The Answer Sheet: Week of Dec. 12
Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:
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
On This Day: Marconi Receives a Radio Signal From Across the Atlantic
On This Day: Roald Amundsen Becomes First Man to Reach South Pole
On This Day: Francis Drake Sets Out to Circumnavigate the World
On This Day: Supreme Court Upholds Internment of Japanese Americans
On This Day: American Patriots Carry Out Boston Tea Party
