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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 Yankee Stadium become known as during Babe Ruth’s time with the Yankees?

2. Who felt that medals of honor were a bad idea during the civil war?

3. Who was targeted during the New York draft riots of 1863?

4. Before the National Socialist German Workers Party was declared the only political party in Germany, what was the remaining political party?

5. What did J. Robert Oppenheimer call the first detonation of an atomic bomb in the U.S.?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine the execution of Czar Nicholas II, Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” the Salem Witchcraft trials and Wild Bill Hickok. We’ll also take a look at the first moon walk, John Dillinger and the 12th Street riot in Detroit.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. After the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655, the United States agreed to pay compensation to victims’ families on what basis? “Ex gratia”

2. On July 19, the final draft of the Declaration of Independence was sent where? For engrossing

3. Who opened Sun Studio? Sam Phillips

4. Which two men devised UFO classification methods? Dr. J. Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallee

5. Which amendment granted blacks the right to vote? The 15th Amendment

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

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. After the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655, the United States agreed to pay compensation to victims’ families on what basis?

2. On July 19, the final draft of the Declaration of Independence was sent where?

3. Who opened Sun Studio?

4. Which two men devised UFO classification methods?

5. Which amendment granted blacks the right to vote?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine the New York draft riots of 1863, the Nazis, protests in 1927 Vienna and the U.S. detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb. We’ll also take a look at Donald Crowhurst, Babe Ruth and “Disco Demolition Night.”

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. What treaty was President Kennedy trying to work out when he gave his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech? A test ban treaty with the Soviet Union

2. Where did Joseph Smith and his followers go after being driven out of Missouri? Nauvoo, Ill.

3. For Germany, what was the most contentious part of the Treaty of Versailles? Article 231

4. What was the first play performed at the Globe Theatre? Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”

5. Who invited President Abraham Lincoln to speak at the opening ceremony of the Gettysburg National Cemetery? Lawyer David Wills

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

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 treaty was President Kennedy trying to work out when he gave his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech?

2. Where did Joseph Smith and his followers go after being driven out of Missouri?

3. For Germany, what was the most contentious part of the Treaty of Versailles?

4. What was the first play performed at the Globe Theatre?

5. Who invited President Abraham Lincoln to speak at the opening ceremony of the Gettysburg National Cemetery?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day”will examine the Declaration of Independence, Elvis Presley’s first professional recording, the first all-star baseball game and a UFO sighting in Roswell, N.M. We’ll also take a look at the U.S. Navy and an Iran Air passenger flight, the 14^th Amendment and Saddam Hussein.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. What battle ended the Scottish Wars of Independence? The Battle of Bannockburn

2. How long did it take a Houston jury to convict Muhammad Ali of draft evasion? 21 minutes

3. Why didn’t U.S. forces fire back at a Japanese submarine that fired on Fort Stevens, Ore.? The enemy ship was believed to be out of range, and the fort’s commander didn’t want to give away the location of U.S. defenses

4. Who is the main source of information on the mutiny of Henry Hudson’s attempt to find the Northwest Passage? Abacuk Prickett

5. Under what name was Anne Frank’s diary originally published? “Het Achterhuis” or “The Secret Annex”

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

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 battle ended the Scottish Wars of Independence?

2. How long did it take a Houston jury to convict Muhammad Ali of draft evasion?

3. Why didn’t U.S. forces fire back at a Japanese submarine that fired on Fort Stevens, Ore.?

4. Who is the main source of information on the mutiny of Henry Hudson’s attempt to find the Northwest Passage?

5. Under what name was Anne Frank’s diary originally published?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day”will examine President Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, the killing of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith, the Treaty of Versailles and Einstein’s theory of special relativity. We’ll also take a look at the Supreme Court’s decision on capital punishment statues, the Battle of Gettysburg and the Continental Congress.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. Where were Nelson Mandela and other African National Congress members sentenced to life in prison? Robben Island

2. Who wrote the first published account of Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment? Joseph Priestley

3. A photo of whose dying body became a symbol of the Soweto uprising in South Africa? 13-year-old Hector Pieterson

4. Who honored Vlad Dracula as a national hero in Romania’s Hall of Fame? Former Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu

5. How did Dowager Empress Longyu rise to power? She bore the Xianfeng emperor’s only son

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

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. Where were Nelson Mandela and other African National Congress members sentenced to life in prison?

2. Who write the first published account of Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment?

3. A photo of whose dying body became a symbol of the Soweto uprising in South Africa?

4. Who honored Vlad Dracula as a national hero in Romania’s Hall of Fame?

5. How did Dowager Empress Longyu rise to power?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine Nelson Mandela, “Miranda” warnings, Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment and Captain Bligh’s landing on Timor. We’ll also take a look at Vlad the Impaler, Chinese Empress Longyu and the first hijacking of a commercial flight.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. It is believed that Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Robert F. Kennedy for what reason? Revenge for Kennedy’s support of Israel

2. Where did the Germans think the Allies were planning to invade Normandy? Pas de Calais

3. In Cohen v. California, why did Justice Harry Blackmun argue that Cohen’s action wasn’t protected by the First Amendment? Because it “was mainly conduct and little speech”

4. Who tried to launch a rocket full of mail between two Scottish islands in the 1930s? Gerhard Zucker

5. What is the name of the cove where some of the pioneers of the Mormon handcart expedition sought shelter during a snowstorm? Martin’s Cove

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet