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Quiz | Easy as Sunday morning: What has December 28 given us?
Twenty-nine kings have been crowned in this church, which is the burial place of more than 3,000 prominent British people.
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1 / 10 | On December 28, 1065, King Edward the Confessor oversaw the consecration of a grand new church where he wanted to be buried. When he died a week later, his successor was crowned there. Since then, 39 kings have been crowned there. It is the burial place of more than 3,000 prominent British people. Which church is this?
2 /10 | This political party was established in Bombay Presidency on December 28, 1885. Seventy-two delegates representing different provinces of India came together to present nine proposals to the British. Which was the party of which Womesh Chander Banerjee became the first president on this day?
3 / 10 | On this day in 1886, Josephine Cochrane was granted patent #355139 for her invention. She was inspired by the number of fine Chinese dishes broken by the servants. His machine used water pressure to do the job and eventually became a household appliance. what did he invent?
4 /10 | On December 28, 1895, 40 people were charged a fee and admission by the Lumière brothers to watch 10 short films at the Grand Café on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris. Each film was 40–50 seconds long, featuring scenes such as workers leaving a factory and a child putting his hand in a bowl of goldfish. In history, what was the very first type of this?
5 /10 | On this day in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Röntgen published a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation. He realized that this radiation could pass through the books and papers on his table. In early texts he is called Chi-re. By what name is his discovery now known?
6 /10 | Stanley Martin Lieber, born on this day in 1922, was an American publisher who grew up in New York and was influenced by books such as The Scarlet Pimpernel. He began working at a magazine called Timely Comics, which eventually became Marvel Comics. Lieber was responsible for several billion-dollar franchises. By which name is he better known now?
7 /10 | Born on December 28, 1932, Dheerajlal Hirachand was the son of a village school teacher in ______, Junagadh district of Gujarat. Wanting to start a textile business, he started ‘Majin’ to import polyester yarn into India. This soon became the Reliance Commercial Corporation in a small room with one telephone. How well do we know this person?
8/10 | 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 the visionary whose philanthropy and support of rural development is well documented?
9 /10 | On December 28, 1968, the album reached #1 on the chart and remained at #1 for nine weeks. The album had a plain white sleeve with no graphics or text except the band’s name. This cover was a sharp contrast to the previous year’s album cover, which was brightly colored. Which band was responsible for both?
10 / 10 | On December 28, 2002, Reid Hoffman and two of his partners started this company in Mountain View, California. It was one of the first business-oriented social networks. Which is the platform of which Indians are one of the largest users?
