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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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1. 1848 – The ship "John Wickliffe" arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for where ?
Darwin, Australia
Dunedin, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand
Perth, Australia
2. 1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at number 488 of which street in New York City ?
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Park Avenue
Lexington Avenue
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
The Huguenot Society of America
The Explorers Club
National Geographic Society
4. 2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into which ocean ?
Indian
Pacific
Southern
Arctic
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
In Red Square, Moscow
On the steps of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
In Pobedy Park, Volgograd
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
Continue their Journey along the coast Northwards
Travel Home
Continue their journey along the coast Southwards
7. 2015 - TV personality Kris Jenner and athlete Bruce Jenner divorce after how many years of marriage ?
22
13
8
18
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
Ambleside, Cumbria
Diss, Norfolk
Macclesfield, Cheshire
9. 1839 - 1st recorded use of "OK" an abbreviation of "Oll Korrect" in which newspaper ?
New York Times
Washington Post
UK's Daily Telegraph
Boston's Morning Post
10. 1889 - What means of crossing the River Thames was officially opened in London ?
Blackwall Tunnel
Woolwich Free Ferry
Blackfriars Rail Bridge
Tower Bridge
11. 1945 - The Swallow Sidecar Company headed by William Lyons agrees to change its name to what ?
Lotus
McLaren
Jaguar
MG
12. 1957 - The US army sells it's last remaining what ?
Bicycles
Bi-planes
Muskets
Homing Pigeons
13. 1966 - First official meeting of the Catholic & Anglican Churches after how many years ?
400
500
200
300
14. 2012 - The African Union suspends which country's membership following a coup ?
Burkina Faso
Mali
Guinea
Togo
15. 2019 - More than 1 million people march on London to demand what ?
Change to Environmental Policies
Tax Cuts
Second EU Referendum
Better Job Prospects
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