Quiztory: Week of Jan. 30
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. When did Iran’s military declare itself neutral, allowing revolutionaries to take control?
2. After Patty Hearst was arrested for participating in Symbionese Liberation Army robberies, what did she list as her occupation?
3. The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association planned a march on Jan. 30, 1972, in protest of what?
4. When Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts voted with the liberal block in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish in 1937, what did his decision become known as?
5. The date of Groundhog Day—Feb. 2—is derived from which Christian holiday?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine the “Mayflower of Liberia,” the “British Invasion” and the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. We’ll also take a look at John Quincy Adams, the release of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and the trial of Slobodan Milosevic.
