Quiztory: Week of March 13
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. A 1990 documentary claimed that who was responsible for the November 1974 Birmingham pub bombings?
2. How many times was Caesar stabbed by a group of senators hoping to restore the Roman republic?
3. What did St. Patrick use to teach new believers about the Holy Trinity?
4. When did the Academy Awards first air on national radio?
5. What was Gandhi’s protest march called in which thousands of people symbolically made their own salt from seawater?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine the Selma-to-Montgomery march, the Exxon Valdez Alaska oil spill, Patrick Henry’s “liberty or death” speech and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. We’ll also take a look at the first woman executed by electric chair, Elvis Presley joining the Army and the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty.
