On This Day (March 2nd) Multiple Choice

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1. 1127 – Charles the Good is assassinated, He was known as the Count of where?

Flanders ✓

Luxembourg ✓

Holstein ✓

Wessex ✓

2. 1458 – George of Poděbrady is chosen as the king of which Middle Age region ?

Galicia ✓

Bohemia ✓

Leinster ✓

Pomerania ✓

3. 1657 – Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; how long did it last?

Two Weeks ✓

Three Days ✓

Eight Days ✓

One Month ✓

4. 1797 – The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and what other denomination of banknote ?

Ten Shillings ✓

Five Pounds ✓

Ten Pounds ✓

Two Pounds ✓

5. 1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean near to which Royal residence ?

Buckingham Palace ✓

Balmoral Castle ✓

Osborne House ✓

Windsor Castle ✓

6. 1903 – The Martha Washington Hotel opens, the first hotel exclusively for women, in which city ?

New York ✓

Washington ✓

Chicago ✓

Los Angeles ✓

7. 1917 – The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants which people United States citizenship?

Native American ✓

Hawaiian ✓

Puerto Rican ✓

Alaskan ✓

8. 1933 – Which well known movie opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall ?

King Kong ✓

Duck Soup ✓

Sons of the Desert ✓

Alice in Wonderland ✓

9. 1939 – Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes what name ?

Pope John XIII ✓

Pope Pius XII ✓

Pope Benedict XV ✓

Pope Gregory XVI ✓

10. 1941 – World War II: German military units enter which country for the first time after it joins the Axis Pact ?

Bulgaria ✓

Croatia ✓

Romania ✓

Slovakia ✓

11. 1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight. What name was the plane given?

Betty Boop ✓

Pretty Girl III ✓

Minnie Mooch ✓

Lucky Lady II ✓

12. 1955 – Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of which of his relations ?

Father ✓

Son ✓

Grandson ✓

Nephew ✓

13. 1969 – The first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted from which city ?

Toulouse, France ✓

Bristol, UK ✓

Madrid, Spain ✓

London, UK ✓

14. 1970 – Which former nation declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown ?

Ceylon ✓

Swaziland ✓

Rhodesia ✓

British Honduras ✓

15. 1978 - Vladimir Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American person to go into space. What was his nationality?

Czech ✓

Hungarian ✓

Canadian ✓

Bulgarian ✓

16. 1983 - What is released for sale in the US and other markets after being available only in Japan?

Subaru Cars ✓

Compact Discs and Players ✓

Ramen Noodles ✓

Hello Kitty Merchandise ✓

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