On This Day (March 24th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6. He was wounded by what weapon ?

Crossbow ✓

Mace ✓

Pike ✓

Longbow ✓

2. 1603 – James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of which monarch ?

Edward VI ✓

Mary II ✓

Elizabeth I ✓

John ✓

3. 1765 – Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to do what ?.

Pay Taxes ✓

House British troops ✓

Collect Rents ✓

Send Slaves to England ✓

4. 1829 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act allowing Catholics to do what ?

Preach in Public ✓

Perform Weddings ✓

Collect Donations ✓

Serve in Parliament. ✓

5. 1854 – Slavery is abolished in which South American country ?

Venezuela ✓

Argentina ✓

Chile ✓

Brazil ✓

6. 1882 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for which disease ?.

Smallpox ✓

Measles ✓

Tuberculosis ✓

Mumps ✓

7. 1920 - The first US coast guard air station is established in which city ?

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ✓

Brunswick, georgia ✓

Morehead City, North Carolina ✓

Naples, Florida ✓

8. 1921 – The 1921 Women's Olympiad, the first international women's sports event begins in which city ?

Barcelona ✓

Monte Carlo ✓

Los Angeles ✓

London ✓

9. 1944 - RAF rear gunner Nicholas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber 18,000 feet over Germany without a parachute suffering which minor injury ?

Broken Ankle ✓

Sprained Leg ✓

Dislocated Shoulder ✓

Broken Wrist ✓

10. 1958 - Elvis Presley (Service number - 53310761) joins which branch of the military?

Army ✓

Navy ✓

Air Force ✓

Marines ✓

11. 1965 - The US probe Ranger 9 strikes the Moon, 10 miles (16 km) North East of which crater ?

Alphonsus ✓

Copernicus ✓

Apollo ✓

Albategnius ✓

12. 1986 - Suriname army capt Etienne Boerenveen is arrested on what charge ?

Assault on Fellow Officer ✓

Theft of Government Property ✓

Cocaine Smuggling ✓

Driving under the Influence ✓

13. 1998 - Two students, ages 11 and 13, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in which city ?

Tulsa, Oklahoma ✓

Jonesboro, Arkansas ✓

Jackson, Tennessee ✓

Lebanon, Missouri ✓

14. 1999 – A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire killing 38 people in an inferno inside which tunnel ?

Channel Tunnel ✓

Tokyo Bay Aqua Line ✓

Sprialen Tunnel ✓

Mont Blanc Tunnel ✓

15. 2016 - Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić is found guilty of genocide during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and is sentenced to how many years in jail ?

25 ✓

105 ✓

60 ✓

40 ✓

16. 2008 - Which country officially becomes a democracy with its first-ever general election?

Bhutan ✓

Brunei ✓

Mongolia ✓

East Timor ✓

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