Quiztory: Week of Oct. 10
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 did Christopher Columbus name the island he landed on in October 1492?
2. Who piloted a U-2 spy plane and spotted suspicious activity in Cuba in October 1962?
3. What was the name of the militant Quebec separatist group that kidnapped Quebec Minister of Labor Pierre Laporte in 1970?
4. When did Italy declare war on Nazi Germany?
5. On Oct. 16, 1968, which American athletes gave the black power salute while standing on the Olympic podium in Mexico City?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will take a look at Chicago gangster Al Capone, the United States’ purchase of the Alaskan territory from Russia, and Eisenhower’s decision to place a total embargo on exports to Cuba. We’ll also examine the Battle of Leyte and what is believed to be the first kamikaze attack, and profile American preacher William Miller, who predicted a Second Coming of Christ in 1844.
