27th September Quiz Medium
- 20 questions
- about 25 minutes to run
- published 7 Nov 2024
- updated
1. The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened on 27 September 1825. What was the name of the locomotive that pulled the first train?
2. On 27 September 1540, Pope Paul III formally approved the Society of Jesus. Who founded it?
3. The first production Model T Ford was built on 27 September 1908. What was its affectionate nickname?
4. Google celebrates its birthday on 27 September. What was the search engine originally called when Larry Page and Sergey Brin started it at Stanford?
5. The Warren Commission's report on the assassination of John F. Kennedy was released on 27 September 1964. Who was Earl Warren?
6. William of Normandy set sail for England on 27 September 1066. Where did his army land the next day?
7. On 27 September 1940, Germany and Italy signed the Tripartite Pact in Berlin with which country?
8. On 27 September 1996, the Taliban captured which city?
9. On 27 September 1905, a German physics journal received a short paper by Albert Einstein that contained the idea behind which famous equation?
10. Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was published on 27 September 1962. Which pesticide was its main target?
11. In September 1822, a French scholar announced to the Académie in Paris that he had deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs. Who was he?
12. 27 September is World Tourism Day. In which city is the UN's tourism agency based?
13. An American revolutionary born on 27 September 1722 helped organise the Boston Tea Party, and now has a beer named after him. Who was he?
14. A cartoonist born in Landau, Germany, on 27 September 1840 created the elephant symbol of the US Republican Party and helped create the modern image of Santa Claus. Who was he?
15. A singer born on 27 September 1947 released "Bat Out of Hell" in 1977. Who wrote its songs?
16. An American actress born on 27 September 1972 won the Best Actress Oscar for which 1998 film about a young playwright?
17. A Canadian singer born on 27 September 1984 released her debut album "Let Go" in 2002, including the hit "Complicated". Who is she?
18. A French artist who died on 27 September 1917 is best known for paintings of ballet dancers. Name him, and his famous sculpture of a young dancer wearing a real tutu.
19. A German composer who died on 27 September 1921 wrote the opera "Hänsel und Gretel". A British pop singer later borrowed his name. What is the singer's real name?
20. Pope Urban VII died on 27 September 1590, after the shortest papacy in history. How many days had he been pope?
ANSWERS
1. Locomotion No. 1
2. Ignatius of Loyola
3. The Tin Lizzie
4. BackRub
Google was incorporated on 4 September 1998 and has celebrated its birthday on various dates. It has settled on 27 September since 2006.
5. The Chief Justice of the United States
The report was formally handed to President Johnson on 24 September and released to the public on 27 September.
6. Pevensey (Sussex)
7. Japan
8. Kabul
9. E = mc²
The paper, published in "Annalen der Physik", gave the relationship in a different form. The famous version of the equation came later.
10. DDT
11. Jean-François Champollion
His famous "Lettre à M. Dacier" is dated 22 September 1822, and he presented his findings at the Académie on 27 September.
12. Madrid
13. Samuel Adams
14. Thomas Nast
15. Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf)
16. Shakespeare in Love (Gwyneth Paltrow)
17. Avril Lavigne
18. Edgar Degas; "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen"
19. Arnold Dorsey (the composer was Engelbert Humperdinck)
20. 13 days
Urban VII is also credited with the world's first known public smoking ban, threatening excommunication for anyone who used tobacco in or near a church.
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