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On This Day (May 6th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 6th ?
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1.
1536 – King Henry VIII orders what be placed in every church ?
Statue of Jesus
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English-language Bibles
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Cushions for Kneeling in Prayer
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Incense Burners
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1682 – Louis XIV of France moves his court to where ?
Château de Fontainebleau
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Luxembourg Palace
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Tuileries Palace
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Palace of Versailles
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3.
1835 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of which newspaper ?
New York Herald
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Southern Illustrated News
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Washington Post
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Milwaukee Sentinel
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4.
1877 – Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in which State ?
Wisconsin
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Illinois
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Nebraska
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South Dakota
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5.
1889 – Which landmark is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition ?
Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Neuschwanstein Castle
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Alhambra Palace
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Eiffel Tower
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1937 – The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst in which state ?
New Hampshire
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New Jersey
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Maryland
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Rhode Island
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7.
1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for which of his novels ?
The Grapes of Wrath
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East of Eden
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The Pastures of Heaven
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Of Mice and Men
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1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the what ?
Sub 10 Second 100m
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Lands End to John O'Groats Challenge
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Sub 4 Minute Mile
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Trans Sahara Challenge
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1960 – The first televised royal wedding, when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey, was watched by at least how many viewers ?
10 million
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5 million
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50 million
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20 million
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10.
1966 – Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for murders in which part of England ?
Lancashire Moorland
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Isle of Wight
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East Anglia
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Cornish Riviera
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11.
1983 – What are revealed as a hoax after being examined by experts ?
Photo of Loch Ness Monster
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Hitler Diaries
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Photo of Fairies
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Alien Tapes
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12.
1994 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of what ?
New British Embassy in Paris
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French Consulate in Manchester
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Channel Tunnel
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Airbus Factory
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1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed, up eight days after he disappeared, on a riverbank in which State ?
Maryland
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Colorado
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New York
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Maine
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2001 – During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to do what ?
Fire a Gun
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Attend a Jewish Ceremony
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Visit his 100th Country
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Enter a Mosque
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2013 – Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in which US city ?
Cleveland
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Nashville
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Los Angeles
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Phoenix
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