Quiztory: Week of Feb. 20
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.
