16th September Quiz: multiple choice
3 of the 10 questions have four options to choose from; the others stay as normal questions, because no fair wrong answers could be found for them. Tap an option to see if you are right.
1. The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth for America on 16 September 1620 in today's calendar. What date was it in the calendar the Pilgrims themselves used?
6 September (the Julian calendar)
2. Mexico celebrates its independence on 16 September, remembering a priest's call to arms in 1810. Name the priest, and the town where he made the call.
Miguel Hidalgo (y Costilla), in Dolores (the "Grito de Dolores")
3. An international treaty signed on 16 September 1987 aimed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out harmful chemicals. Name the treaty.
The Montreal Protocol
4. On 16 September 1992, the pound crashed out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. What is the day known as? Which Chancellor of the Exchequer was in charge, and which financier famously made about a billion dollars betting against the pound?
Black Wednesday. The Chancellor was Norman Lamont, and the financier was George Soros.
5. Which Southeast Asian federation was formed on 16 September 1963?
6. Which Pacific country, the eastern half of a large island north of Australia, became independent on 16 September 1975?
7. Which American car company was founded on 16 September 1908, by William Durant?
8. A blues guitarist born on 16 September 1925 gave his guitars a woman's name. Name the musician and the guitar.
B.B. King. The guitar was called "Lucille".
9. Two famous singers died on 16 September 1977: a Greek-American opera star in Paris and a British glam rock star in a car crash in London. Name both, and the glam rock star's band.
Maria Callas and Marc Bolan. Bolan's band was T. Rex.
10. An American actor born on 16 September 1927 played a scruffy detective in a raincoat who always had "just one more thing". Name the actor and the TV detective.
Peter Falk, as Columbo
ANSWERS
1. 6 September (the Julian calendar)
2. Miguel Hidalgo (y Costilla), in Dolores (the "Grito de Dolores")
3. The Montreal Protocol
4. Black Wednesday. The Chancellor was Norman Lamont, and the financier was George Soros.
5. C Malaysia
6. B Papua New Guinea
7. C General Motors
8. B.B. King. The guitar was called "Lucille".
9. Maria Callas and Marc Bolan. Bolan's band was T. Rex.
10. Peter Falk, as Columbo