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1.845 – Paris is sacked by raiders who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. Who were the raiders ?
Vikings
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Magyars
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Picts
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Bulgars
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2.1549 – The city of Salvador da Bahia, is founded. It is the first capital of which country ?
El Salvador
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Cuba
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Brazil
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Chile
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3.1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in what year ?
1615
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1629
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1620
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1631
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4.1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at what type of event at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier ?
Operatic Performance
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Birthday Party
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Midnight Masquerade Ball
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Ballet Performance
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5.1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, or Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway. It is built between which two rivers ?
Potomac and Ohio
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Hudson and Potomac
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Mississippi and Colorado
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St. Lawrence and Hudson
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6.1831 – Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against which nation ?.
Hungary
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Serbia
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Croatia
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Turkey
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7.1849 – The United Kingdom annexes which area of Asia ?
Kashmir
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Punjab
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Hindu Kush
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Ceylon
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8.1886 – John Pemberton brews the first batch of what in a backyard in Atlanta ?
Jim Beam Whiskey
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Coca-Cola
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Southern Comfort liqour
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Coors Beer
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9.1942 – The Bombing of which city is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city ?
Dresden
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Cologne
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Hamburg
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Lubeck
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10.1947 – Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in which country ?
Mozambique
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Mali
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Madagascar
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Malawi
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11.1974 – NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by which planet ?
Mercury
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Jupiter
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Mars
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Venus
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12.1974 – What was discovered in Shaanxi province, China ?
Section of the Great Wall
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Terracotta Army
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Japanese WW2 Soldier
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Golden Buddha Statue
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13.1984 – The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to which city ?
Chicago
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Detroit
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Atlanta
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Indianapolis
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14.1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province. Which province ?
Nova Scotia
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New Brunswick
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Prince Edward Island
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Ontario
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15.2014 – What is performed in England and Wales for the first time ?
Same Sex Marriages
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Passion Play
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Random Breath Testing
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Video Assistant Referee checks
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16.2017 - Which English Prime Minister formally begins the process of "Brexit", the UK leaving the EU?