On This Day (June 10th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1596 – Willem Barentsz and Jacob van Heemskerk discover which island ?

Bear Island ✓

Ascension Island ✓

Bouvet Island ✓

Jan Mayen Island ✓

2. 1624 – Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the which other nation ?

United Kingdom ✓

Belgium ✓

Netherlands ✓

Spain ✓

3. 1793 – The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public what ?

Library ✓

Zoo ✓

Aquarium ✓

Execution Viewing Platform ✓

4. 1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on which river ?

Cam ✓

Severn ✓

Thames ✓

Medway ✓

5. 1838 – Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight of which indigenous people are murdered ?

New Zealand Maoris ✓

Native Americans ✓

South African Bantu ✓

Aboriginal Australians ✓

6. 1924 – Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in which city ?

Rome ✓

Milan ✓

Naples ✓

Palermo ✓

7. 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith founds which organisation in Akron, Ohio, USA ?

Outlaws Motorcycle Club ✓

Alcoholics Anonymous ✓

International College of Surgeons ✓

Fedcap Rehabilitation Services ✓

8. 1940 – World War II: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on France and which other country ?

Spain ✓

Netherlands ✓

United Kingdom ✓

Belgium ✓

9. 1947 – Which company produces its first automobile ?

Saab ✓

Mahindra ✓

Toyota ✓

Holden ✓

10. 1963 – The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on what, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy ?

Race ✓

Sex ✓

Religion ✓

Political Beliefs ✓

11. 1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in which state of the US ?

Oklahoma ✓

Washington ✓

New Jersey ✓

Tennessee ✓

12. 1990 – British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at which airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit ?

Southampton ✓

Heathrow ✓

Paris CDG ✓

Manchester ✓

13. 1991 – Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until which year ?

2011 ✓

1998 ✓

2009 ✓

2001 ✓

14. 2001 – Pope John Paul II canonizes which country's first female saint, Saint Rafqa ?

Turkey ✓

Ghana ✓

Argentina ✓

Lebanon ✓

15. 2002 – John Gotti, American mobster, dies. What did the media call him ?

"The Teflon Don" ✓

"The Slippery Snake" ✓

"The Big Boss" ✓

"The Italian Stallion" ✓

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