama
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13.
Today is a National day for which food in India ?
National Undhiyu Day (A mixed vegetable dish)
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National Vada Day (Savoury Donut)
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National Paratha Day (Type of bread that can be stuffed)
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National Kuzhakkattai Day (Dumplings made of Rice Flour and Coconut)
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14.
1951 World's largest gas pipeline opens from Brownsville Texas, to which US city ?
Boston
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Chicago
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Detroit
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New York
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15.
1980 which "Beatle" is arrested at Tokyo International Airport for possession of marijuana; he is sent to jail for nine days before being deported ?
John Lennon
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Paul McCartney
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George Harrison
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Ringo Starr
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