The Answer Sheet: Week of May 29

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

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 20th century? “Tank man”

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