On This Day (October 22nd) Multiple Choice

1. 794 – Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heian-kyō. Heian-kyō is now known as which city ?

2. 1707 – Four British naval vessels run aground on which group of islands because of faulty navigation ?

3. 1730 – Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed. In which modern day country ?

4. 1746 – The College of New Jersey receives its charter. By what name is it now known ?

5. 1784 – Russia founds a colony on which Alaskan island ?

6. 1844 – Millerites, followers of Baptist preacher William Miller anticipate the end of the world. The following day became known as what ?

7. 1878 – The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights in which UK city ?

8. 1910 – Hawley Harvey Crippen is convicted of poisoning his wife. He is the first felon to be arrested with the help of what ?

9. 1934 – In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill which notorious bank robber ?

10. 1964 – Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in which field, but turns down the honour ?

11. 1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album. What was it called ?

12. 1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of which animal ?

13. 2001 – Which game is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games ?

14. 2013 – Which Australian jurisdiction becomes the first to legalize same-sex marriage ?

15. 2014 – Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of which country, killing a soldier and injuring three other people ?