On This Day (July 8th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of which city by marching in a religious procession as its Muslim defenders watch ?

Damascus ✓

Jerusalem ✓

Baghdad ✓

Cairo ✓

2. 1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to which region ?

Indian Subcontinent ✓

West Indies ✓

Southern Africa ✓

Horn of Africa ✓

3. 1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to colonise which modern day state of the US ?

Maine ✓

Pennsylvania ✓

New Jersey ✓

Rhode Island ✓

4. 1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of which country's coastline ?

Japan ✓

Chile ✓

India ✓

Mexico ✓

5. 1822 – Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in which Canadian province to the United Kingdom ?

Ontario ✓

Alberta ✓

Manitoba ✓

New Brunswick ✓

6. 1879 – Sailing ship "USS Jeannette" departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to where ?

South Pole ✓

Amazon River ✓

North Pole ✓

Easter Island ✓

7. 1889 – The first issue of which well known newspaper is published ?

Bild (Germany) ✓

The Wall Street Journal (USA) ✓

Financial Times (UK) ✓

Le Figaro (France) ✓

8. 1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith releases which city from his iron grip ?

Skagway, Alaska ✓

Port Hardy, British Columbia ✓

Newport, Oregon ✓

Bridgeport, Connecticut ✓

9. 1933 – The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in which city ?

Sydney ✓

Johannesburg ✓

Perth ✓

Cape Town ✓

10. 1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the which nation ?

China ✓

Soviet Union ✓

Yugoslavia ✓

Brazil ✓

11. 1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi in which African country ?

Benin ✓

Malawi ✓

Burundi ✓

Cameroon ✓

12. 1972 – Which intelligence agency assassinates Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani ?

Mossad ✓

CIA ✓

MI6 ✓

KGB ✓

13. 2011 – Which Space Shuttle is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program ?

Enterprise ✓

Discovery ✓

Endeavour ✓

Atlantis ✓

14. 1934 – Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter is born. What prominent physical feature did he have ?

Large Nose ✓

Misaligned Eyes ✓

Deformed Hand ✓

Hunched Back ✓

15. Which food is celebrated in the USA on this day ?

National Chocolate with Almonds Day ✓

National Hot Dog Day ✓

National Peanut Butter Day ✓

National Apple Pie Day ✓

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