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On This Day (November 30th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on November 30th?
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1.
1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish what ?
Slavery
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Death Penalty
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Taxes on Food
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Piracy
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1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against which disease in Spanish America and the Philippines ?
Tuberculosis
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Measles
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Smallpox
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Mumps
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3.
1853 – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in which modern day country ?
Turkey
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Georgia
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Ukraine
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Bulgaria
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4.
1868 – A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in the Kungsträdgården, a park in which Swedish city ?
Gothenburg
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Malmo
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Karlstad
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Stockholm
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5.
1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and which other nation ?
France
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Ireland
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England
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Wales
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6.
1886 – Which Parisian cabaret music hall stages its first revue ?
Moulin Rouge
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Folies Bergere
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Le Chat Noir
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Le Lido
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7.
1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. By what name is it better known ?
Flying Scotsman
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Mallard
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Union of South Africa
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City of Truro
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1954 – The Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in which city in Alabama ?
Demopolis
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Evergreen
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Sylacauga
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Muscle Shoals
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9.
1966 – Which Caribbean nation becomes independent from the United Kingdom ?
Bahamas
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Barbados
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Jamaica
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St Kitts and Nevis
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10.
1979 – Which of Pink Floyd's albums is released on this day ?
The Wall
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Wish You Were Here
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Dark Side of the Moon
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Animals
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11.
1994 – The cruise ship MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of which country ?
Malaysia
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Brazil
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New Zealand
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Somalia
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12.
1999 – Which two oil companies sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating the world's largest company ?
Shell and BP
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Exxon and Mobil
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Petronas and Total
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China National Petroleum and Reliance Industries
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2001 – Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders in the USA. By what nickname was he notoriously known ?
Green River Killer
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Vampire of Sacramento
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Woodward Corridor Killer
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Kansas City Butcher
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14.
2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of where ?
Canterbury
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Lincoln
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York
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Salisbury
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15.
2018 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake with its epicenter only 15 miles from which US city causes significant property damage but no deaths ?
Reno, Nevada
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Hilo, Hawaii
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Bozeman, Montana
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Anchorage, Alaska
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