Quiz  /  This Day in History Quiz: September 23

  • 1. 
    Which planet was observed for the first time on September 23, 1846?

  • Venus
  • Pluto
  • Mars
  • Neptune

  • 2. 
    Which musician does not have a September 23 birthday?

  • John Coltrane
  • Julio Iglesias
  • Elvis Presley
  • Etta Baker

  • 3. 
    Who performed his last concert on September 23, 1980?

  • Bob Marley
  • Ray Charles
  • Elvis Presley
  • John Coltrane

  • 4. 
    Which classic Western had its world premiere on September 23, 1969?

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • True Grit
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  • 5. 
    Which famous thinker died on September 23, 1939?

  • Jacques Lacan
  • Karl Jung
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Sigmund Freud

  • 6. 
    Radicals from what island nation attempted an uprising against the Spanish on September 23, 1868?

  • Puerto Rico
  • Jamaica
  • Cuba
  • Hispaniola

  • 7. 
    What American commander uttered the famous sentence “I have not yet begun to fight!” on September 23, 1779?

  • Nathan Hale
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • John Paul Jones
  • George Washington

  • 8. 
    Which shock jock’s radio show premiered on September 23, 1996, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania?

  • Howard Stern
  • Don Imus
  • Nick Ferrari
  • Beetlejuice
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