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On This Day (September 21st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 21st ?
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Last updated: September 21, 2020
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1. 1170 – Which Norse Kingdom falls to Norman invaders ?
Kingdom of the Isles ✓
Kingdom of Fortriu ✓
Kingdom of Dublin ✓
Kingdom of Normandy ✓
2. 1745 – A Hanoverian army is defeated in Scotland by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. How long does it take ?
Five hours ✓
Ten minutes ✓
Thirty minutes ✓
Two days ✓
3. 1792 – French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes what ?
Monarchy ✓
Taxes ✓
Parliament ✓
Prisons ✓
4. 1843 – John Williams Wilson takes possession of which body of water on behalf of the Chilean government ?
Lago el Toro ✓
Beagle Channel ✓
Lago Gris ✓
Strait of Magellan ✓
5. 1896 – British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola in which modern day country ?
Ethiopia ✓
Sudan ✓
Chad ✓
Eritrea ✓
6. 1933 – Salvador Lutteroth establishes which sport in Mexico ?
Cliff Diving ✓
Baja 1000 off-road racing ✓
Professional Wrestling ✓
Jaripeo bull riding ✓
7. 1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on which US island ?
Long Island ✓
Nantucket Island ✓
Key West ✓
Puerto Rico ✓
8. 1942 – Which airplane makes its maiden flight ?
Grumman XF6F-1 Hellcat ✓
Boeing B-29 Superfortress ✓
Supermarine Seafire ✓
Avro Lancaster ✓
9. 1964 – Which country gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth ?
Kenya ✓
Belize ✓
Malta ✓
Zambia ✓
10. 1965 – The Gambia, Maldives and which other country are admitted as members of the United Nations ?
Singapore ✓
Oman ✓
Togo ✓
Peru ✓
11. 1976 – Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of which country's former government ?
Haiti ✓
Chile ✓
El Salvador ✓
Brazil ✓
12. 1976 – Which island country joins the United Nations ?
Tuvalu ✓
Comoros ✓
Dominica ✓
Seychelles ✓
13. 1991 – Which country gains independence from the Soviet Union ?
Armenia ✓
Azerbaijan ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
14. 2003 – The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into which planet's atmosphere ?
Uranus ✓
Neptune ✓
Jupiter ✓
Saturn ✓
15. 2013 – Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in which African city ?
Mogadishu, Somalia ✓
Nairobi, Kenya ✓
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ✓
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ✓
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