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1.1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of what drink ?.
Gin
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Guiness
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Scotch Whisky
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Lager Beer
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2.1533 – Which of Henry VIII's wives is crowned Queen of England ?
Anne Boleyn
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Jane Seymour
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Catherine of Aragon
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Anne of Cleves
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3.1648 – The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at which battle in the Second English Civil War ?
Battle of Preston
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Battle of Maidstone
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Battle of St Fagans
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Battle of Carbisdale
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4.1796 – Which state is admitted as the 16th state of the United States ?
Tennessee
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Kentucky
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Kansas
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Arkansas
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5.1831 – James Clark Ross becomes the first European at which point on earth ?
Cape Horn
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Kamchatka Peninsula
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Magnetic North Pole
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Pitcairn Island
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6.1855 – The American adventurer William Walker conquers which central American country ?
Costa Rica
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Guatemala
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Honduras
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Nicaragua
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7.1868 – The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing which native Americans to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico ?
Cherokee
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Navajo
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Seminole
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Apache
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8.1929 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in which city ?
Caracas
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Lima
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Buenos Aires
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Santiago
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9.1943 – BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill who ?
Winston Churchill
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Charles de Gaulle
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Neville Chamberlain
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Haile Selassie
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10.1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in which country ?
Argentina
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Netherlands
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Poland
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Israel
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11.1974 – Which medical maneuver is published in the journal Emergency Medicine ?
Valsalva's maneuver
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Heimlich maneuver
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Phalen's maneuver
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Leopold's maneuvers
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12.1980 – Which TV channel begins broadcasting ?
Cable News Network (CNN)
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Music Television (MTV)
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Nickelodeon
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Cartoon Network
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13.1999 – American Airlines Flight 1420 from Dallas, Texas slides and crashes while landing at it's destination in which city ?
Bangor, Maine
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Portland, Oregon
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Little Rock, Arkansas
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Anchorage, Alaska
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14.2009 – Which company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history ?
Exxon
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Walmart
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Sears
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General Motors
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15.1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress is born. She attended which Los Angeles high school ?