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On This Day (October 27th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 27th?
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Last updated: October 27, 2020
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1.
1275 – Traditional founding of which European city ?
Amsterdam
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Brussels
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Cologne
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Dijon
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2.
1553 – Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside which city ?
Madrid
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Trieste
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Geneva
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Vienna
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3.
1838 – Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all persons of which religious group to leave the state or be killed ?
Jews
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Mormons
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Catholics
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Muslims
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4.
1904 – The first underground subway line opens in which US city ?
Boston
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Philadelphia
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Cleveland
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New York
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5.
1914 – First World War: The British battleship ''HMS Audacious'' is sunk by a minefield laid by the German merchant-cruiser ''Berlin'' off the coast of which country ?
Denmark
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Norway
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Ireland
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France
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6.
1954 – Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in which United States military service ?
Air Force
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Army
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Navy
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Coastguard
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7.
1967 – Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring what on Selective Service records ?
Milk
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Acid
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Wine
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Blood
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8.
1979 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from which country ?
Netherlands
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United Kingdom
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France
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Spain
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9.
1986 – The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a restructuring of the way in which they operate, in an event now referred to as what ?
Money for Nothing
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The Yuppies Charter
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Pounds make Prizes
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The Big Bang
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10.
1988 – Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in which city due to listening devices in the building structure ?
Moscow
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Beijing
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Havana
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Tokyo
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11.
1991 – Which "stan" achieves independence from the Soviet Union ?
Tajikistan
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Uzbekistan
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Turkmenistan
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Kyrgyzstan
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12.
1992 – United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for what "reason" ?
Stealing Food
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Being Gay
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Talking Loudly
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Just Because
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13.
1995 – Former Prime Minister, Bettino Craxi, is convicted in absentia of corruption, in which country ?
Italy
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Philippines
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Eritrea
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Uruguay
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14.
2004 – The Boston Red Sox defeat which team to win their first World Series in 86 years ?
Atlanta Braves
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Los Angeles Dodgers
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St. Louis Cardinals
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San Francisco Giants
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15.
2019 – The uncrewed Boeing X-37B spacecraft returns to Earth after spending a record number of days in orbit. How many days ?
1005
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780
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498
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369
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