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

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
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

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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
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1. Who was the researcher behind Robert Ripley’s “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” series from 1923 to 1975? Norbert Pearlroth

2. Where was Panama’s Manuel Noriega sentenced after he surrendered to United States forces in 1990? A Florida jail

3. Who was the last surviving British soldier to take part in the 1914 Christmas Truce between German and British troops on the Western Front? Alfred Anderson

4. Support of which dissident priest led to widespread protest and the beginnings of the Romanian Revolution in 1989? Lazlo Tokes

5. Who led the 1992 Iran-Contra investigation, accusing President George H.W. Bush of illegally withholding documents related to the investigation? Lawrence Walsh

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. Where was Guglielmo Marconi’s North American radio station located? Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland

2. In the race between Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole, which man’s party relied on Siberian ponies to transport supplies?  Robert Falcon Scott

3. When Francis Drake sailed up the west coast of the North American continent, what did he call the Pacific Northwest region?  New Albion

4. Which U.S. Supreme Court justice defended the internment of Japanese Americans in the early 1940s on the basis of national security?  Justice Hugo Black

5. Which three British ships, loaded with a cargo of tea, were vandalized by American colonists in Boston Harbor in 1773?  The Dartmouth, the Eleanor and the Beaver

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. When did Boris Yeltsin resign and cede power to Vladimir Putin? 1999

2. Who is credited with initially spreading the word that gold was found in the American River? Sam Brannan

3. How many American servicemen died on board the battleship USS Arizona as a result of the Japanese bombing of a U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor? 1,177

4. In 2001, which country was voted off the United Nations Human Rights Commission? United States

5. Which magazine published a story about Thomas Edison’s phonograph invention in its Dec. 22, 1877, edition? Scientific American

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

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1. How many sections was Palestine divided into following the United Nation’s General Assembly vote in 1947? Eight

2. In 2002, Congress passed which piece of legislation in response to the scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and other companies? Sarbanes-Oxley Act

3. When was the Eurotunnel completed? May 6, 1994

4. Which deputy prime minister led the assault on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s leadership? Sir Geoffrey Howe

5. When did Hezbollah come into being in Lebanon? 1982

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

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

1. Which German paleontologist predicted in the 1920s that the Piltdown man skull was a composite of human and orangutan skulls? Franz Weidenreich

2. Of the 11 Hollywood writers and directors accused of being members of the Communist Party in 1947, who was the only one to answer the question? Bertolt Brecht

3. How old was British archaeologist Howard Carter when he first travelled to Egypt? 17 years old

4. What was the name of the document, signed by President Ronald Reagan, that gave the CIA permission to recruit paramilitary units to fight against Nicaragua’s Sandinista regime? National Security Decision Directive 17

5. When did Harvey Milk become the first openly gay San Francisco City supervisor? 1977

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