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On This Day (January 6th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 6th ?
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1.
1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries which of his 6 wives ?
Anne of Cleves
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Catherine Howard
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Anne Boleyn
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Jane Seymour
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1839 – The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in which Irish city ?
Cork
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Waterford
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Dublin
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Limerick
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1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in which Italian city ?
Milan
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Turin
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Rome
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Verona
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4.
1912 – Which state is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state ?
Nevada
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New Mexico
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Nebraska
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Minnesota
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5.
1925 – John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, is born in which city ?
Belfast, UK
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Perth, Australia
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Cape Town, South Africa
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Detroit, USA
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1930 – The first automobile trip powered by what is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York ?
Electricity
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Diesel
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Jet Turbine
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Vegetable Oil
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7.
1936 - Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st female what ?
High Court Judge
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Airline Pilot
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Mayor
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Priest
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1947 – Which company becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.?
TAP Air Portugal
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B.O.A.C
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Pan American Airlines
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Air France
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1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to where ?
Miami
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Denver
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Seattle
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New Orleans
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10.
1975 - "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on which TV network ?
NBC
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BBC
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ABC
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CBS
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11.
1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from which country, where it was held after World War II ?
USA
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UK
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France
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Germany
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12.
1993 – Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter dies on this day, he was most famous for playing which instrument ?
Saxaphone
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Trumpet
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Trombone
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Clarinet
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13.
2000 - The last known living example of what animal is found dead after being crushed by a tree ?
Saudi Gazelle
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Toolache wallaby
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Schomburgk's deer
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Pyrenean Ibex
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14.
2005 – A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of what ?
Malt Liqour
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Crude Oil
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Sulphuric Acid
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Chlorine Gas
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15.
2019 - Record $3.1 million price was paid for which product at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market ?
Great White Shark Fins
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Giant Bluefin Tuna
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Beluga Caviar
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Consignment of Fugu (Blowfish)
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2021 - Supporters of Donald Trump attack which building?
White House
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Pentagon
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Capitol Building
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Trump Towers
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Because there are so many of these quizzes (366 obviously) I have decided, as mentioned in one of my blogs I think, that I shall review and update all of these quizzes on the next leap year, so 2024.
psst....I need the time to prepare myself mentally for that challenge.