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On This Day (May 21st) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 21st ?
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1.
1674 – The nobility elect John Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of where ?
Estonia
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Silesia
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Bohemia
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Lithuania
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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
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Six and a half years later
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Six months later
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Two years and three months later
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3.
1851 – Slavery is abolished in which country ?
Colombia
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Brazil
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El Salvador
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Costa Rica
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4.
1871 – The opening on Mount Rigi in Switzerland of the first what in Europe ?
Bobsleigh Run
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Mountain Top Restaurant
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Rack Railway
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Cable Car
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5.
1894 – Which canal is officially opened by Queen Victoria ?
Manchester Ship Canal
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Caledonian Canal
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Royal Military Canal
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Southwick Ship Canal
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6.
1904 – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in which city ?.
Brussels
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Paris
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Luxembourg
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London
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7.
1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to do what ?
Become Tax Free
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Build a Mosque
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Appoint a female Mayor
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Fingerprint all its Citizens
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1936 – Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's what in her handbag ?
Head
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Hands
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Genitals
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Feet
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9.
1937 – A Soviet station, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate where ?
On the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean
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Bouvet Island
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Antarctic Interior
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Diomede Islands
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1972 – Michelangelo's "Pietà" in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is damaged by what ?
Flooding
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Vandalism
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Fire
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Accidental Gunfire
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11.
1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near which city ?
Bombay (Mumbai)
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Goa
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Calcutta (Kolkatta)
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Madras (Chennai)
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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
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Joan Rivers
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Cher
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Kim Kardashian
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13.
1996 – The ferry "MV Bukoba" sinks on which lake, killing nearly 1,000 ?
Lake Titicaca
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Lake Victoria
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Lake Baikal
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Lake Huron
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2005 – The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at which amusement park ?
Alton Towers, UK
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Salitre Mágico, Colombia.
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Canada's Wonderland, Ontario, Canada
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Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ, USA
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1960 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer, is born. By what name was he known ?
Dating Game Killer
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Woodward Corridor Killer
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Milwaukee Cannibal
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Lonely Hearts Killer
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