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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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