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1. 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy how long after her death ?
25 years
10 years
10 months
50 years
2. 1534 – Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with indigenous peoples in what is now which country ?
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
USA
3. 1834 – Four nights of rioting against abolitionists begin in which city ?
Washington DC
New York
Boston
Chicago
4. 1863 – The United States begins its first military draft; how much do exemptions cost ?
$300
$500
$100
$1000
5. 1911 – The US, the UK, Japan, and Russia sign the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. The hunting of which animals did it ban ?
Bison
Dolphins
Whales
Seals
6. 1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe in which state ?
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
7. 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of which dam ?
Hoover Dam, USA
Gardiner Dam, Canada
Afsluitdijk, Netherlands
Fort Peck Dam, USA
8. 1941 – The US occupation of Iceland replaces the occupation of which country ?
Denmark
Sweden
United Kingdom
Canada
9. 1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a neighborhood of which California city ?
Beverly Hills
Sacramento
Santa Barbara
Ventura
10. 1978 – The Solomon Islands become independent from which country ?
Spain
United Kingdom
France
Portugal
11. 1980 – Institution of sharia law in which country ?
Iraq
Yemen
Qatar
Iran
12. 1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at what age ?
Nineteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Twenty
13. 1992 – The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to do what in public ?
Smoke Cigars
Drive Taxis
Go Topless
Sell Hot Dogs
14. 2005 – A series of four explosions, killing 56 people, occurs on which city's transport system ?
Paris
London
Brussels
Stockholm
15. 2007 – The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in how many locations around the world ?