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On This Day (March 14th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 14th ?
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Last updated: March 14, 2020
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1.
1885 – Which opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, receives its first public performance in London ?
The Mikado
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HMS Pinafore
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The Pirates of Penzance
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The Gondoliers
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1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard which ship for breach of the Articles of War.
HMS Blenheim
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HMS Formidable
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HMS Monarch
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HMS Princess
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3.
1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for what invention ?
Lightning Rod
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Cotton Gin
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Tuning Fork
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Preserving Jar
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4.
1926 – A train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. Two hundred forty-eight are killed and 93 wounded, in which country ?
Guatemala
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Honduras
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Nicaragua
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Costa Rica
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5.
1942 – Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States successfully to treat a patient, Anne Miller, using what ?
Blood Transfusion
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Penicillin
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Artificial Heart Valve
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Chemotherapy
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6.
1903 - The first national bird reservation is established in which city ?
Sebastian, Florida
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Citronelle, Alabama
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Hardeeville, Georgia
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Awendaw, South Carolina
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7.
1923 - US President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to do what ?
Become Bankrupt
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Visit Antarctica
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Pay Taxes
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Keep Chickens
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8.
1966 - The British film "Born Free", based on the book "Born Free" by which author is released ?
Roald Dahl
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Joy Adamson
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Frank Herbert
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J.D. Salinger
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9.
1971 - The Rolling Stones leave England for France for what reason ?
European Tour
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Record an Album
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Reduce Fan Pressure
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Escape Taxes
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10.
1984 - Gerry Adams, head of Irelands Sinn Féin party, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in which city ?
Dublin
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Liverpool
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Belfast
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Glasgow
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11.
1997 - President Clinton trips & injures what part of his body that then requires surgery ?
Knee
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Elbow
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Shoulder
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Ankle
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12.
2013 - 7 people are killed after gunmen storm a bar in which city ?
Key West, USA
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Cancun, Mexico
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Belmopan, Belize
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Montego Bay, Jamaica
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13.
2017 - European Court of Justice rules companies can ban staff from wearing what ?
Jewelery
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Provocative Clothing
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High Heel Shoes
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Religious Symbols
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14.
2017 - World's oldest golf club, Muirfield in Scotland, votes to admit women as members for the first time in how many years ?
157
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189
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273
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305
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15.
2019 - Google announces its employee Emma Haruka Iwao, using Google Cloud, has broken the world record for calculating pi, to how many digits ?
31.4 trillion
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18.9 billion
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22.4 million
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76.1 billion
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