Quiztory: Week of Dec. 19
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 was the researcher behind Robert Ripley’s “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” series from 1923 to 1975?
2. Where was Panama’s Manuel Noriega sentenced after he surrendered to United States forces in 1990?
3. Who was the last surviving British soldier to take part in the 1914 Christmas Truce between German and British troops on the Western Front?
4. Support of which dissident priest led to widespread protest and the beginnings of the Romanian Revolution in 1989?
5. Who led the 1992 Iran-Contra investigation, accusing President George H.W. Bush of illegally withholding documents related to the investigation?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will take a look at Winston Churchill’s address to Congress, prohibitionist Carrie Nation, the Sicily earthquake of 1908 and the Wounded Knee Massacre. We’ll also examine the creation of the USSR, the death of baseball player Roberto Clemente and the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.
