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Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. Suspects arrested in the 1993 car bombing in the World Trade Center’s basement garage were linked to which Islamic spiritual leader? Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman

2. What is the name of the most famous collection of rules governing duels? Code Duello

3. When was the Republic of Texas admitted to the United States? 1845

4. What was President Andrew Johnson impeached for? Violating the Tenure of Office Act

5. After his trip to Mecca, what did Malcolm X change his name to? el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.

1. Suspects arrested in the 1993 car bombing in the World Trade Center’s basement garage were linked to which Islamic spiritual leader?

2. What is the name of the most famous collection of rules governing duels?

3. When was the Republic of Texas admitted to the United States?

4. What was President Andrew Johnson impeached for?

5. After his trip to Mecca, what did Malcolm X change his name to?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine the arson of the Reichstag, the federal raid of the Waco compound, Puerto Rican nationalists and their assault on Congress, and Rhodesia. We’ll also take a look at the beating of Rodney King, England’s King Henry VI and Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. A new era of diplomacy between the United States and China dawned on April 6, 1971, when China invited nine Americans to play what sport in China? Ping-pong

2. When was the last Japanese-American internment camp in the United States closed? 1946

3. What was the name of Galileo’s book, published in 1632, in which he explained the Copernican theory? “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems”

4. What document did the Soviet Union, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States sign in 1988, creating a timetable for the Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan? Geneva Accords

5. When was Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s citizenship in the former Soviet Union restored? 1990

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.

1. A new era of diplomacy between the United States and China dawned on April 6, 1971, when China invited nine Americans to play what sport in China?

2. When was the last Japanese-American internment camp in the United States closed?

3. What was the name of Galileo’s book, published in 1632, in which he explained the Copernican theory?

4. What document did the Soviet Union, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States sign in 1988, creating a timetable for the Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan?

5. When was Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s citizenship in the former Soviet Union restored?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine dueling in Washington, D.C., the assassination of Malcolm X and the “Miracle on Ice.” We’ll also take a look at Mexican Gen. Santa Anna’s siege of the Alamo, the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, Muhammad Ali’s heavyweight title and the 1993 car bombing of the World Trade Center.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. In 1815, what African-American Quaker led a group of freed slaves to Sierra Leone? Paul Cuffee

2. U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was released from a Soviet prison in exchange for whom? Soviet spy Rudolf Abel

3. In what Scottish prison was Mary Stuart, Catholic queen of Scotland, imprisoned? Loch Leven Castle

4. Who led an international movement to free Mandela in the 1980s? Oliver Tambo

5. During the presidential election of 1824, what was the United States’ only political party? Democratic-Republican

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.

1. In 1815, what African-American Quaker led a group of freed slaves to Sierra Leone?

2. U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was released from a Soviet prison in exchange for whom?

3. In what Scottish prison was Mary Stuart, Catholic queen of Scotland, imprisoned?

4. Who led an international movement to free Mandela in the 1980s?

5. During the presidential election of 1824, what was the United States’ only political party?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine Galileo and the Inquisition, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Soviet troops leaving Afghanistan and King Tut’s Tomb. We’ll also take a look at President Nixon’s trip to China, the Chicago Seven and the internment of Japanese-Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. When did Iran’s military declare itself neutral, allowing revolutionaries to take control? Feb. 11, 1979

2. After Patty Hearst was arrested for participating in Symbionese Liberation Army robberies, what did she list as her occupation? Urban guerilla

3. The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association planned a march on Jan. 30, 1972, in protest of what? Internment and mistreatment of prisoners

4. When Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts voted with the liberal block in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish in 1937, what did his decision become known as? “the switch in time that saved nine”

5. The date of Groundhog Day—Feb. 2—is derived from which Christian holiday? Candlemas or the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with the Quiztory—a quiz on important events in history. A new Quiztory will run every Friday.

1. When did Iran’s military declare itself neutral, allowing revolutionaries to take control?
2. After Patty Hearst was arrested for participating in Symbionese Liberation Army robberies, what did she list as her occupation?
3. The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association planned a march on Jan. 30, 1972, in protest of what?
4. When Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts voted with the liberal block in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish in 1937, what did his decision become known as?
5. The date of Groundhog Day—Feb. 2—is derived from which Christian holiday?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine the “Mayflower of Liberia,” the “British Invasion” and the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. We’ll also take a look at John Quincy Adams, the release of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and the trial of Slobodan Milosevic.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. Who signed a confession in order to gain the release of the crew of the USS Pueblo, held hostage by North Korea? U.S. Army Major General Gilbert Woodward

2. Which Mormon businessman is credited with spreading the news of gold being discovered in California? Sam Brannan

3. What did American Brig. Gen. James Dozier credit for making him appear “more human” when he was held as a hostage by the Red Brigades, an Italian Marxist-Leninist terrorist group? A deck of cards

4. Who warned that the command module of the Apollo 1 presented a fire hazard? Dr. Frank J. Hendel

5. How long were NASA’s two rovers expected to function on Mars, and how long have they lasted? 3 months; 6 years

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with the Quiztory—a quiz on important events in history. A new Quiztory will run every Friday.

1. Who signed a confession in order to gain the release of the crew of the USS Pueblo, held hostage by North Korea?

2. Which Mormon businessman is credited with spreading the news of gold being discovered in California?

3. What did American Brig. Gen. James Dozier credit for making him appear “more human” when he was held as a hostage by the Red Brigades, an Italian Marxist-Leninist terrorist group?

4. Who warned that the command module of the Apollo 1 presented a fire hazard?

5. How long were NASA’s two rovers expected to function on Mars, and how long have they lasted?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, the first TV soap opera, Ayatollah Khomeini’s return from exile and the first official Groundhog Day. We’ll also take a look at Buddy Holly’s plane crash, the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “court-packing” bill.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory