On This Day (July 21st) Multiple Choice

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1. 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by what ?

Earthquake ✓

High Winds ✓

Invading armies ✓

Arson ✓

2. 1403 – King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of which county town of England ?

Shrewsbury ✓

Northampton ✓

Lancaster ✓

Taunton ✓

3. 1831 – Inauguration of Leopold I, the first king of which country ?

Denmark ✓

Belgium ✓

Netherlands ✓

Norway ✓

4. 1873 – Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West in which state of the US ?

Wyoming ✓

Montana ✓

Iowa ✓

Texas ✓

5. 1904 – Louis Rigolly, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph barrier on land. He drove a Gobron-Brillié car with what size engine ?

13.5 litre ✓

7 litre ✓

2.8 litre ✓

27 litre ✓

6. 1925 – In Dayton, Tennessee, high school teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching about what in class and fined $100 ?

Homosexuality ✓

Slavery ✓

Buddhism ✓

Evolution ✓

7. 1925 – Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph on land at Pendine Sands in which part of the United Kingdom ?

England ✓

Wales ✓

Scotland ✓

Northern Ireland ✓

8. 1944 – World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators are tortured and executed in Berlin, Germany for what reason ?

Planning to free prisoners at Auschwitz ✓

Impersonating SS officers ✓

Plotting to assassinate Hitler ✓

Spying for the Allies ✓

9. 1959 – "NS Savannah" is launched. She is the first ship to be propelled by what ?

Nuclear Power ✓

Jet Turbines ✓

LPG ✓

Natural Gas ✓

10. 1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of which country, becoming the world's first female head of government ?

Bangladesh ✓

Sri Lanka ✓

Brunei ✓

Papua New Guinea ✓

11. 1969 – Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon. At what time (UTC) ?

03:15 ✓

00:34 ✓

02:56 ✓

04:33 ✓

12. 1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate how many bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland in the space of 80 minutes ?

22 ✓

36 ✓

15 ✓

49 ✓

13. 2008 – Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of which country ?

Bhutan ✓

East Timor ✓

Vanuatu ✓

Nepal ✓

14. 1955 – Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer is born. He is best known as the bass player for which band ?

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ✓

Steve Miller Band ✓

Blue Oyster Cult ✓

Ramones ✓

15. Racial Harmony Day is celebrated each year on this day in which country ?

New Zealand ✓

Fiji ✓

Singapore ✓

Madagascar ✓

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