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On This Day (July 18th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 18th?
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1.
1195 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to which city ?
Salamanca
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Toledo
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Bilbao
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Zaragoza
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1389 – France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War. How long did it last ?
13 years
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22 years
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8 years
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1 year
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3.
1812 – The Treaties of Orebro end the Anglo-Russian and which other war ?
Anglo-Finnish War
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Anglo-Danish War
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Anglo-Polish War
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Anglo-Swedish War
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4.
1841 – Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of where ?
Mexico
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Argentina
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Brazil
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Bolivia
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5.
1872 – The Ballot Act 1872 introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot in which country ?
United Kingdom
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United States
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New Zealand
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Canada
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6.
1942 – During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from which nation ?
Poland
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Finland
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Czechoslovakia
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Yugoslavia
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1942 – The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 for the first time. What was different about the aircraft at that time ?
Three seater fighter plane
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It used jet engines
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Twin tail wings
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Able to refuel in mid air
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1966 – A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in which city ?
Cleveland, Ohio
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Sacramento, California
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Jacksonville, Florida
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Bangor, Maine
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9.
1968 – The Intel Corporation is founded in Mountain View in which state ?
Oregon
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Washington
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California
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Colorado
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10.
1976 – Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in which city ?
Montreal
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Los Angeles
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Tokyo
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Barcelona
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1984 – In which fast-food restaurant in California did James Oliver Huberty open fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police ?
KFC
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McDonalds
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Burger King
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Pizza Hut
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12.
1992 – A picture of "Les Horribles Cernettes" was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web. What were "Les Horribles Cernettes" ?
All female pop parody group
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Team of scientists
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Family of mice found in a basement
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An abandoned garage of dusty cars
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13.
1995 – The Soufrière Hills volcano erupts on which Caribbean island ?
Martinique
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Sint Eustatius
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Dominica
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Montserrat
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14.
2012 – At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at which airport ?
Burgas Airport, Bulgaria
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Ben Gurion / Tel Aviv Airport, Israel
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Ankara Esenboğa Airport, Turkey
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Athens International Airport, Greece
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1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, is born in which province ?
Natal
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Orange Free State
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Cape Province
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Transvaal
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