Friday, May 27, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAY 22-28, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

MAY 22

1.  337 Who was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Chistianity?

MAY 23

2.  1788  What former colony became the 8th state by ratifying the proposed U.S. Constitution

MAY 24

3.  1830  Who published the poem "Mary Had A Little Lamb"?

MAY 25

4.  1927  Ford Motor company announced that what new model would replace the Model T?


MAY 26 

5.  1969  What two celebrities started a 'bed-in" to protest the Vietnam war and promote world peace.

MAY 27

6.  1939  What superhero made his debut in DC Comics' Detective Comics, issue 27?

MAY 28

7.  1902  Who announced his invention of the alkaline battery?

TWIH MAY 22-28, ANSWERS

ANSWERS

1.  Constantine the Great

2.  South Carolina

3.  Sarah Hale

4.  Model A

5.  John Lennon and Yoko Ono

6.  Batman

7.  Thomas Edison

Friday, May 20, 2016

THIS 'WEEK' IN HISTORY, MAY 14-21 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

TO GET BACK TO SUNDAY AS THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, AS IS THE CUSTOM IN NORTH AMERICA, THESE ENTRIES WILL COVER 8 DAYS.  ANSWERS ARE DIRECTLY BELOW THE QUESTION IN THIS POST.

TWIH, MAY 14-21, QUESTIONS

MAY 14

1.  1796  What doctor who had created the vaccine, gave the first smallpox vaccination on this day?

MAY 15

2.  1916  Jesse Washington, an illiterate black teenager was lynched his body burned in what Texas city? ((As usual, no one was arrested for the offense)

3.  1972  Who was the governor and presidential aspirant murdered on this day?

MAY 16

4. 1985  Who was named the NBA's rookie of the year?

MAY 17

5.  1510  Who was the painter of the famous "The Birth of Venus" who died on this day?

6. 1954  What landmark, but then highly controversial, decision was issued by a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court of this day

MAY 18

7.  1652, the first anti-slavery legislation in North America, requiring that all slaves be set free after ten years of servitude, was passed in what colony?


MAY 19

8.  1536 Henry VIII's second wife was beheaded.  What was her name?

9.  1980 What volcano erupted/exploded killing at least 15 people.

MAY 20

10.  1861  The capitol of the Confederacy was moved from what city to Richmond, VA?

MAY 21

11.  1881  Who founded the American Branch of the Red Cross?


TWIH MAY 14-21  ANSWERS

1.  Edward Jenner

2.  Waco

3.  George Wallace

4.  Michael Jordan

5.  Sandro Botticelli

6.  Brown v. Bd. of Education

7.  Rhode Island

8. Anne Boleyn

9. Mt. St. Helens

10.  Montgomery, Alabama

11.  Clara Barton




Friday, May 13, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAY 7-13, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY,  MAY 7-13, QUESTIONS

MAY 7

1. 1763  What famous Native-American chief attacked the English garrison at Detroit? 

MAY 8

2.  1846  In the first major battle of the Mexican war,  Palo Alto, who led the American forces to victory?  Hint:  He later became the 12th U.S. President.

MAY 9

3.  1502  Christopher Columbus left Spain on his last trip to the "New World."  How many such trips did he take?

4.  1930  Hundreds of whites inflamed by charges of a black man raping a white women clashed with Texas militia forces, lynched the black male and burned his body.  They then burned down burned down most of the black business section of what Texas city? 

MAY 10

5.  1954  Bill Haley and his Comets released what song that arguably became the first "rock and roll" hit to reach #1 on the chart.

MAY 11

6.  1858  What state became the 32nd U.S. state? 

MAY 12
 
7.  1949  What famous blockade ended?

MAY 13

8.  1967  What popular slugger hit his 500th home run? 

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TWIH MAY 7-13, ANSWERS

1.  Chief Pontiac

2.  Gen. Zachary Taylor

3.  four

4.  Sherman

5.  Rock Around the Clock

6.  Minnesota

7.  Soviet blockade of Berlin

8.  Mickey Mantle

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAY 1-6, QUESTIONS

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAY 1-6, QUESTIONS

MAY 1 

1.    1967  Elvis Presley was married to whom? 

MAY 2 

2.  1980  What hit song by the British rock group Pink Floyd was banned in South Africa? 

3.   1863   In what  Virginia battle was Confederate General 'Stonewall' Jackson shot by this own troops and later died of his wounds? 


MAY 3

4.  1494  Columbus discovers what island on his second expedition to the Americas?


MAY 4

5.  1970  U.S. National Guardsmen shot and killed 4 students during an anti-war demonstration at what university?

6.  1953  Ernest Hemingway won a Pulitzer Prize for what novel? 

MAY 5

7.  1862  Mexicans started a national holiday after they defeated French invaders at what battle? 


MAY 6

8. 1954  What male runner first officially broke the 4-minute mile?

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAY 1-6, ANSWERS

1.  Priscilla Beaulieu

2.  Another Brick in the Wall

3.  Chancellorsville

4.  Jamaica

5.  Kent State

6.  The Old Man and the Sea

7.  Battle of Puebla

8.  Roger Bannister

LAST WEEK IN HISTORY, APR. 24-30, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

APR 24

1.  1916  Where was there a short-lived violent revolution against British Authority?

APR 25

2.  1859  Construction of the Suez Canal began under the leadership of what engineer?

APR 26

3.  1937  German planes bombed what Spanish town during the Spanish Civil War.

APR 27

4.  1296  The Scots were defeated by English King Edward I at what battle?

APR 28

5.  1862  Union forces under the command of what Admiral captured New Orleans?

  APR 29

6.  1968   What controversial counter-culture musical opened on Broadway?

APR 30

7.  1947  What dam was renamed "Hoover Dam"?



ANSWERS

1.  Ireland

2.  Ferdinand de Lesseps

3.  Guernica

4.  Dunbar

5.  David Farragut

6.  Hair

7.  Boulder Dam

Sunday, April 24, 2016

LAST WEEK IN HISTORY, APR 17-23, QUESTIONS

APR 17

1.  1521  Who was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church? 

2.  1524  Who discovered New York Harbor? 

APR 18

3.  1775  William Dawes and Samuel Prescott  are the forgotten portion of a trio that included what famous individual? 

APR 19

4.  1775  The American Revolution broke out with the battles of Lexington and Concord. What mission was the mission of the British troops who were involved? 

APR 20

5.  1889  Adolph Hitler was born on this day in what Austrian town?

APR 21

6.  1914  American troops occupied what Mexican port to stop German weapons from reaching Mexicans? 


APR 22

7.  1500  What Portuguese navigator discovered Brazil? 
APR 23

8.  1969  Who was sentenced to death for the murder of  Robert Kennedy?