Quiztory: Week of Oct. 31
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. Who did two Puerto Rican nationalists try to assassinate on Nov. 1, 1950?
2. When did the Iran hostage crisis begin?
3. What was Martin Luther’s list of grievances against the Catholic Church called?
4. Which women’s rights activist led a group of women to vote in a presidential election on Nov. 5, 1872?
5. Which Lebanese newspaper broke the story of top secret United States arms sales to Iran?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine basketball player Magic Johnson and his announcement that he had HIV, and German scientist Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery of X-rays. We’ll also take a look at Leon Trotsky’s expulsion from the Communist party, the day that the Berlin Wall came down and the Kristallnacht attacks on Jewish communities in Europe in 1938.
