Cars, boats and telegraphy

Here are some questions relating to today, 25 April.

See #1. The first automobile license plate issued in the State of Minnesota, 1903.
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  1. On 25 April 1901, New York became the first US state to mandate license plates with a law ordering automobiles and motorcycles to display “the separate initials of the owner’s name placed upon the back thereof in a conspicuous place.” But where was the first place to legally require a registration or licence plate?
    • Belgium
    • France
    • United Kingdom
  2. Today in 1859, construction of the Suez Canal officially began. How many countries does it pass through?
    • One
    • Two
    • Three
  3. Today in 1959, exactly 100 years after work began on the Suez Canal (see #2 above), the Saint Lawrence Seaway opened, completing the link from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes and allowing ocean-going ships to reach the westernmost point of Lake Superior. What distance is the westernmost point of Lake Superior from the Atlantic Ocean?
    • 1,230 miles/1,979 km
    • 1,785 miles/2,873 km
    • 2,340 miles/3,766 km
  4. On this day in 1874, a physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (Physics, 1909) was born. He invented a successful system of radio telegraphy. Who was he?
    • Alessandro Volta
    • Enrico Fermi
    • Guglielmo Marconi
  5. On 25 April 1990, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro became Central America’s first female president. What country was she president of?
    • Guatemala
    • Honduras
    • Nicaragua

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

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