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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
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1. What did Tenzing Norgay bury at the top of Mount Everest? Biscuits and chocolate

2. Who drafted an American version of the Code Duello, a list of rules governing duels? South Carolina Gov. John Lyde Wilson

3. What did The New York Times call the 1866 Fenian raid into Canada? “Fenian Folly”

4. What were Lou Gehrig’s two nicknames? “The Iron Horse” and “Pride of the Yankees”

5. Time Magazine named which participant of the Tiananmen Square demonstration one of the 100 most influential people of the 20^th century? “Tank man”

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. What was Adolf Eichmann called by his classmates as a child in Linz, Austria? “The little Jew”

2. How did P.T. Barnum prove the strength of the Brooklyn Bridge a year after it first opened? He ushered 21 elephants back and forth across it.

3. When was the so-called evolution law, a result of the case of State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, repealed? 1967

4. How many complaints of witchcraft were made in Connecticut between 1638 and 1697? 43

5. How long did it take to construct the Bismarck, Germany’s famed battleship? Three years

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. What journalist published an article in McClure’s magazine exposing Standard Oil’s ruthless practices? Ida Tarbell

2. Why was Charlie Chaplin barred from reentering the U.S. in 1952? He was considered a security risk.

3. How many days did it take for the ash from Mount St. Helens to circle the globe following the volcanic eruption in 1980? 17 days

4. Where was Amelia Earhart originally planning to land on her first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean? Paris

5. Harvey Milk gave his most famous speech in opposition to what proposition? Proposition 6, or the Briggs Initiative

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. Who succeeded Hitler as president of the Third Reich? Karl Doenitz

2. Under what law was Margaret Sanger, women’s rights activist and birth control advocate, arrested and prosecuted in 1916? The Comstock Law which made it illegal to distribute information about contraceptives.

3. Which ethnic population was largely responsible for building the Central Pacific railroad, and for what reason did this group go on strike in 1867? The Chinese went on strike because non-Chinese workers were paid better.

4. In what way did farming practices give rise to the Dust Storms of the 1930s? Farmers over-harvested the land and allowed livestock to overgraze it. A drought began in 1931, killing many crop yields. The dust storms began because there were few crops and very little grass to hold the dry soil in place.

5. What motivated the Soviets to impose the Berlin Blockade? Following WWII, the Soviet Union feared that Germany could again become a military power and wanted to keep it weak.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. What famous media magnate tried to prevent the 1941 release of the classic film, “Citizen Kane”?  William Randolph Hearst

2. What company was behind the first commercial jet flight, and what became of it? The British Overseas Airway Corporation was the first company to fly a jet commercially. The 1952 flight of the Haviland Comet was a success, however three subsequent Comet flights crashed, compelling British authorities to ground the fleet.

3. How did cooperation between the War Department and U.S. media blunt the impact of Japan’s “balloon bomb” attacks on the U.S. during World War II?  The media complied with a government request to censor information about the balloon bomb campaign in hopes that the Japanese would believe it was ineffective. After six people in Oregon died, the government informed the public about the threat.

4. In 1970, what was the announcement by President Nixon that led to protests at conservative Kent State University, which ended with four students dead? President Nixon announced the invasion of Cambodia.

5. What cause did both German and American investigators cite for the Hindenburg explosion at the time of the incident? Sabotage. The Hindenburg was a symbol of Nazi Germany.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. Where were members of the Easter Rising rebellion imprisoned? Frongoch internment camp

2. Who formed the Suez Canal Company? French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps

3. Where did the residents of Pripyat relocate to following the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown? Slavutych

4. What was the first commercially successful steamship in the U.S.? The Clermont

5. Which pope canonized Joan of Arc? Pope Benedict XV

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. Where were members of the Easter Rising rebellion imprisoned? Frongoch internment camp

2. Who formed the Suez Canal Company? Ferdinand de Lesseps

3. Where did the residents of Pripyat relocate to following the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown? Slavutych

4. What was the first commercially successful steamship in the U.S.? The Clermont

5. Which pope canonized Joan of Arc? Pope Benedict XV

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

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1. What country sent missiles to Cuba after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion? Soviet Union

2. Who was the mayor of San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake? Eugene E. Schmitz

3. What was the first-ever nationally televised congressional inquiry? Army-McCarthy hearings

4. How long did the Mariel boatlift exodus last? Seven months

5. Who was the leader of the Jewish resistance movement within the Warsaw ghetto? Mordechai Anielewicz

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. What position did Jackie Robinson play for the Brooklyn Dodgers? Second base

2. Where was Napoleon exiled for the second time? St. Helena

3. When was the reentry malfunction of Vostok 1 revealed to the public? 1996

4. Which Polish director made a film about the Katyn massacre in 2007? Andrzej Wajda

5. Who killed John Wilkes Booth? Union soldier Boston Corbett

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