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Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: What has December 28 ever given us?
Thirty-nine monarchs have been crowned at this church, which is the burial site of more than 3,000 prominent Britishers.
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On December 28, 1065, King Edward the Confessor oversaw the consecration of a grand new church, where he wished to be buried. When he died a week later, his successor was coronated there. Since then, 39 monarchs have been crowned there. It is the burial site of more than 3,000 prominent Britishers. Which church is this?
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On December 28, 1885, this political party was founded in the Bombay Presidency. Seventy-two delegates representing the different provinces of India came together to present nine resolutions to the British. Which party was this that Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee became the first president of on this date?
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On this day in 1886, Josephine Cochrane was granted patent #355139 for her invention. She was motivated by the number of fine China dishes the servants had broken. Her machine used water pressure for the job and eventually became a household appliance. What did she invent?
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On December 28, 1895, 40 people were charged and entry fee, by the Lumière brothers, to watch 10 short films at the Grand Café in Boulevard des Capucines, Paris. Each film was 40-50 seconds long, with scenes such as workers leaving the factory and a baby putting her hand in a goldfish bowl. In history, what was this the very first kind of?
Answer : The first ‘cinema’ screening
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On this day in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Röntgen published a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation. This radiation, he realised, could pass through books and papers on his desk. Early texts referred to them as Chi-rays. By what name is his discovery known now?
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Born on this date in 1922, Stanley Martin Lieber was an American publisher who grew up in New York, influenced by books such as The Scarlet Pimpernel. He started working at a magazine called Timely Comics, which eventually became Marvel Comics. Lieber was responsible for many multi-billion-dollar franchises. He is better known by what name now?
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Born on December 28, 1932, Dhirajlal Hirachand ______, was the son of a village schoolteacher in Junagadh district, Gujarat. Wanting to start a textile business, he started ‘Majin’ to import polyester yarn to India. This soon became the Reliance Commercial Corporation in a tiny room with one telephone. How better do we know this person?
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Born on December 28, 1937, this businessman originally graduated with a degree in architecture. He started his life in the family business on the shop floor of Tata Steel. Who was this visionary whose philanthropy and support of rural development is well documented?
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On December 28, 1968, this album went to #1 on the charts and stayed #1 for nine weeks. The album featured a plain white sleeve with no graphics or text, except the name of the band embossed. The cover was the direct opposite of the previous year’s album cover, which was vividly coloured. Which band was responsible for both?
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On December 28, 2002, Reid Hoffman and two colleagues started this company in Mountain View, California. It was one of the first business-oriented social networks. Which platform is this that Indians are one of the biggest users of?
