Quiztory: Week of Jan. 23
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.
