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On This Day (March 23rd) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 23rd ?
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Last updated: March 23, 2020
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1.
1848 – The ship "John Wickliffe" arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for where ?
Darwin, Australia
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Dunedin, New Zealand
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Perth, Australia
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2.
1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at number 488 of which street in New York City ?
Broadway
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Fifth Avenue
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Park Avenue
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Lexington Avenue
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3.
1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and which other society ?
Adventurers' Club of New York
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The Huguenot Society of America
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The Explorers Club
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National Geographic Society
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4.
2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into which ocean ?
Indian
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Pacific
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Southern
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Arctic
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5.
1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in which place ?
His bedroom at St. Michael's Castle, St. Petersburg
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In Red Square, Moscow
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On the steps of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
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In Pobedy Park, Volgograd
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6.
1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin to what ?
Establish a Settlement
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Continue their Journey along the coast Northwards
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Travel Home
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Continue their journey along the coast Southwards
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7.
2015 - TV personality Kris Jenner and athlete Bruce Jenner divorce after how many years of marriage ?
22
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13
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8
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18
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8.
1921 Donald Campbell, English boat and land racer (world land and water records 1964), is born in which English town ?
Kingston upon Thames,Surrey
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Ambleside, Cumbria
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Diss, Norfolk
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Macclesfield, Cheshire
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1839 - 1st recorded use of "OK" an abbreviation of "Oll Korrect" in which newspaper ?
New York Times
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Washington Post
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UK's Daily Telegraph
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Boston's Morning Post
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1889 - What means of crossing the River Thames was officially opened in London ?
Blackwall Tunnel
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Woolwich Free Ferry
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Blackfriars Rail Bridge
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Tower Bridge
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11.
1945 - The Swallow Sidecar Company headed by William Lyons agrees to change its name to what ?
Lotus
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McLaren
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Jaguar
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MG
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12.
1957 - The US army sells it's last remaining what ?
Bicycles
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Bi-planes
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Muskets
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Homing Pigeons
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13.
1966 - First official meeting of the Catholic & Anglican Churches after how many years ?
400
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500
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200
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300
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14.
2012 - The African Union suspends which country's membership following a coup ?
Burkina Faso
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Mali
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Guinea
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Togo
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15.
2019 - More than 1 million people march on London to demand what ?
Change to Environmental Policies
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Tax Cuts
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Second EU Referendum
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Better Job Prospects
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