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

1. Who acted as an intermediary between the Charles Lindbergh family and their child’s kidnapper in 1932?  John F. Condon

2. When was Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech published in Russia?  1998

3. After Berlin’s Reichstag was burned down in 1933, what did German President Paul von Hindenburg sign “for the Protection of the People and the State”? The Reichstag Fire Decree

4. When did Britain relinquish Rhodesia as a colony?  February 1980

5. Who videotaped the beating of Rodney King by a group of white Los Angeles police officers in 1991? George Holliday

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. History, World History
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1. Suspects arrested in the 1993 car bombing in the World Trade Center’s basement garage were linked to which Islamic spiritual leader? Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman

2. What is the name of the most famous collection of rules governing duels? Code Duello

3. When was the Republic of Texas admitted to the United States? 1845

4. What was President Andrew Johnson impeached for? Violating the Tenure of Office Act

5. After his trip to Mecca, what did Malcolm X change his name to? el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. A new era of diplomacy between the United States and China dawned on April 6, 1971, when China invited nine Americans to play what sport in China? Ping-pong

2. When was the last Japanese-American internment camp in the United States closed? 1946

3. What was the name of Galileo’s book, published in 1632, in which he explained the Copernican theory? “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems”

4. What document did the Soviet Union, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States sign in 1988, creating a timetable for the Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan? Geneva Accords

5. When was Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s citizenship in the former Soviet Union restored? 1990

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. In 1815, what African-American Quaker led a group of freed slaves to Sierra Leone? Paul Cuffee

2. U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was released from a Soviet prison in exchange for whom? Soviet spy Rudolf Abel

3. In what Scottish prison was Mary Stuart, Catholic queen of Scotland, imprisoned? Loch Leven Castle

4. Who led an international movement to free Mandela in the 1980s? Oliver Tambo

5. During the presidential election of 1824, what was the United States’ only political party? Democratic-Republican

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. When did Iran’s military declare itself neutral, allowing revolutionaries to take control? Feb. 11, 1979

2. After Patty Hearst was arrested for participating in Symbionese Liberation Army robberies, what did she list as her occupation? Urban guerilla

3. The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association planned a march on Jan. 30, 1972, in protest of what? Internment and mistreatment of prisoners

4. When Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts voted with the liberal block in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish in 1937, what did his decision become known as? “the switch in time that saved nine”

5. The date of Groundhog Day—Feb. 2—is derived from which Christian holiday? Candlemas or the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. Who signed a confession in order to gain the release of the crew of the USS Pueblo, held hostage by North Korea? U.S. Army Major General Gilbert Woodward

2. Which Mormon businessman is credited with spreading the news of gold being discovered in California? Sam Brannan

3. What did American Brig. Gen. James Dozier credit for making him appear “more human” when he was held as a hostage by the Red Brigades, an Italian Marxist-Leninist terrorist group? A deck of cards

4. Who warned that the command module of the Apollo 1 presented a fire hazard? Dr. Frank J. Hendel

5. How long were NASA’s two rovers expected to function on Mars, and how long have they lasted? 3 months; 6 years

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. What was the name of the children’s informant group that Indira Gandhi led at the age of 12? Monkey Brigade

2. In 1874, what group was formed by women that believed alcohol destroyed marriages and families? Women’s Christian Temperance Union

3. What was the deadliest earthquake in Japanese history? The 1923 Kanto earthquake

4. Soon after Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury, who claimed to have a list of 205 members of the State Department with communist ties? Sen. Joseph McCarthy

5. What were the names of the two ships used by Capt. James Cook as he voyaged through the Pacific Ocean? Resolution and Discovery

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. Who was convicted on fraud and racketeering charges in 2006, after being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005? Illinois Gov. George Ryan

2. Which country lent $554 million to Egypt for construction of the Aswan High Dam? USSR

3. How many Grammy awards did Johnny Cash win in his lifetime? 11

4. In which James Bond movie did the wreckage of the Queen Elizabeth appear? “The Man With the Golden Gun”

5. Who was named the most outstanding player in the Jan. 12, 1969, game between the New York Jets and the Baltimore Colts? Joe Namath

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. Who accused Alexander Dubcek of “outright deceit” during the “Prague Spring” of 1968? Leonid Brezhnev

2. What was the first state park in New York State? Niagara Reservation State Park

3. Who was Burma’s last king before the British took over the country? Thibaw

4. Where was the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, signed? Belgium

5. When the Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883, how much did it cost to cross the bridge? 1 cent for humans, 2 cents for sheep

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. With what gesture did Winston Churchill end his famous speech to a joint meeting of Congress in 1941? “V” for victory

2. What was the name of the Sioux religion that foretold the end of the present world and the creation of a new world populated only with Native Americans? Ghost Dance

3. The deadliest earthquake in world history took place in the 16^th century in which country? China

4. Vladimir Lenin issued a letter that addressed his beliefs about the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). What was it called?  “The Question of Nationalities or ‘Autonomisation’”

5. Where in Cuba did Fidel Castro declare the formation of a new government in January 1959? Santiago

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