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September 4 - Daily Quiz
1. September was the _____ month of the ancient Roman calendar until 46 B.C.E.

6th
7th
8th
9th
2. Which of the following is not a birth flower for September?

aster
forget-me-not
hyacinth
morning glory
3. What is September's birthstone?

emerald
ruby
sapphire
topaz
4. What holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday of September in Australia and New Zealand?

Easter
Father's Day
Labor Day
Mother's Day
5. The 2012 Summer Olympics were held in what city?

Beijing, China
London, England
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Seoul, South Korea
6. What U.S. state does not border the Pacific Ocean?

California
New Mexico
Oregon
Washington
7. Who won the U.S. presidential election of 2008?

Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Hillary Clinton
Mitt Romney
8. What Texas city is known as the Tejano music capital of the world?

El Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
San Antonio
9. What is the first planet from the sun?

Earth
Mars
Mercury
Venus
10. What hilly area of Los Angeles, California, takes its name from the Spanish word for "evergreen" or "holm oak"?

Agoura
Encino
Valinda
Venice
11. The military dictatorship known as the National Reorganization Process controlled what South American country between 1976 and 1983?

Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
12. What mountain range rises just east of Besancon, France?

Apennines
Jura
Pyrenees
Urals
13. What U.S. state does not border Lake Erie?

Indiana
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
14. Who serves as president of the U.S. Senate?

President of the dominant political party
President of the United States
Secretary of State
Vice president of the United States
15. What Texas governor won the U.S. presidential elections of 2000 and 2004?

Ann Richards
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Mitt Romney
16. What hurricane struck the Gulf coast of the United States in August, 2012?

Irina
Isaac
Katrina
Kevin
17. "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." What Nazi propaganda master made this statement?

Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Joseph Goebbels
Rudolf Hess
18. What did the ancient Romans call Ireland?

Eireann
Hibernia
Ireland
Nuevos Scotias
19. What is 35% of $65.89?

$23.06
$30.89
$42.83
$230.62
20. How many days are in the month of September?

28
29
30
31
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