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Pick A Date Trivia Quiz

I describe an historical event and you pick the date when it happened! Easy!

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

Author
NewBudo

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
363,502

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
580

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Question 1 of 10

1. Germany, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, invades Poland. World War II has begun! Hint

14 February 1939

21 March 1939

1 September 1939

31 October 1939

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Question 2 of 10

2. Jan van Riebeeck arrived at the southern tip of Africa and established Cape Town on this historic day. Hint

9 April 1656

6 April 1652

12 April 1667

3 October 1683

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Question 3 of 10

3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Hint

1 April 1963

22 November 1963

31 October 1963

4 July 1963

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Question 4 of 10

4. The RMS Titanic sank on her maiden voyage resulting in the deaths of more than 1,500 people. Hint

14/15 April 1912

21/22 March 1912

26/27 October 1912

9/10 April 1912

5. A Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy fought an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold II of approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) north-west of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, in what is today known as The Battle of Hastings. It was a decisive Norman victory. Hint

14 October 1066

21 January 1066

13 April 1066

6 December 1066

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Question 6 of 10

6. Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, becomes the first man to travel into space and orbit the earth aboard the Vostok I. Hint

12 April 1961

21 March 1950

9 April 1957

21 August 1966

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Yesterday ... - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan ..." These famous words were spoken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Hint

December 5, 1941

December 6, 1941

December12, 1941

December 7, 1941

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Question 8 of 10

8. King Leonidas and his force of 300 Spartan warriors, 700 Thespians, 400 Thebans and perhaps a few hundred others, make their final stand against the Persian forces of Xerxes in the Battle of Thermopylae. Hint

480 BC

420 BC

360 BC

310 BC

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Question 9 of 10

9. Forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu, mostlt clans of Eastern Japan faced off against forces loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, many clans from Western Japan at the Battle of Sekigahara. Hint

21 October 1600

11 March 1615

16 July 1610

23 December 1620

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Question 10 of 10

10. Benito Mussolini ruled Italy as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. A few months later, he became the leader of the Italian Social Republic, a German client regime in northern Italy; he held this post until his death. When did Mussolini die? Hint

13 October 1951

17 June 1947

21 March 1944

28 April 1945

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Germany, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, invades Poland. World War II has begun!

Answer: 1 September 1939

Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, and on 3 September 1939 Britain and France declared war on Germany.

2. Jan van Riebeeck arrived at the southern tip of Africa and established Cape Town on this historic day.

Answer: 6 April 1652

Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck departed from Texel in the Netherlands on 24 December 1651, accompanied by his wife and son, and arrived in the Cape of Good Hope on 6 April 1652.

3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.

Answer: 22 November 1963

President John F. Kennedy was fatally wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald on 22 November 1963. Oswald never stood trial for the crime as he himself was shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a nightclub operator from Dallas.

4. The RMS Titanic sank on her maiden voyage resulting in the deaths of more than 1,500 people.

Answer: 14/15 April 1912

In the course of 14 April 1912, Titanic's radio operators received six messages from other ships warning of drifting ice, which passengers on Titanic had begun to notice in the afternoon. After the collision with the iceberg the Titanic began sinking at 23:40hrs on 14 April. Two hours and forty minutes later, at 02:20hrs on 15 April, she was gone. Edward J. Smith was captain of the RMS Titanic.

Answer: 14 October 1066

After his victory at Hastings, William of Normandy took the throne of England and became known as William the Conqueror. King Harold was killed during the battle, allegedly by an arrow which struck him in the eye.

6. Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, becomes the first man to travel into space and orbit the earth aboard the Vostok I.

Answer: 12 April 1961

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934-27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became an international celebrity and was given the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He died in 1968 when the MiG-15 training jet he was piloting crashed.

Answer: December 7, 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.

Answer: 480 BC

The Battle of Thermopylae (The Hot Gates) was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae.

9. Forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu, mostlt clans of Eastern Japan faced off against forces loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, many clans from Western Japan at the Battle of Sekigahara.

Answer: 21 October 1600

The Battle of Sekigahara was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keich� 5, 15th day of the 9th month) which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa bakufu, the last shogunate to control Japan. Japan had a long period of peace after the battle.

Answer: 28 April 1945

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, also known as "Il Duce", was born on 29 July 1883. He died on 28 April 1945 after trying to flee north to Switzerland. He was captured by Italian partisans and summarily executed near Lake Como. His body was then taken to Milan where it was hung upside down at a service station for public viewing and to provide confirmation of his demise.

Source: Author NewBudo

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