27th September Quiz: multiple choice
3 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. The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened on 27 September 1825. What was the name of the locomotive that pulled the first train?
Locomotion No. 1
2. On 27 September 1540, Pope Paul III formally approved the Society of Jesus. Who founded it?
Ignatius of Loyola
3. The first production Model T Ford was built on 27 September 1908. What was its affectionate nickname?
The Tin Lizzie
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?
BackRub
5. The Warren Commission's report on the assassination of John F. Kennedy was released on 27 September 1964. Who was Earl Warren?
The Chief Justice of the United States
6. William of Normandy set sail for England on 27 September 1066. Where did his army land the next day?
Pevensey (Sussex)
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?
E = mc²
10. Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was published on 27 September 1962. Which pesticide was its main target?
DDT
11. In September 1822, a French scholar announced to the Académie in Paris that he had deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs. Who was he?
Jean-François Champollion
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?
Samuel Adams
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?
Thomas Nast
15. A singer born on 27 September 1947 released "Bat Out of Hell" in 1977. Who wrote its songs?
Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf)
16. An American actress born on 27 September 1972 won the Best Actress Oscar for which 1998 film about a young playwright?
Shakespeare in Love (Gwyneth Paltrow)
17. A Canadian singer born on 27 September 1984 released her debut album "Let Go" in 2002, including the hit "Complicated". Who is she?
Avril Lavigne
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.
Edgar Degas; "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen"
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?
Arnold Dorsey (the composer was Engelbert Humperdinck)
20. Pope Urban VII died on 27 September 1590, after the shortest papacy in history. How many days had he been pope?
13 days
ANSWERS
1. Locomotion No. 1
2. Ignatius of Loyola
3. The Tin Lizzie
4. BackRub
5. The Chief Justice of the United States
6. Pevensey (Sussex)
7. C Japan
8. A Kabul
9. E = mc²
10. DDT
11. Jean-François Champollion
12. C 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