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On This Day (November 2nd) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on November 2nd?
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Last updated: November 2, 2020
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1.
1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.The war was between the House of Burgundy and which other royal House ?
House of Alençon
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House of Orléans
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House of Berry
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House of Anjou
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1889 – Which two states are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states ?
Virginia and West Virginia
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Kentucky and Tennessee
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North Dakota and South Dakota
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North Carolina and South Carolina
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3.
1899 – The Boers begin their 118-day siege of which British-held town during the Second Boer War ?
Ladysmith
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Mafeking
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Kimberley
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Blaauwberg
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1914 – World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and body of water is subsequently closed ?
Bosphurus
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Kerch Strait
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Sea of Azov
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Dardanelles
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5.
1920 – In the United States, KDKA starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. But in which city ?
Nashville
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Pittsburgh
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Detroit
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New York
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6.
1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" service. It still broadcasts today by what name ?
BBC World Service
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BBC 2
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BBC 1
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Channel 5
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1940 – World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between which two nations ?
Greece and Turkey
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Italy and United Kingdom
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Bulgaria and Turkey
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Greece and Italy
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8.
1947 – In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules otherwise known as what ?
Spread Eagle
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Spruce Goose
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Rubber Duck
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Galloping Gull
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9.
1956 – Suez Crisis: Israel occupies which area ?
Sinai Peninsula
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West Bank
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Gaza Strip
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Gulf of Aqaba
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10.
1959 – Game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance on which show ?
Twenty One
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Jeopardy
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The $64,000 Question
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Penny to a Million
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11.
1959 – The first section of which motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened ?
M 11
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M 1
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M 4
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M 5
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12.
1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in a trial over which novel ?
Tropic of Cancer
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Fanny Hill
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
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Sons and Lovers
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13.
1986 – U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in which city after 17 months in captivity ?
Beirut
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Damascus
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Tehran
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Baghdad
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14.
1988 – The first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT. What was it called ?
The Austin Worm
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The Dancer Worm
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The Marina Worm
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The Morris Worm
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2018 – "The Hop" streetcar begins service in which US city ?
Cincinatti
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Fort Worth
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Milwaukee
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Tampa
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