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April 17 Trivia Quiz

What a neat idea! A lot has happened on my birthday. I used Wikipedia as a reference guide.

A multiple-choice quiz by canucklehead. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
canucklehead

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
212,071

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. Canada officially repatriated this important document from Great Britain on April 17, 1982. Hint

British North America Act

Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Constitution

Bill of Rights

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Question 2 of 15

2. Ford unveiled this at the New York World Fair on April 17, 1964. What was it? Hint

Mustang

F series trucks

Fairlane

Pinto

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Question 3 of 15

3. This country surrendered to Nazi Germany on April 17, 1941. Hint

Denmark

Yugoslavia

The Netherlands

Greece

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which Apollo craft miraculously returned home on April 17, 1970, after a major malfunction on its way to the moon? Hint

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Question 5 of 15

5. On April 17, 1524 this man became the first European to discover what is now New York Harbour. Who was it? Hint

John Cabot

Henry Hudson

Giovanni de Verrazano

Samuel de Champlain

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Question 6 of 15

6. Two United States Air Force F-16 pilots did this in Afghanistan on April 17, 2002. What was it? Hint

Fired missiles at Osama Bin Laden's home town

Killed four Canadian soldiers in a friendly fire accident

Ejected from their jets after being hit by surface to air missiles

Received the Medal of Valour

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Question 7 of 15

7. This person was arrested on April 17, 1865, as a conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Hint

John Wilkes Booth

Mary Surratt

Dr Samuel Mudd

Lewis Powell

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Question 8 of 15

8. At the Diet of Worms, this man refused to recant his teachings on April 17, 1521. Hint

Nikolas Copernicus

Martin Luther

Galileo Galilei

Jan Hus

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Question 9 of 15

9. This infamous assassin of a U.S. presidential candidate in 1968 was convicted of murder on April 17, 1969. Who was it? Hint

Lee Harvey Oswald

John Hinckley, Jr.

Mark David Chapman

Sirhan Sirhan

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Question 10 of 15

10. She became the first woman to complete her solo circumnavigation the earth by air on April 17, 1964. Who was it? Hint

Jerrie Mock

Neta Snook

Amelia Earhart

Sally Ride

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Question 11 of 15

11. This invasion failed miserably on April 17, 1961. Which was it? Hint

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Grenada Invasion

Tet Offensive

D-Day

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Question 12 of 15

12. Geoffrey Chaucer told this story (or parts of it) for the first time at the court of Richard II on April 17, 1397. Hint

Parlement of Foules

Chanticleer and the Fox

House of Fame

The Canterbury Tales

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Question 13 of 15

13. On the 17th of April, 1895 the Treaty of Maguan was signed between China and ___________________. Hint

Korea

Japan

Russia

United States

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Question 14 of 15

14. This famous "Looney Tunes" character was first introduced in "Porky's Duck Hunt" on April 17, 1937. Hint

Elmer Fudd

Porky Pig

Daffy Duck

Bugs Bunny

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Question 15 of 15

15. The state seceded from the United States on April 17, 1861. Hint

Georgia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Virginia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Canada officially repatriated this important document from Great Britain on April 17, 1982.

Answer: Constitution

I actually watched this on television when I turned 13. Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Trudeau signed the document authorizing the transfer.

2. Ford unveiled this at the New York World Fair on April 17, 1964. What was it?

Answer: Mustang

It became one of the most popular cars in North America.

3. This country surrendered to Nazi Germany on April 17, 1941.

Answer: Yugoslavia

Despite the Tripartite Pact signed months earlier, Nazi Germany invaded anyway. The Nazi r�gime had in the meantine agreed to help Mussolini's Italy, whose attempted invasion of Greece had failed. The easiest overland route from Central Europe to Greece (and Albania) led straight through Yugoslavia.

4. Which Apollo craft miraculously returned home on April 17, 1970, after a major malfunction on its way to the moon?

Answer: 13

An oxygen tank exploded and they had to abort their planned moon landing.

5. On April 17, 1524 this man became the first European to discover what is now New York Harbour. Who was it?

Answer: Giovanni de Verrazano

No, not Hudson. Verrazano bumped into eastern North America while looking for India.

6. Two United States Air Force F-16 pilots did this in Afghanistan on April 17, 2002. What was it?

Answer: Killed four Canadian soldiers in a friendly fire accident

And they didn't seem very remorseful about it, either, as they were "just following orders."

7. This person was arrested on April 17, 1865, as a conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's assassination.

Answer: Mary Surratt

She also became the first woman to be officially executed in the United States (since colonial times) when she was hanged on July 7, 1865.

8. At the Diet of Worms, this man refused to recant his teachings on April 17, 1521.

Answer: Martin Luther

He then left Worms and was promptly kidnapped for his own safety by his protector, the Duke of Saxony, who disguised him as a knight and kept him in the Wartburg, a castle in modern Thuringia. Emperor Charles V declared him an outlaw and a heretic and banned all his writings a month later.

9. This infamous assassin of a U.S. presidential candidate in 1968 was convicted of murder on April 17, 1969. Who was it?

Answer: Sirhan Sirhan

He killed Robert F. Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald had killed Robert's brother, President John F Kennedy five years earlier.

10. She became the first woman to complete her solo circumnavigation the earth by air on April 17, 1964. Who was it?

Answer: Jerrie Mock

It took her 291 days, 21 stopovers, and she covered about 50,300 km. Born in Ohio in 1925, she called her relatively light aircraft (with a wing-span of just under 11m) the "Spirit of Colombus". For more detail see: http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/mock.html

11. This invasion failed miserably on April 17, 1961. Which was it?

Answer: Bay of Pigs Invasion

The U.S. attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro using Cuban ex-patriots.

12. Geoffrey Chaucer told this story (or parts of it) for the first time at the court of Richard II on April 17, 1397.

Answer: The Canterbury Tales

It is a collection of fictional stories told by pilgrims travelling to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.

13. On the 17th of April, 1895 the Treaty of Maguan was signed between China and ___________________.

Answer: Japan

The Japanese call it Shimonoseki. It ended the First Sino-Japanese War with Japan victorious. China agreed to recognize the independence of Korea.

14. This famous "Looney Tunes" character was first introduced in "Porky's Duck Hunt" on April 17, 1937.

Answer: Daffy Duck

I always felt bad for Daffy.

15. The state seceded from the United States on April 17, 1861.

Answer: Virginia

Some counties seperated from Virginia and became Kanawha, which later became West Virginia. Virginia officially rejoined the U.S. on January 26, 1870, after a period of post war military rule.

Source: Author canucklehead

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