On This Day (May 21st) Multiple Choice

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1. 1674 – The nobility elect John Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of where ?

Estonia ✓

Silesia ✓

Bohemia ✓

Lithuania ✓

2. 1758 – Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned when ?

Five years later ✓

Six and a half years later ✓

Six months later ✓

Two years and three months later ✓

3. 1851 – Slavery is abolished in which country ?

Colombia ✓

Brazil ✓

El Salvador ✓

Costa Rica ✓

4. 1871 – The opening on Mount Rigi in Switzerland of the first what in Europe ?

Bobsleigh Run ✓

Mountain Top Restaurant ✓

Rack Railway ✓

Cable Car ✓

5. 1894 – Which canal is officially opened by Queen Victoria ?

Manchester Ship Canal ✓

Caledonian Canal ✓

Royal Military Canal ✓

Southwick Ship Canal ✓

6. 1904 – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in which city ?.

Brussels ✓

Paris ✓

Luxembourg ✓

London ✓

7. 1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to do what ?

Become Tax Free ✓

Build a Mosque ✓

Appoint a female Mayor ✓

Fingerprint all its Citizens ✓

8. 1936 – Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's what in her handbag ?

Head ✓

Hands ✓

Genitals ✓

Feet ✓

9. 1937 – A Soviet station, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate where ?

On the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean ✓

Bouvet Island ✓

Antarctic Interior ✓

Diomede Islands ✓

10. 1972 – Michelangelo's "Pietà" in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is damaged by what ?

Flooding ✓

Vandalism ✓

Fire ✓

Accidental Gunfire ✓

11. 1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near which city ?

Bombay (Mumbai) ✓

Goa ✓

Calcutta (Kolkatta) ✓

Madras (Chennai) ✓

12. 1992 – Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests of The Tonight Show. Robin Williams and which other celebrity were guests ?

Bette Midler ✓

Joan Rivers ✓

Cher ✓

Kim Kardashian ✓

13. 1996 – The ferry "MV Bukoba" sinks on which lake, killing nearly 1,000 ?

Lake Titicaca ✓

Lake Victoria ✓

Lake Baikal ✓

Lake Huron ✓

14. 2005 – The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at which amusement park ?

Alton Towers, UK ✓

Salitre Mágico, Colombia. ✓

Canada's Wonderland, Ontario, Canada ✓

Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ, USA ✓

15. 1960 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer, is born. By what name was he known ?

Dating Game Killer ✓

Woodward Corridor Killer ✓

Milwaukee Cannibal ✓

Lonely Hearts Killer ✓

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