On This Day (July 3rd) Multiple Choice

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1. 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until almost the end of which century ?

16th ✓

18th ✓

19th ✓

17th ✓

2. 1608 – Which Canadian city is founded by Samuel de Champlain ?

Québec City ✓

Montreal ✓

Toronto ✓

Halifax ✓

3. 1767 – Which remote island is discovered by Midshipman Robert ______ on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret ?

Bouvet Island ✓

Tristan da Cunha ✓

Kerguelen Island ✓

Pitcairn Island ✓

4. 1844 – The last pair of which bird is killed ?

Dodo ✓

Hawaiian Rail ✓

Great Auk ✓

Passenger Pigeon ✓

5. 1848 – Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in which region ?

Netherlands Antilles ✓

British Virgin Islands ✓

Danish West Indies ✓

French Polynesia ✓

6. 1852 – Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in which city ?

Miami ✓

San Francisco ✓

Baltimore ✓

Houston ✓

7. 1886 – Which newspaper becomes the first to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand ?

New York Tribune ✓

Washington Post ✓

London Times ✓

Le Monde ✓

8. 1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. Approximately how much did it cost ?

$100 ✓

$300 ✓

$150 ✓

$500 ✓

9. 1890 – Which state is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state ?

Wyoming ✓

Montana ✓

Idaho ✓

Oregon ✓

10. 1938 – World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour. What was the locomotive called ?

Flying Scotsman ✓

Hercules ✓

Sir Nigel Gresley ✓

Mallard ✓

11. 1944 – World War II: Which city is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration ?

Minsk ✓

Kiev ✓

Riga ✓

Tallinn ✓

12. 1952 – The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband speed record away from which ship ?

RMS Empress of Canada ✓

SS Great Britain ✓

RMS Queen Mary ✓

SS Queen Elizabeth 2 ✓

13. 1970 – The "Falls Curfew" begins in which city ?

Belfast ✓

Melbourne ✓

Durban ✓

Hong Kong ✓

14. 1996 – British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to which nation ?

Greece ✓

Scotland ✓

Ireland ✓

Greenland ✓

15. 1957 – Marianne Joan Elliott-Said a.k.a Poly Styrene, British musician was born today. With which punk band is she associated ?

The Vapors ✓

Jilted John ✓

Generation X ✓

X Ray Spex ✓

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