Quiztory: Week of June 12
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. Where were Nelson Mandela and other African National Congress members sentenced to life in prison?
2. Who write the first published account of Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment?
3. A photo of whose dying body became a symbol of the Soweto uprising in South Africa?
4. Who honored Vlad Dracula as a national hero in Romania’s Hall of Fame?
5. How did Dowager Empress Longyu rise to power?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine Nelson Mandela, “Miranda” warnings, Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment and Captain Bligh’s landing on Timor. We’ll also take a look at Vlad the Impaler, Chinese Empress Longyu and the first hijacking of a commercial flight.
