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Five questions which are all related to today’s date, September 17.

M*A*S*H (From left) Actors McLean Stevenson, Wayne Rogers, Gary Burghoff, and Alan Alda in a scene from the television series M*A*S*H. 
Image Encyclopædia Britannica

One

M*A*S*H debuted on television on 17 September 1972. It was based on the 1970 film of the same name, which was directed by whom?

Two

The opening paragraph of Encyclopædia Britannica‘s article on Wenceslas II, who was born on this date, is quoted below. What word is missing after ‘king of’?

Wenceslas II (born Sept. 17, 1271—died June 21, 1305) was the king of … from 1278 and of Poland from 1300 who ably ruled his …n kingdom and spread his influence not only into Poland but also into Hungary.

Three

In 1978, the Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to two leaders who signed the Camp David Accords on 17 September of that year. Name these two leaders?

Four

On 17 September 1940, Adolf Hitler postponed Operation Sea Lion. What was the purpose of this operation?

Five

Martin Brian Mulroney became prime minister of what nation on this date in 1984?

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

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