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Elizabeth I of England, c.1575.
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One

England’s Elizabeth I was born on 7 September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. When she ascended the throne in 1558, she followed two siblings, whose regnal names were?

Two

Today marks the anniversary of ESPN’s debut on American television. In which decade did this event occur?

Three

The armies of what two nations fought at the Battle of Borodino on 7 September 1812?

Four

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), born on this day in 1860, became internationally renowned as a painter of naïve folk art depicting rural life in the United States. Where was born: Greenwich, New York; Greenwich, Ohio; or Greenwich, Pennsylvania?

Answer: RMS Lusitania

The ship’s name was inspired by Lusitania, an ancient Roman province located on the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula. This region is now known as southern Portugal and Extremadura, Spain. Lusitania was targeted by a German submarine, torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 1,193 lives in May 1915.

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later today.

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