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

1. What was the German attack on the British city of Coventry called? Operation Midnight Sonata

2. How old was Queen Elizabeth I when she was coronated? 25 years old

3. Which party did Benazir Bhutto defeat to become the first female leader of a Muslim-majority nation? Islamic Democratic Alliance

4. Which school principal was the first to develop the four U.S. time zones? Charles F. Dowd

5. Who tried to out-race Nellie Bly when she set out to circle the globe in 1889? Elizabeth Bisland

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, 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. Who did Josef Stalin expel from the Communist party in 1927? Leon Trotsky

2. On Nov. 9, 1989, which symbol of the Iron Curtain came down? The Berlin Wall

3. Whose experiments with cathode rays led him to discover X-rays? Wilhelm Roentgen

4. Which player for the Los Angeles Lakers announced that he had HIV in 1991? Magic Johnson

5. When did Germany and the Allied forces sign an armistice, bringing World War I to an end? Nov. 11, 1918

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. Who did two Puerto Rican nationalists try to assassinate on Nov. 1, 1950? President Harry Truman

2. When did the Iran hostage crisis begin? Nov. 4, 1979

3. What was Martin Luther’s list of grievances against the Catholic Church called? “Ninety-five Theses”

4. Which women’s rights activist led a group of women to vote in a presidential election on Nov. 5, 1872? Susan B. Anthony

5. Which Lebanese newspaper broke the story of top secret United States arms sales to Iran? Al-Shiraa

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. When did British Lt. Gen Lord Cardigan lead the cavalry charge made famous by Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade”? Oct. 25, 1854

2. Who read H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” on the radio on Oct. 30, 1938, causing panic and alarm? Orson Welles

3. On Oct. 28, 1886, which gift from the people of France was officially unveiled to the public by President Grover Cleveland? The Statue of Liberty

4. How long did it take to complete the first transcontinental telegraph? 112 days

5. Constantine had a vision on Oct. 27, 312, assuring him of victory in which battle? The Battle of the Milvian Bridge

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. On Oct. 18, 1867, the United States purchased what piece of land from Russia? The Alaskan territory

2. Which Allied ship was attacked by the Japanese on Oct. 21, 1944? HMAS Australia

3. Where did Lynyrd Skynyrd’s tour plane crash in 1977, killing 6 of the 26 people on board? Mississippi

4. When was Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion? Oct. 17, 1931

5. Which United States president placed a trade embargo on exports to Cuba in 1960? President Dwight D. Eisenhower

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. What did Christopher Columbus name the island he landed on in October 1492?  San Salvador

2. Who piloted a U-2 spy plane and spotted suspicious activity in Cuba in October 1962? Maj. Richard Heyser

3. What was the name of the militant Quebec separatist group that kidnapped Quebec Minister of Labor Pierre Laporte in 1970?  The FLQ

4. When did Italy declare war on Nazi Germany?  Oct. 13, 1943

5. On Oct. 16, 1968, which American athletes gave the black power salute while standing on the Olympic podium in Mexico City?  Tommie Smith and John Carlos

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. Who sent a memo on Oct. 7, 1940, to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s advisors proposing aggressive action against Japan? Lt. Cmdr. Arthur McCollum

2. When did much of Europe switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar? Oct. 5, 1582

3. Who wrote “Guerilla Warfare” and was killed by CIA operatives and members of the Bolivian army in 1967? Che Guevara

4. Where did writer Edgar Allen Poe die? Baltimore, Md.

5. Which film was the first full-length film to feature the voices of its actors? “The Jazz Singer”

Subject: English & Literature, History, Other History, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

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. What was the first organized baseball team in history? The New York Knickerbockers

2. Which member of the Polish resistance allowed himself to be captured by the Nazis? Witold Pilecki

3. When did Congress pass the Bill of Rights? Sept. 25, 1789

4. Who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford on Sept. 22, 1975? Sara Jane Moore

5. When was J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” published? Sept. 21, 1937

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