Happy Saturday! Today's teaser is a five-question trivia quiz. Every answer has a connection to the month of September. See if you can get all five before checking below — no peeking!
This social media platform, now rebranded as X, was originally launched under a different name. What name most people still call it? [Editor's note: an earlier version of this question cited a September 15, 2006 launch date; that date could not be confirmed against the record, so it has been removed.]
On September 17, 1787, delegates in Philadelphia signed what foundational American document?
Apple traditionally holds its flagship product launch event in September each year, most famously to unveil which annual product line?
September's birthstone, a deep blue gem, shares its name with what large ocean-dwelling mammal ("blue ___")?
The Battle of Britain, a pivotal WWII air campaign, reached its climactic peak on September 15, 1940 — a date now commemorated in the UK each year as what?
Answers
Twitter
The United States Constitution
The iPhone
Sapphire (bonus if you said "blue whale" — the birthstone is sapphire, and yes, blue whales share the "blue" name coincidence, but the gem answer is sapphire)
Battle of Britain Day