Quiz  /  This Day in History Quiz: September 26

  • 1. 
    Which storm hit Japan on September 26, 1959, killing more than 5,000 people?

  • Super Typhoon Haiyan
  • Typhoon Nina
  • Super Typhoon Vera
  • Typhoon Joan

  • 2. 
    Which album did the Beatles release on September 26, 1969, as their last-recorded album?

  • Abbey Road
  • The Beatles
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Let It Be

  • 3. 
    Which English explorer completed a circumnavigation of the world on September 26, 1580?

  • Walter Raleigh
  • Francis Drake
  • James Cook
  • Mary Kingsley

  • 4. 
    The first televised U.S. presidential debate featuring which two presidential candidates was broadcast on September 26, 1960?

  • John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
  • Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford
  • Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater
  • George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis

  • 5. 
    U.S. and South Korean forces captured which city on September 26, 1950, turning the tide of the Korean War to their favor?

  • Inch’ŏn
  • P’yŏngyang
  • Pusan
  • Seoul

  • 6. 
    Which popular 1960s sitcom about a rural family living in Beverly Hills aired in the United States for the first time on September 26, 1926?

  • Gilligan’s Island
  • The Beverly Hillbillies
  • Hogan’s Heroes
  • Green Acres
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