On This Day (July 18th) Multiple Choice

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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 ✓

Toledo ✓

Bilbao ✓

Zaragoza ✓

2. 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 ✓

22 years ✓

8 years ✓

1 year ✓

3. 1812 – The Treaties of Orebro end the Anglo-Russian and which other war ?

Anglo-Finnish War ✓

Anglo-Danish War ✓

Anglo-Polish War ✓

Anglo-Swedish War ✓

4. 1841 – Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of where ?

Mexico ✓

Argentina ✓

Brazil ✓

Bolivia ✓

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 ✓

United States ✓

New Zealand ✓

Canada ✓

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 ✓

Finland ✓

Czechoslovakia ✓

Yugoslavia ✓

7. 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 ✓

It used jet engines ✓

Twin tail wings ✓

Able to refuel in mid air ✓

8. 1966 – A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in which city ?

Cleveland, Ohio ✓

Sacramento, California ✓

Jacksonville, Florida ✓

Bangor, Maine ✓

9. 1968 – The Intel Corporation is founded in Mountain View in which state ?

Oregon ✓

Washington ✓

California ✓

Colorado ✓

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 ✓

Los Angeles ✓

Tokyo ✓

Barcelona ✓

11. 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 ✓

McDonalds ✓

Burger King ✓

Pizza Hut ✓

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 ✓

Team of scientists ✓

Family of mice found in a basement ✓

An abandoned garage of dusty cars ✓

13. 1995 – The Soufrière Hills volcano erupts on which Caribbean island ?

Martinique ✓

Sint Eustatius ✓

Dominica ✓

Montserrat ✓

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 ✓

Ben Gurion / Tel Aviv Airport, Israel ✓

Ankara Esenboğa Airport, Turkey ✓

Athens International Airport, Greece ✓

15. 1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, is born in which province ?

Natal ✓

Orange Free State ✓

Cape Province ✓

Transvaal ✓

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