On This Day: September 26 Quiz

Who was involved in the first televised U.S. presidential debate in 1960?

• John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon

• Bill Clinton and Bob Dole

• George Bush and Al Gore

• Barack Obama and Mitt Romney

Which famous American-English poet was born on September 26, 1888?

• Robert Frost

• Emily Dickinson

• T.S. Eliot

• Walt Whitman

Which American tennis player was mentioned in the text?

• Billie Jean King

• Venus Williams

• Maria Sharapova

• Serena Williams

What significant event happened in 1969 related to The Beatles?

• They released Abbey Road

• They performed at Woodstock

• They broke up

• They won a Grammy

Which American actor, known for his good looks, died in 2008?

• Marlon Brando

• Clark Gable

• Paul Newman

• James Dean

What was the name of the American sitcom that premiered in 1969?

• Cheers

• Seinfeld

• Friends

• The Brady Bunch

Which historical event involved the Holy Alliance of Russia, Austria, and Prussia?

• The signing of the Magna Carta

• The formation after Napoleon's defeat

• The start of World War I

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

Who was the French politician that died in 2019?

• François Hollande

• Jacques Chirac

• Emmanuel Macron

• Nicolas Sarkozy