Quiztory: Week of Nov. 28
Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with the Quiztory—a quiz on important events in history. A new Quiztory will run every Friday.
1. How many sections was Palestine divided into following the United Nation’s General Assembly vote in 1947?
2. In 2002, Congress passed which piece of legislation in response to the scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and other companies?
3. When was the Eurotunnel completed?
4. Which deputy prime minister led the assault on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s leadership?
5. When did Hezbollah come into being in Lebanon?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will take a look at the start of the California Gold Rush, the deadly 1969 Altamont concert and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. We’ll also examine the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the election of Lech Walesa in Poland, the U.N.’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and the abdication of King Edward VIII.
