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On This Day (September 5th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 5th ?
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Last updated: September 5, 2020
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1. 1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, how many people are known to have died ?
157 ✓
None ✓
6 ✓
over 1,000 ✓
2. 1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on what ?
Windows ✓
Beards ✓
Horses ✓
Cheese ✓
3. 1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in which country by the Jourdan law ?
France ✓
England ✓
Spain ✓
Denmark ✓
4. 1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from where ?
A hunting trip ✓
The fort's well ✓
The fort's Armoury ✓
The fort's toilets ✓
5. 1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of which republic ?
Riograndense Republic ✓
Republic of Texas ✓
Republic of Canada ✓
Federal Republic of Central America ✓
6. 1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in which city ?
New York ✓
Boston ✓
Washington ✓
New Orleans ✓
7. 1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins in which country ?
Austria ✓
Sweden ✓
Switzerland ✓
Portugal ✓
8. 1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and which other country ?
Mali ✓
Algeria ✓
Ghana ✓
Niger ✓
9. 1941 – Whole territory of which country is occupied by Nazi Germany ?
Estonia ✓
Latvia ✓
Lithuania ✓
Norway ✓
10. 1943 – World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport in which country ?
Philippines ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
Indonesia ✓
Malaysia ✓
11. 1960 – Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of which African country ?
Gambia ✓
Ivory Coast ✓
Senegal ✓
Sierra Leone ✓
12. 1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome, at which weight ?
Welterweight ✓
Heavyweight ✓
Middleweight ✓
Light Heavyweight ✓
13. 1970 – Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, after being killed in practice for which Grand Prix ?
Monaco ✓
Italian ✓
French ✓
British ✓
14. 1980 – Which road tunnel opens in Switzerland ?
Gotthard ✓
Great St Bernard ✓
Seelisberg ✓
San Bernardino ✓
15. 1984 – Which state becomes the last in Australia to abolish capital punishment ?
New South Wales ✓
Queensland ✓
Western Australia ✓
Tasmania ✓
QuizzerBros
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Level 66
Aug 17, 2022
Good quiz! Another interesting thing is that Freddie Mercury was born in Tanzania on this day,
toowise
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Level 78
Aug 18, 2022
Thank you. The great Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar to be exact I believe.
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