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On This Day (September 7th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 7th ?
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Last updated: September 7, 2020
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1. 878 – Louis II is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. By what name was Louis II otherwise known ?
Louis the Bald ✓
Louis the Stammerer ✓
Louis the Younger ✓
Louis the Unready ✓
2. 1571 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate who ?
Queen Elizabeth I ✓
King James VI ✓
Pope Pius V ✓
King Charles IX ✓
3. 1776 – According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in a vessel named what ?
Terrapin ✓
Alligator ✓
Frog ✓
Turtle ✓
4. 1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in which city ?
Manaus ✓
Recife ✓
Sao Paulo ✓
Belo Horizonte ✓
5. 1876 – Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob a bank but are driven off by armed citizens in which city ?
Osseo, Wisconsin ✓
Northfield, Minnesota ✓
Forest City, Iowa ✓
Woodbine, Illinois ✓
6. 1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage between which two cities ?
Liverpool to New York ✓
London to Cape Town ✓
Southampton to Rio de Janeiro ✓
Bristol to Halifax ✓
7. 1936 – The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at a zoo in which Australian city ?
Sydney, New South Wales ✓
Melbourne, Victoria ✓
Hobart, Tasmania ✓
Cairns, Queensland ✓
8. 1942 – World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay. Milne Bay is in which modern day country ?
Malaysia ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
Indonesia ✓
Philippines ✓
9. 1965 – Vietnam War: United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate an Operation known as what on the Batangan Peninsula ?
Piranha ✓
Crocodile ✓
Shark ✓
Hammerhead ✓
10. 1978 – While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police by means of a ricin pellet fired from what ?
Shoe ✓
Blow Pipe ✓
Air gun ✓
Umbrella ✓
11. 1979 – Which vehicle manufacturer asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy ?
Kenworth ✓
Chrysler ✓
International Harvester ✓
General Motors ✓
12. 1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of which city ?
Johannesburg ✓
Durban ✓
Cape Town ✓
Pretoria ✓
13. 1996 – Rapper and hip hop artist Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in which city ?
Las Vegas ✓
Los Angeles ✓
Miami ✓
New York ✓
14. 2005 – Which country holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election ?
Albania ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Cuba ✓
Egypt ✓
15. 2012 – Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with which country by closing its embassy and ordering the expulsion of diplomats from Ottawa ?
Venezuela ✓
Iran ✓
North Korea ✓
Libya ✓
Poncho202
+1
Level 58
Mar 10, 2021
Wow, it seems that I don't know much about my birthday date. (3 right) Nice quiz.
toowise
+1
Level 78
Mar 10, 2021
To be fair, some of my questions are pretty obscure. Well done on getting 3 and thanks for taking my quiz!
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