On This Day (January 19th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is executed in the Tower of London for the crime of what ?

Running Prostitution ✓

Treason ✓

Theft ✓

Counterfeiting ✓

2. 1607 – San Agustin Church is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in which Asian city ?

Manila, Philippines ✓

Bangkok, Thailand ✓

Osaka, Japan ✓

Kathmandu, Nepal ✓

3. 1848 – Captain Matthew Webb, is born on this day, what is his claim to fame ?

First person to swim the English Channel ✓

Freed slaves in his charge as a ships Captain ✓

Rescued a Prince from assault ✓

Captured the first Polar Bear to be exhibited in a zoo ✓

4. 1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, in which State of the US ?

New Jersey ✓

New York ✓

New Hampshire ✓

New Mexico ✓

5. 1903 - Which sporting event was announced for the first time, several months in advance of the event ?

Commonwealth Games ✓

Tour de France cycle race ✓

Americas Cup sailing race ✓

Wimbledon tennis tournament ✓

6. 1915 – German zeppelins bomb which towns of the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target ?

Dover and Folkestone ✓

Hull and Grimsby ✓

Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn ✓

Brighton and Hastings ✓

7. 1922 - Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in how many years ?

20 ✓

50 ✓

100 ✓

200 ✓

8. 1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to where in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds ?

Washington D.C. ✓

New York City ✓

Miami ✓

Atlanta ✓

9. 1940 – "You Nazty Spy!", the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring which comedy act ?

Laurel and Hardy ✓

Abbott and Costello ✓

The Three Stooges ✓

The Marx Brothers ✓

10. 1953 – Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch what event ?

Lucy's Wedding ✓

Lucy's Birthday ✓

Lucy giving birth ✓

Lucy on holiday ✓

11. 1955 - Which board game debuts on this day ?

Monopoly ✓

Clue / Cluedo ✓

Game of Life ✓

Scrabble ✓

12. 1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in which South American country ?

Colombia ✓

Argentina ✓

Uruguay ✓

Bolivia ✓

13. 1995 Jean-Claude Juncker is sworn in as premier of which European nation ?

Luxembourg ✓

France ✓

Belgium ✓

Netherlands ✓

14. 2006 - A terrorist blows himself up in which Middle Eastern city, killing only himself but injuring 20 people ?

Kuwait City, Kuwait ✓

Aleppo, Syria ✓

Beirut, Lebanon ✓

Tel Aviv, Israel ✓

15. 2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter dies in Reston, Virginia as the result of what ?

Pneumonia ✓

Heart Attack ✓

Cancer ✓

Accident ✓

16. 2012 - The Hong Kong based file sharing website, Megaupload, is shut down by which agency?

FBI ✓

CIA ✓

Mossad ✓

MI6 ✓

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