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On This Day (January 22nd) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 22nd ?
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Last updated: January 22, 2020
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1.
1506 – The first contingent of how many Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican ?
50
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100
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150
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200
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2.
1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in which city ?
Columbus, Ohio
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Indianapolis, Indiana
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3.
1924 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from which political party ?
Conservative
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Labour
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Liberal
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Whig
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4.
1927 – Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and which other soccer team ?
Manchester City
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Aston Villa
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Bolton Wanderers
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Sheffield United
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5.
1906 – SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on which Canadian Island, killing more than 130 people ?
Baffin Island
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Prince Edward Island
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Anticosti island
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Vancouver Island
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6.
1941 – British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from forces of which country during Operation Compass ?
Germany
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Japan
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Italy
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Turkey
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7.
1947 – KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in which city ?
Los Angeles
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San Francisco
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Las Vegas
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Seattle
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8.
1970 – The Boeing 747, enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy Airport to which airport ?
Paris Charles de Gaulle
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London Heathrow
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Amsterdam Schiphol
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Madrid Barajas
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9.
1915 – Over 600 people are killed in which Mexican city, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon ?
Durango
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Monterrey
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Merida
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Guadalajara
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10.
1920 – Sir Alf Ramsey, English footballer and coach of the World Cup winning team in 1966 is born in which English town ?
Dartford, Kent
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Leatherhead, Surrey
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Dagenham, Essex
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Watford, Hertfordshire
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11.
2005 - Donald Trump weds former model Melania Knauss at the Bethesda by the Sea Episcopal Church in which city ?
Long Beach, California
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Palm Beach, Florida
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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Portland, Maine
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12.
1957 - Israeli forces withdraw from where ?
Sinai Peninsula
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Gaza Strip
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West Bank
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Lebanon
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13.
1959 - USAF concludes that less than what percentage of UFOs are actually unknown objects ?
<10%
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<25%
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<1%
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<5%
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14.
1901 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies on which British island ?
Isle of Man
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Isle of Wight
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Isle of Skye
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Isle of Anglesey
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15.
2014 - Water vapour is detected on which dwarf planet ?
Ceres
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Pluto
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Makemake
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Eris
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