Quiztory: Week of July 17
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. What marked the beginning of the Russian Civil War?
2. Where did Hitler write “Mein Kampf?”
3. Who said that it “were better that ten suspected witches should escape than one innocent person should be condemned.”
4. How many Apollo missions were launched before the Apollo 11 crew touched down on the moon in 1969?
5. After the 12th Street riot in Detroit in 1967, to what did the Detroit mayor compare the damage in his city?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine the discovery of Machu Picchu, the Air France Concorde crash, the first prosecuted computer hacker and the explosion at Atlanta’s Olympic Park. We’ll also take a look at the Empire State Building airplane crash, the USS Forrestal fire and the adoption of “In God We Trust” as the motto of the United States.
