On This Day Trivia Quiz – 6 March

Test your knowledge, and/or learn some interesting facts about events that have happened on 6 March.

1. Born on 6 March 1475, which Italian Renaissance artist is famous for his painting of the Sistine Chapel and his sculpture of David?

2. Which Portugese navigator discovered Guam on 6 March 1521?

3. Who was the author of Little Women (1868)?  She died on 6 March 1888.

4. Where did the First Fleet land on 6 March 1788, for the purposes of establishing a convict settlement?

5. Born on 6 March 1806, which English poet is known for writing the line… “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…”

6. Which opera by Giuseppe Verdi premiered in Venice on 6 March 1853?

7. Which sculptor is famous for creating Mount Rushmore?  He died on 6 March 1941.

8. Which founding member of The Supremes (pop group) was born on 6 March 1944?

9. Born on 6 March 1947, which actor is known for his performances in All In The Family (1971), Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)?

10. On 6 March 1997, the painting Tête de Femme was stolen from a London gallery.  Who was the artist?

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