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WorksheetsOn This Day - 5 Sept
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Born on this day in 1638 in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, he became King of France 5 years later…
a)
Louis XIV
b)
Henry IV
c)
Charles X
d)
Napoleon I
2.
Born on this day in 1847 in Missouri, he was the son of a clergyman and became an American outlaw…
a)
Wild Bill Hickok
b)
Jesse James
c)
Wyatt Earp
d)
Billy the Kid
3.
Farrokh Bulsara was born in Stone Town, Zanzibar on this day in 1946, and went on to become a famous singer-songwriter…
a)
Jimi Hendrix
b)
Kurt Cobain
c)
Freddie Mercury
d)
Ike Turner
4.
Born on this day in 1940 in Chicago, this actress starred in 1,000,000 BC and was ranked No. 3 on Playboy's "100 Sexiest Stars of the Twentieth Century" list…
a)
Jane Fonda
b)
Susan Sarandon
c)
Sophie Loren
d)
Raquel Welch
5.
This 87-year-old Albanian-born Indian nun died of a cardiac arrest on this day in 1997…
a)
Mother Teresa
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Eva Peron
d)
Florence Nightingale
6.
On this day in 1877 the last great Sioux war chief died at the age 37…. real name Tashunka Witko, what was he known as?
a)
Black Kettle
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
Geronimo
d)
Red Cloud
7.
Having burned for 5 days, this fire ended on this day in 1666 having destroyed 13,200 houses and leaving 8 dead
a)
The Great Chicago Fire
b)
The Great Fire of Northampton
c)
The Great Fire of London
d)
The Great Fire of New York City
8.
On this day in 1698 Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposed a tax on what?
a)
Soap
b)
Windows
c)
Playing Cards
d)
Beards
9.
Generally considered to be the father of the Beat movement, on this day in 1957 his seminal “On The Road” book was published…
a)
Jack Kerouac
b)
Anthony Burgess
c)
Hunter S. Thompson
d)
Ernest Hemmingway
10.
This snappy dresser was pictured on his first days of the school year, but in which specific two years?
a)
1976 and 1980
b)
1977 and 1980
c)
1978 and 1979
d)
1977 and 1979
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