History in the Month of September
Check out our newest trivia game series featuring historical and cultural events from a particular month of the year.
15 questions · Published August 21, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. On September 1, 1939, Hitler's army invaded __________, sparking World War II.
Known as the "September Campaign," Hitler's invasion of Poland effectively began World War II.
- Multiple Choice
2. At just sixteen years old, tennis player ______________ won her first Grand Slam match on September 2, 1971.
Teenage Chris Evert made her Grand Slam debut at the 1971 US Open and won her first match over German player Edda Buding.
- Multiple Choice
3. On September 5, 1991, actor John Travolta married actress Kelly _____________.
The "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) star married actress Kelly Preston in Paris in September 1991, and the couple later had three children, one of whom passed away in 2009.
The pair remained married until Preston's death from breast cancer in 2020.
- Multiple Choice
4. What Russian city was rechristened Saint Petersburg on September 6, 1991?
Once known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, the second largest city in Russia was renamed Saint Petersburg in 1991.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which of Henry VIII's wives gave birth to future queen Elizabeth I on September 7, 1533?
King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, was executed when her daughter, Elizabeth, was just two years old.
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