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On This Day (June 24th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 24th?
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1. 1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa. In which modern day country was Azzi-Hayasa ?
Afghanistan
Armenia
Uzbekistan
Turkey
2. 109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from which Italian lake ?
Lake Bracciano
Lake Vico
Lake Bolsena
Lake Trasimeno
3. 1374 – A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people to experience hallucinations and begin to jump uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion in which German city ?
Hamburg
Hameln
Lubeck
Aachen
4. 1497 – John Cabot lands in which part of North America leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings ?
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Maine
Cape Cod
5. 1509 – Henry VIII and which wife are crowned King and Queen of England ?
Anne Boleyn
Anne of Cleves
Catherine of Aragon
Jane Seymour
6. 1571 – Miguel López de Legazpi founds which Asian capital city ?
Jakarta
Manila
Kuala Lumpur
Dili
7. 1717 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world, is founded in which city ?
London
Birmingham
Manchester
Brighton
8. 1821 – The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of which country from Spain ?
Colombia
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Argentina
9. 1902 – King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops which medical condition, delaying his coronation ?
Tonsilitis
Appendicitis
Hernia
Broken Arm
10. 1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a contract worth how much ?
$500,000
$2 million
$100,000
$1 million
11. 1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting in which state ?
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
12. 1963 – The United Kingdom grants which island internal self-government ?
Zanzibar
Jamaica
Fiji
Bermuda
13. 1973 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located in which US city ?
San Francisco
Chicago
New Orleans
Miami
14. 1981 – The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting which two English counties ?
Essex and Kent
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Devon and Cornwall
Lancashire and Cheshire
15. 2010 – Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of which country ?
Australia
New Zealand
Ireland
France
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