On This Day (January 9th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel is rounded up , believed by the residents to be the cause of what ?

Unemployment ✓

Rising Bread Prices ✓

Black Death ✓

Rat Infestation ✓

2. 1788 – Which is the fifth state to ratify the US Constitution ?

Connecticut ✓

Delaware ✓

Maryland ✓

Maine ✓

3. 1799 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of how much to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.?

Half a Crown ✓

Two Shillings ✓

Sixpence ✓

One Penny ✓

4. 1816 – Sir Humphry Davy tests which invention for miners at Hebburn Colliery ?

Gas Detector ✓

Steam Hammer ✓

Delayed Detonator ✓

Safety Lamp ✓

5. 1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of where, commits suicide.?

Scotland ✓

Mexico ✓

Republic of Texas ✓

Nova Scotia ✓

6. 1862 - The first petroleum shipment (1,329 barrels) from the U.S. to Europe arrives at which city ?

London ✓

Lisbon ✓

Barcelona ✓

Dublin ✓

7. 1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in which Canadian city, kills 78 children ?

Toronto ✓

Vancouver ✓

Montreal ✓

Ottawa ✓

8. 1941 – Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist, is born in which New York borough ?

Bronx ✓

Staten Island ✓

Brooklyn ✓

Queens ✓

9. 1957 – British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to do what ?

Retake the Suez Canal from Egypt ✓

End food rationing ✓

Reduce the national debt following WW2 ✓

End an affair with a married woman ✓

10. 1959 - "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on which United States TV network ?

ABC ✓

NBC ✓

PBS ✓

CBS ✓

11. 1969 - First trial flight of Concorde supersonic jetliner takes place in which European city ?

Toulouse, France ✓

Bristol, UK ✓

Madrid, Spain ✓

Porto, Portugal ✓

12. 1972 - Retired passenger liner Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire in which Asian harbour ?

Hong Kong ✓

Tokyo ✓

Taipei ✓

Macau ✓

13. 2005 - "Motley Crue" lead singer Vince Neil weds Lia Gerardini at which hotel in Las Vegas ?

Caesars Palace ✓

The Mirage ✓

Four Seasons ✓

Bellagio ✓

14. 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in which US city ?

San Francisco ✓

Seattle ✓

Sacramento ✓

Dallas ✓

15. 2021 - Sriwijawa Airlines Flight 182 crashes to the north of which Asian city, killing all 62 people on board?

Manila ✓

Jakarta ✓

Dili ✓

Kuala Lumpur ✓

16. January 9th is National what Day in the United States ?

National Watermelon Day ✓

National PB and J Day ✓

National Cassoulet Day ✓

National Sausage Day ✓

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