February 20th Quiz
What happened on February 20th - events and birthdays quiz.
February 20 Quiz Questions
- Singer and actress Robyn Fenty was born on February 20, 1988 - by what name is she better known?
- On this day in 1547, which nine year old is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey?
- The first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor was born on this day in 1927 - can you name him?
- Who was appointed viceroy of India on this day in 1947?
- In 1472, Orkney and Shetland are given to Scotland by which country as a dowry?
- On February 20, 1985, the Irish government approves the sale of what?
- Which Rossini opera premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome in 1816?
- Best known as the frontman of the rock band Nirvana, it would have been his birthday today - who is he?
- What's the name of the Soviet Union space station launched in 1986 which remained in orbit for 15 years?
- Which American journalist and author, writer of the 1967 book Hell's Angels and who had his ashes fired from a cannon, sadly died on this day in 2005?
Answers:
- Rihanna
- Edward VI
- Sidney Poitier
- Lord Louis Mountbatten
- Norway
- Contraceptives
- The Barber of Seville
- Kurt Cobain
- Mir
- Hunter S. Thompson