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On This Day (September 17th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 17th ?
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1. 1630 – Which US city is founded ?
Jersey City
New Amsterdam(New York)
Boston
Annapolis
2. 1683 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules". What did he mean by animalcules ?
Micro-organisms found in water
Molecules of animal origin
Fur pelts
Cross species animals
3. 1778 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and who ?
Jewish immigrants
Native American Tribes
United Kingdom
Mexico
4. 1809 – Peace between which country and Russia in the Finnish War ?
Finland
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
5. 1859 – Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of where" ?
United States
Mexico
California
North America
6. 1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for which time ?
First
Third
Second
Fourth
7. 1916 – World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near which French town ?
Lille
Melun
Cambrai
St. Dizier
8. 1925 – Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up what ?
Farming
Politics
Religion
Art
9. 1935 – The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations for what reason ?
Landslide
Bankruptcy
Death of a passenger
Locomotive explosion
10. 1940 – World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones which military operation ?
Operation Seahorse
Operation Liberty
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Beachhead
11. 1961 – The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in which city ?
Montreal
Pittsburgh
Rio de Janiero
Mexico City
12. 1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and which other country ?
Egypt
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
13. 1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black what ?
Supreme Court Judge
State Governor
Diplomat to China
Miss America
14. 2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least how many years ?
100,000
10,000
2,000
5,000
15. 2013 – Which computer game earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release ?
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Tomb Raider
Grand Theft Auto V
Call of Duty: Ghosts
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