Quiztory: Week of Jan. 16
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. What was the name of the children’s informant group that Indira Gandhi led at the age of 12?
2. In 1874, what group was formed by women that believed alcohol destroyed marriages and families?
3. What was the deadliest earthquake in Japanese history?
4. Soon after Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury, who claimed to have a list of 205 members of the State Department with communist ties?
5. What were the names of the two ships used by Capt. James Cook as he voyaged through the Pacific Ocean?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine North Korea’s seizure of the USS Pueblo, the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California and the second NASA rover to land on Mars. We’ll also take a look at Czech martyr Jan Palach, the crew of Apollo 1, the rescue of Gen. James Dozier from Italian terrorists and the first five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
