On This Day (November 21st) Multiple Choice

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1. 1676 – The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of what ?

Speed of Sound ✓

Speed of Light ✓

Distance to the Sun ✓

Diameter of the Moon ✓

2. 1789 – Which state ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state ?

North Carolina ✓

South Carolina ✓

West Virginia ✓

Maine ✓

3. 1905 – Which scientist's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, is published in the journal Annalen der Physik ?

J. Robert Oppenheimer ✓

Max Planck ✓

Albert Einstein ✓

Alexander Fleming ✓

4. 1910 – Sailors on board Brazil's warships violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata otherwise known as what ?

Bread Revolt ✓

Revolt at Sea ✓

Rum Revolt ✓

Revolt of the Lash ✓

5. 1918 – The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to do what in the UK ?

Vote ✓

Stand for Parliament ✓

Join the Armed Forces ✓

Attend Universities ✓

6. 1920 – Irish War of Independence: 31 people are killed in which city on a day that became known as "Bloody Sunday" ?

Belfast ✓

Cork ✓

Dublin ✓

Donegal ✓

7. 1922 – Rebecca Latimer Felton of which state takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator ?

Georgia ✓

Florida ✓

Louisiana ✓

Tennessee ✓

8. 1945 – The United Auto Workers strike at 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a pay raise of what percentage ?

10% ✓

20% ✓

30% ✓

40% ✓

9. 1961 – The "La Ronde" restaurant opens, it is the first revolving restaurant in the United States. But in which city ?

New York ✓

Honolulu ✓

Seattle ✓

Dallas ✓

10. 1970 – Vietnam War: A joint USAF and Army team raids the Sơn Tây POW camp in an attempt to free Americans thought to be held there. It was known as what operation ?

Operation Ivory Coast ✓

Operation South Africa ✓

Operation Skeleton Coast ✓

Operation Sahara Desert ✓

11. 1995 – The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in which country ?

Nicaragua ✓

Lebanon ✓

Bosnia and Herzegovina ✓

Armenia ✓

12. 2004 – The second round of the presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity in which country ?

United States ✓

Argentina ✓

Sierra Leone ✓

Ukraine ✓

13. 2004 – The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of which country's external debt ?

Iraq ✓

Iran ✓

Venezuela ✓

Papua New Guinea ✓

14. 2013 – Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in which European capital city ?

Lisbon ✓

Riga ✓

Oslo ✓

Ljubljana ✓

15. 2017 – Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after how many years in office ?

Thirty Seven ✓

Twenty Two ✓

Forty One ✓

Twenty Nine ✓

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