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On This Day (September 17th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 17th ?
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1.
1630 – Which US city is founded ?
Jersey City
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New Amsterdam(New York)
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Boston
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Annapolis
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2.
1683 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules". What did he mean by animalcules ?
Micro-organisms found in water
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Molecules of animal origin
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Fur pelts
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Cross species animals
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3.
1778 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and who ?
Jewish immigrants
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Native American Tribes
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United Kingdom
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Mexico
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4.
1809 – Peace between which country and Russia in the Finnish War ?
Finland
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Norway
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Denmark
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Sweden
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5.
1859 – Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of where" ?
United States
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Mexico
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California
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North America
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6.
1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for which time ?
First
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Third
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Second
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Fourth
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7.
1916 – World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near which French town ?
Lille
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Melun
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Cambrai
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St. Dizier
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8.
1925 – Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up what ?
Farming
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Politics
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Religion
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Art
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1935 – The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations for what reason ?
Landslide
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Bankruptcy
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Death of a passenger
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Locomotive explosion
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10.
1940 – World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones which military operation ?
Operation Seahorse
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Operation Liberty
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Operation Sea Lion
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Operation Beachhead
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11.
1961 – The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in which city ?
Montreal
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Pittsburgh
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Rio de Janiero
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Mexico City
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12.
1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and which other country ?
Egypt
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Jordan
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Lebanon
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Syria
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13.
1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black what ?
Supreme Court Judge
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State Governor
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Diplomat to China
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Miss America
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14.
2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least how many years ?
100,000
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10,000
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2,000
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5,000
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15.
2013 – Which computer game earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release ?
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
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Tomb Raider
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Grand Theft Auto V
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Call of Duty: Ghosts
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