On This Day (June 18th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1178 – Five monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. Where is the Giordano bruno crater ?

France ✓

Arabian Peninsula ✓

The Moon ✓

Sahara Desert ✓

2. 1633 – Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, in which city ?

Edinburgh ✓

Stirling ✓

London ✓

Glasgow ✓

3. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon which city ?

Boston ✓

Philadelphia ✓

Charlotte ✓

Richmond ✓

4. 1815 – The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington. In which country is the site of the battle ?

France ✓

Luxembourg ✓

Germany ✓

Belgium ✓

5. 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to do what ?

Open a "Fight Club" ✓

Vote in a presidential election ✓

Sell slaves ✓

Own a bar ✓

6. 1908 – The University of where is established ?

The Philippines ✓

Sao Paolo ✓

Adelaide ✓

Lesotho ✓

7. 1935 – Police in Vancouver, Canada clash with striking workers from which industry ?

Truck Drivers ✓

Dock Workers ✓

Locomotive Engineers ✓

Construction Workers ✓

8. 1945 – William Joyce is charged with treason. By what name was he infamously known ?

Tokyo Joe ✓

Axis Albert ✓

Lord Haw Haw ✓

Berlin Bobby ✓

9. 1948 – Columbia Records introduces which music format in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City ?

Long Playing Vinyl Album ✓

Cassette Tape ✓

Eight Track Cartridge ✓

Single Vinyl Record ✓

10. 1954 – Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the border setting in motion a coup d'état in which country ?

Venezuela ✓

Guatemala ✓

Honduras ✓

El Salvador ✓

11. 1972 – 118 people are killed when a British European Airways Trident crashes two minutes after take off from which airport ?

Manchester ✓

Paris Orly ✓

Berlin Templehof ✓

London Heathrow ✓

12. 1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and which nation ?

Russia ✓

China ✓

Soviet Union ✓

United Kingdom ✓

13. 1982 – Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath which bridge in London, England ?

Blackfriars Bridge ✓

London Bridge ✓

Tower Bridge ✓

Vauxhall Bridge ✓

14. 1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike. Where in the UK is Orgreave ?

Lancashire ✓

Gwent ✓

Nottinghamshire ✓

South Yorkshire ✓

15. 2006 – The first space satellite from which former Soviet country is launched ?

Kyrgyzstan ✓

Kazakhstan ✓

Uzbekistan ✓

Ukraine ✓

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