9th September Quiz: multiple choice
6 of the 20 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. William the Conqueror died on 9 September 1087 after being injured during a campaign in France. In which city did he die?
2. At the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513, a Scottish king was killed. Name the king, and the English queen who was governing England as regent while her husband fought in France.
James IV; Catherine of Aragon
3. On 9 September 1543, a nine-month-old girl was crowned Mary, Queen of Scots. In which castle was she crowned?
Stirling Castle
4. On 9 September 1850, California joined the Union. Which number state did it become?
5. On 9 September 1776, the Continental Congress officially replaced the name "United Colonies" with what?
6. Mao Zedong died on 9 September 1976. Weeks later, four leading radicals were arrested. What were they called, and which of them was Mao's widow?
The Gang of Four; Jiang Qing
7. On 9 September 2015, Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Whose record did she pass?
Queen Victoria
8. A logbook from 9 September 1947 records operators of the Harvard Mark II computer finding the "first actual case of bug being found". What creature was it?
9. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or North Korea, was founded on 9 September 1948. Who was its first leader?
Kim Il-sung
10. Elvis Presley first appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on 9 September 1956, but Sullivan was recovering from a car crash. Which English Oscar-winning actor stood in as host?
Charles Laughton
11. On 9 September 2001, the Afghan resistance commander Ahmad Shah Massoud was killed by suicide bombers posing as journalists. What was his nickname?
The Lion of Panjshir
12. At the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, traditionally dated to September 9 AD, the Germanic leader Arminius destroyed three Roman legions. Which Roman general led them?
Publius Quinctilius Varus
13. A Russian novelist born on 9 September 1828, by the modern calendar, lived and wrote on his family estate south of Moscow. Name the novelist and the estate.
Leo Tolstoy; Yasnaya Polyana
14. A soul singer born on 9 September 1941 died in a plane crash in 1967. Which song, recorded days before his death, became his first US number one?
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Otis Redding)
15. An English actor born on 9 September 1960 played Charles in which 1994 film written by Richard Curtis?
Four Weddings and a Funeral (Hugh Grant)
16. A businessman born on 9 September 1890 built a fried chicken empire. The governor of which state made him an honorary "Colonel"?
17. A French cardinal born on 9 September 1585 was chief minister to which French king?
18. An Italian scientist born on 9 September 1737 made dead frogs' legs twitch with electricity. Which English verb comes from his name?
Galvanise (Luigi Galvani)
19. An American computer scientist born on 9 September 1941 co-created the Unix operating system and created which programming language?
C (Dennis Ritchie)
20. A French artist who died on 9 September 1901 is famous for his posters for which Montmartre cabaret, opened in 1889?
The Moulin Rouge (Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec)
ANSWERS
1. C Rouen
2. James IV; Catherine of Aragon
3. Stirling Castle
4. B The 31st
5. A United States
6. The Gang of Four; Jiang Qing
7. Queen Victoria
8. C A moth
9. Kim Il-sung
10. Charles Laughton
11. The Lion of Panjshir
12. Publius Quinctilius Varus
13. Leo Tolstoy; Yasnaya Polyana
14. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Otis Redding)
15. Four Weddings and a Funeral (Hugh Grant)
16. A Kentucky
17. C Louis XIII
18. Galvanise (Luigi Galvani)
19. C (Dennis Ritchie)
20. The Moulin Rouge (Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec)