Quiztory: Week of April 17
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. What country sent missiles to Cuba after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion?
2. Who was the mayor of San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake?
3. What was the first-ever nationally televised congressional inquiry?
4. How long did the Mariel boatlift exodus last?
5. Who was the leader of the Jewish resistance movement within the Warsaw ghetto?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine the Easter Rising, the Suez Canal, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant meltdown and explorer Ferdinand Magellan. We’ll also take a look at Aldrich Ames, Joan of Arc and Adolf Hitler’s suicide.
