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15th December Quiz

1. On 15 December 1791, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution were ratified. What are they known as together?

2. Which Lakota leader, who had led his people at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, was killed by Indian agency police on 15 December 1890?

3. A famous film premiered in Atlanta on 15 December 1939. Name the film. Which of its stars, who became the first Black actor to win an Oscar for it, could not attend because of segregation laws?

4. Which American big band leader, famous for "In the Mood", disappeared on a flight over the English Channel on 15 December 1944?

5. Which American film producer and animator died on 15 December 1966, despite the myth that his body was frozen?

6. A French engineer born in Dijon on 15 December 1832 built a famous Paris landmark and also designed the iron frame inside an American statue. Name him and the statue.

7. Which language was invented by L. L. Zamenhof, who was born on 15 December 1859, now celebrated by its speakers as "Zamenhof Day"?

8. Which Roman emperor, the last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, was born on 15 December AD 37?

9. A famous Italian tower reopened to visitors on 15 December 2001 after more than ten years of work to stop it falling over. Which tower?

10. An American oil tycoon born on 15 December 1892, once the richest man in the world, was famous for putting a payphone in his English country mansion for his guests. Name him.

ANSWERS

1. The Bill of Rights

2. Sitting Bull

3. "Gone with the Wind". The star was Hattie McDaniel.

4. Glenn Miller

5. Walt Disney

6. Gustave Eiffel. The statue is the Statue of Liberty.

7. Esperanto

8. Nero

9. The Leaning Tower of Pisa

10. J. Paul Getty

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