On This Day (March 26th) Multiple Choice

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1. 908 – Emperor Zhu Wen of Later Liang orders Li Zhu, the last Tang Dynasty emperor, to be what ?

Jailed ✓

Banished Abroad ✓

Poisoned ✓

Burned Alive ✓

2. 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras comes to an end. It is one of the first European military engagements where what is used ?

Gunpowder ✓

Crossbows ✓

Trebuchet ✓

Chainmail ✓

3. 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of which literary work ?

The Bible ✓

Aesop's Fables ✓

Metamorphoses ✓

Le Morte d'Arthur ✓

4. 1697 – Safavid government troops take control of which Middle Eastern city ?

Basra ✓

Baghdad ✓

Damascus ✓

Petra ✓

5. 1812 - An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of which city and kills an estimated 15,000–20,000 people ?

San Francisco, USA ✓

Naples, Italy ✓

Caracas, Venezuela ✓

Osaka, Japan ✓

6. 1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer dies at 56 of a disease of which vital organ ?

Liver ✓

Kidney ✓

Heart ✓

Brain ✓

7. 1859 - The first supposed sighting of non-existant planet Vulcan, thought to orbit where ?

Between Earth and Mars ✓

Between Venus and Earth ✓

Between Mars and Jupiter ✓

Between the Sun and Mercury ✓

8. 1872 - Thomas J Martin patents what item in everyday use today ?

Ironing Board ✓

Fire Extinguisher ✓

Electrical Socket ✓

Mixer Tap (Faucet) ✓

9. 1878 - The Sabi Game Reserve, the world's 1st officially designated game reserve, opens in which African country ?

South Africa ✓

Kenya ✓

Tanzania ✓

Uganda ✓

10. 1926 - 85th Grand National (UK): Billy Watkinson is victorious aboard the 25/1 bet "Jack Horner"; He is the first jockey of which nationality to win the race ?

New Zealander ✓

South African ✓

Australian ✓

Irish ✓

11. 1931 - New Delhi replaces which city as capital of British-India ?

Bombay ✓

Calcutta ✓

Madras ✓

Bangalore ✓

12. 1934 – Which test is introduced in the United Kingdom for the first time ?

Locomotive Engineer Test ✓

Smallpox Test ✓

Eleven Plus School Test ✓

Driving Test ✓

13. 1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many "be-ins" in which park ?

Hyde Park, London ✓

Stanley Park, Vancouver ✓

Central Park, New York ✓

Luxembourg Gardens, Paris ✓

14. 2006 - The prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force in which part of the United Kingdom ?

England ✓

Northern Ireland ✓

Scotland ✓

Wales ✓

15. 2010 – A South Korean Navy corvette is torpedoed. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames which nation ?

United States ✓

North Korea ✓

Iran ✓

Japan ✓

16. 2024 - The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision with a container ship in which city?

Baltimore ✓

Boston ✓

Newark ✓

Los Angeles ✓

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