On This Day (January 5th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1781 - British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns which US city ?

Richmond, Virginia ✓

Charlotte, North Carolina ✓

Trenton, New Jersey ✓

Annapolis, Maryland ✓

2. 1840 - According to public records there are 95,820 of what in England on this date?

Houses of ill repute (Brothels) ✓

Churches ✓

Public Statues ✓

Public Houses (Pubs) ✓

3. 1900 - Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against what ?

British Rule ✓

Exports of potatoes ✓

Influx of economic refugees ✓

Sunday alcohol laws ✓

4. 1914 – Which company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses ?

Ford Motor Company ✓

Peninsula and Oriental Shipping Company ✓

Hudson Bay Company ✓

New York Stock Exchange ✓

5. 1919 - Anton Drexler founded the German Workers' Party, the forerunner of the Nazi Party, in which German city ?

Stuttgart ✓

Munich ✓

Hamburg ✓

Leipzig ✓

6. 1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of which state becomes the first female governor in the United States ?

Montana ✓

Delaware ✓

Louisiana ✓

Wyoming ✓

7. 1933 – Construction of which iconic bridge begins ?

Golden Gate Bridge ✓

Forth Rail Bridge ✓

George Washington Bridge ✓

Sydney Harbour Bridge ✓

8. 1944 – What is the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic ?

The Daily Telegraph ✓

The Daily Mirror ✓

The Daily Mail ✓

The Times ✓

9. 1945 - Which character debuts in the Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty" ?

Yosemite Sam ✓

Speedy Gonzales ✓

Pepe LePew ✓

Tweety Pie ✓

10. 1952 - Which British Prime Minister starts an official visit to the US ?

Harold Macmillan ✓

Winston Churchill ✓

Clement Attlee ✓

Anthony Eden ✓

11. 1969 – Marilyn Manson,(real name Brian Hugh Warner) American singer-songwriter, actor, and director is born in which US city ?

Wichita, Kansas ✓

Canton, Ohio ✓

Portland, Oregon ✓

Syracuse, New York ✓

12. 1970 - 23,000 mine workers go on strike in which European country ?

Germany ✓

United Kingdom ✓

Belgium ✓

Netherlands ✓

13. 1972 - President Richard Nixon ordered the development of what ?

Space Shuttle ✓

Hydro-Electric Power ✓

Long Range Submarines ✓

MRI Scanners ✓

14. 1993 - The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of which British island group, spilling twice as much crude oil as the Exxon Valdez in 1989?

Falkland Islands ✓

Orkney Islands ✓

Shetland Islands ✓

Outer Hebrides ✓

15. 2007 - Momofuku Ando, dies in Osaka, what did he invent?

Karaoke Machine ✓

Automatic Windshield Wipers ✓

Pokemon Franchise ✓

Instant Noodles ✓

16. 2014 - A communication satellite is launched using a cryogenic engine built by which country for the first time?

India ✓

South Africa ✓

Australia ✓

Canada ✓

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