September 17 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2025

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on September 17?

ASaudi Arabia and Pakistan sign the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2016

Question 2 of 5

On September 17, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BTwo bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2013

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on September 17 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CGrand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of re

DFirst commercial flight

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2011

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember September 17 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DOccupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City

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2006

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on September 17?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BFourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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