Voyage of Discovery

Here are a few questions relating to today, 22 April.

Pedro Álvares Cabral.
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  1. On 22 April 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral, a Portuguese navigator, is credited as the first European to reach…
    • Brazil
    • Mozambique
    • Sri Lanka
  2. Earth Day was first celebrated today in…
    • 1970
    • 1980
    • 1990
  3. Where was modern chemical warfare initiated on 22 April 1915?
    • Belgium
    • Egypt
    • Syria
  4. All of these Americans were born on 22 April, but who was born first?
    • Vladimir Nabokov, author
    • Jack Nicholson, actor
    • J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist
  5. On this day in 1519, a Spanish conquistador established a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. Who was he?
    • Eugenio Cajés
    • Hernán Cortés
    • Antonio Cortis

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

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