On This Day (November 2nd) Multiple Choice

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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 ✓

House of Orléans ✓

House of Berry ✓

House of Anjou ✓

2. 1889 – Which two states are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states ?

Virginia and West Virginia ✓

Kentucky and Tennessee ✓

North Dakota and South Dakota ✓

North Carolina and South Carolina ✓

3. 1899 – The Boers begin their 118-day siege of which British-held town during the Second Boer War ?

Ladysmith ✓

Mafeking ✓

Kimberley ✓

Blaauwberg ✓

4. 1914 – World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and body of water is subsequently closed ?

Bosphurus ✓

Kerch Strait ✓

Sea of Azov ✓

Dardanelles ✓

5. 1920 – In the United States, KDKA starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. But in which city ?

Nashville ✓

Pittsburgh ✓

Detroit ✓

New York ✓

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 ✓

BBC 2 ✓

BBC 1 ✓

Channel 5 ✓

7. 1940 – World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between which two nations ?

Greece and Turkey ✓

Italy and United Kingdom ✓

Bulgaria and Turkey ✓

Greece and Italy ✓

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 ✓

Spruce Goose ✓

Rubber Duck ✓

Galloping Gull ✓

9. 1956 – Suez Crisis: Israel occupies which area ?

Sinai Peninsula ✓

West Bank ✓

Gaza Strip ✓

Gulf of Aqaba ✓

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 ✓

Jeopardy ✓

The $64,000 Question ✓

Penny to a Million ✓

11. 1959 – The first section of which motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened ?

M 11 ✓

M 1 ✓

M 4 ✓

M 5 ✓

12. 1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in a trial over which novel ?

Tropic of Cancer ✓

Fanny Hill ✓

Lady Chatterley's Lover ✓

Sons and Lovers ✓

13. 1986 – U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in which city after 17 months in captivity ?

Beirut ✓

Damascus ✓

Tehran ✓

Baghdad ✓

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 ✓

The Dancer Worm ✓

The Marina Worm ✓

The Morris Worm ✓

15. 2018 – "The Hop" streetcar begins service in which US city ?

Cincinatti ✓

Fort Worth ✓

Milwaukee ✓

Tampa ✓

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