On This Day (March 15th) Multiple Choice

1. 351 – Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of which part of the Roman Empire ?

2. 1493 – Christopher Columbus returns to which country after his first trip to the Americas ?

3. 1564 – Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya". What is "jizya" ?

4. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Guilford Court House takes place near which present-day city ?

5. 1877 – The first ever official cricket test match is played in Melbourne between Australia and which other team ?

6. 1906 – Which motor vehicle manufacturer still in production is incorporated as a company ?

7. 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the Romanov dynasty after how many years ?

8. 1939 – Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by which country the following day ?

9. 1940 - Hermann Goering declares that Germany only needs 100-200 of what ?

10. 1950 - New York City hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official what ?

11. 1957 - The United Kingdom becomes the third nation to do what ?

12. 1985 - The first Internet domain name is registered, what was it called ?

13. 1986 – Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World collapses in which city ?

14. 2010 - Stand-up comedian and writer Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Ali G) weds actress Isla Fisher in which European Capital city ?

15. 2019 – Fifty-one people are killed in a shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand in which type of building ?

16. 2019 - Around 1.4 million children in 123 countries go on strike to protest about which issue?