Quiz  /  This Day in History Quiz: September 17

  • 1. 
    Which protest in New York City happened on September 17, 2011, making it the first in a series of protests against income inequality and corporate greed?

  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
  • Women’s March
  • Occupy Wall Street
  • March for Science

  • 2. 
    What open-source operating system was first released as a kernel on September 17, 1991?

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Android

  • 3. 
    At which convention was the U.S. Constitution signed on September 17, 1787?

  • Quebec Convention
  • Anti-Masonic Convention
  • Annapolis Convention
  • Philadelphia Convention

  • 4. 
    What naval battle happened on September 17, 1894, marking the largest naval engagement between Japanese and Chinese forces in the First Sino-Japanese War?

  • Battle of Jiuliancheng
  • Battle of the Yalu River
  • Battle of Pungdo
  • Tonghak Uprising

  • 5. 
    What countries were admitted to the United Nations on September 17, 1991?

  • North Ireland and South Ireland
  • North Africa and South Africa
  • North Vietnam and South Vietnam
  • North Korea and South Korea

  • 6. 
    Which allegorical novel about a group of boys stranded on an island was published on September 17, 1954?

  • Lord of the Flies
  • The Maze Runner
  • The Coral Island
  • Robinson Crusoe

  • 7. 
    The Camp David Accords, signed on September 17, 1978, and brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, led to peace between which two countries?

  • Iraq and Afghanistan
  • Egypt and Israel
  • Israel and Saudi Arabia
  • Syria and Turkey
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