Quiztory: Week of May 29
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 did Tenzing Norgay bury at the top of Mount Everest?
2. Who drafted an American version of the Code Duello, a list of rules governing duels?
3. What did The New York Times call the 1866 Fenian raid into Canada?
4. What were Lou Gehrig’s two nicknames?
5. Time Magazine named which participant of the Tiananmen Square demonstration one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, D-Day, “Missile Mail” and the Crusaders’ siege of Jerusalem. We’ll also take a look at the Mormon handcart expedition, the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous and three inmates’ escape from Alcatraz.
