Quiztory: Week of Nov. 14
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. What was the German attack on the British city of Coventry called?
2. How old was Queen Elizabeth I when she was coronated?
3. Which party did Benazir Bhutto defeat to become the first female leader of a Muslim-majority nation?
4. Which school principal was the first to develop the four U.S. time zones?
5. Who tried to out-race Nellie Bly when she set out to circle the globe in 1889?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine Thomas Edison and his invention of the phonograph, President Ronald Reagan’s endorsement of CIA support to the Nicaraguan Contras and accusations that the “Hollywood Ten” were communists. We’ll also take a look at the discovery of King Tut’s tomb and the day that openly gay San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk was murdered.
