Well, I am back. The submarine one was the tricky one apparently but well done everyone, some good scores.
September Quiz. With Answers.
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It happened in September….
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1) On September 1st 1939 Germany bombed which city at 6am?
Warsaw, at the invasion of Poland.
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2) On the above date, for the first time in history, the king went to Downing Street instead of the PM going to the Palace because the PM needed to stay by the phone.
(No mobile in them days, son). Who was the Prime Minister?
Neville Chamberlain.
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3) On 17th September 1961, Vanessa Redgrave and playwright John Osborne were amongst 830 people arrested for doing what?
Taking part in one of London’s biggest “ban the bomb” demos.
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4) September 18th 1948 saw 7,000 tons of supplies and petrol airlifted into where?
Berlin by British and American aircraft, defying the three-month blockade by the Russians.
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5) In September 1981 what did France abolish?
Execution by guillotine.
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6) In this month 1875, the creator of Tarzan was born. He never visited Africa, but what was is name?
Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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7) On 22nd September 1972 who gave 8,000 Asians 48 hours to leave which country?
Idi Amin, Uganda.
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8. September 1955 saw the start of commercial television in Britain. What was the first advert for?
Gibbs SR Toothpaste.
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9) In September 1991 Bryan Adams made pop history when a record of his stayed at No.1 for how many weeks? And What was the record?
12 weeks with ’Everything I Do, I Do It For You’.
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10) On September 22nd 1989 an IRA bomb attack killed 10 and injured over 30 in Kent. What was the establishment that was targeted?
The Royal Marines School of Music in Deal.
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11) It is now the oldest of the Classic Horse Races and was run for the first time on September 24th 1776. Name the race.
The St. Leger run at Doncaster.
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12) The film ‘The Robe’ had its US premier in September 1953. What made it the first of its kind?
It was the first film in CinemaScope.
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13) The first nuclear powered submarine entered service in 1960. Can you name it?
USS Enterprise.
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14) September 25th, Chelsea F.C., and two ‘Harolds’. What is the connection?
Stamford Bridge.
Harold of England defeated the Norwegians under
Harold Hadrada at
Stamford Bridge on
September 25th 1066.
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15) Back to shipping, which 80,000 ton liner was launched at John Browns’ Yard in Clydebank on Set. 27th 1938?
Queen Elizabeth.
Back next Friday.
dave