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? 

********************************************************

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?

LAST WEEK IN HISTORY, APR.17-23, ANSWERS

LWIH APR 17-23, ANSWERS

1.  Martin Luther

2.  Giovanni Verrazano

3.  Paul Revere

4.  Seizure of colonists firearms, powders, etc.

5.  Braunau

6.  Vera Cruz

7.  Pedro Alvarez Cabral

8.  Sirhan B. Sirhan

Sunday, April 17, 2016

LAST WEEK, APR 10-16 IN HISTORY, QUESTIONS

LWIH APR 10-16

APR 10

1.  1925  The Great Gatsbsy was published by what author?

APR 11

2.  1951  What U.S. General was dismissed from his command by Pres. Truman because of disagreements over the Korean War?

APR 12

3.  1861 The Civil War is generally thought to have started when secessionist S.C. forces fired on what target?

APR 13

4.  1964  Who was the first black to win the Oscar for best  male actor in a leading role?          
                                                                    
APR 14

5.  1775  The First abolitionist society was founded in what city with whom as its President? 


APR 15

6.  1955 Ray Kroc started what famous restaurant chain?


APR 16

7.  1940  Who pitched the first and only Major League Opening Day no-hitter?

LAST WEEK IN HISTORY, APR 10-16 ANSWERS

LWIH, APR 10-16 ANSWERS

1.  F. Scott Fitzgerald

2.  Gen. Douglas MacArthur

3.  Ft. Sumter

4.  Sidney Poitier for his performance in The Lilies of the Field.

5.  Philadelphia, with  Ben Franklin as Pres.

6.  McDonald's

7.  Bob Feller

Sunday, April 10, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, APR. 3-9, QUESTIONS

APR 3

1.  1968  Martin Luther King delivered a speech 24 hours before his death.  This speech is referred to as what speech? 

APR 4

2,  1841  Who was the first U.S. President to die in office? 

3.  1963  The Beatles made history when their songs snatched the top how many places on the U.S. singles charts?

APR 5

4.  1614  Who married Pocahontas? 

5.  1960  What film won ten Oscars?

APR 6

6.  1841  Who was the first U.S. Vice-President to be sworn in after the death of the President?

APR 7

7.  1940  Who was the first black American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?

APR 8

8.  1904  What New York City square was renamed "Times Square?"

APR 9

9.  1953  What was the title of the first public 3-D movie?

TWIH APR 3-9 ANSWERS

TWIH APR 3-9, ANSWERS

1.  "The Mountaintop"

2.  William Henry Harrison (age 68)

3.  Five

4.  John Rolfe

5.  Ben Hur

6.  John Tyler

7.  Booker T. Washington

8.  Longacre Square

9.  House of Wax

Sunday, April 3, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAR. 27-APR 2 QUESTIONS

MAR 27

1.  1981  The worst aviation accident in world history occurred when two 747 jets collided at the runway at Tenerife which is located on what islands? 

MAR 28

2.  1979  A nuclear reactor melt-down caused panic and calls for reforms when it occurred at what U.S,. location?

MAR 29

3.  1638  Dutch colonists established the first settlement in what later became Delaware, and gave it the name "New" what?


MAR 30

4.  1981  Who shot and attempted to assassinate Pres. Ronald Reagan? 

MAR 31

5.  1968  Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson made what surprise announcement on national TV? 

APR 1

6.  1984  What famous singer was murdered by his father on this date? 

APR2

7.  1513  Who was the first European to set foot in what later became Florida?

TWIH, MAR 27-AUG 2 ANSWERS

TWIH, MAR 27-AUG 2, ANSWERS

1. Canary Islands

2.  Three Mile Island, PA

3.  New Sweden

4.  John Hinckley

5.   He would not run for re-election

6.  Marvin Gaye

7.  Juan Ponce de Leon

Friday, March 25, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAR 20-26, QUESTIONS

MAR 20

1.  1916  Albert Einstein  published his famous theory of what? 

MAR 21

2  1994  Steven Spielberg won his first Best Director Oscar for what movie?


MAR 22

3.  1790  Who became the first U.S. Secretary of State? 

4.   1832  Famous writer, philosopher, etc. Johann von Goethe died.  What were his last words?  

MAR 23

5.  1998  What movie won 11 Oscars?

MAR 24

6.  1837  Canada gave what group of people the right to vote?


MAR 25

7.  1989  The worst oil-spill in U.S. History occurred when what ship went aground. 

MAR 26

8.  1979  What two countries signed a historic peace accord? 

TWIH MAR 20-26 ANSWERS

TWIH MAR 20-26 ANSWERS

1.  Relativity

2.  Schindler's List

3.  Thomas Jefferson

4.  "More light"

5.  Titanic

6.  Black males over 21

7.  Exxon Valdez

8.  Egypt & Israel

Friday, March 18, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAR 13-19, QUESTIONS



TWIH MAR 13-19

MAR 13

1.  1894 The first known professional striptease took place in what city? 

2.  1930  It was first announced that who had discovered the planet/planetoid Pluto?

MAR 14

3.  1932  The founder of the Kodak Company committed suicide. What was his name? 

MAR 15

4.  44 .  BC  What famous dictator was murdered?

5.  1998  What film overtook Star Wars as the highest grossing film in North America?

MAR 16

6.  1860  The famous novel The Scarlet letter was first published.  Who was its author?

7.  1968  American soldiers murder as many as 300 unarmed civilians at what S. Vietnamese village? 

MAR 17

8.  1766  In an attempt to quell the anger of American colonists who complained of taxation without representation, Parliament repealed what Act? 

9.  1886  An undetermined number of  blacks (perhaps 20) were murdered in the Carrollton Massacre in what state


MAR 18

10.  1950  Who ran the first officially recognized 4-minute mile?

MAR 19

11.  1987  What famous TV preacher/evangelist resigned after a sex and corruption scandal was revealed?  


 

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAR 13-19 ANSWERS



1. Paris

2.  Clyde Tombaugh

3.  George Eastman

4.  Julius Caesar

5.  Titanic

6.  Nathaniel Hawthorne

7.  My Lai

8.  Stamp Act

9.  Mississippi

10.  Roger Bannister

11.  Jim Baker

 


TWIH MAR 13-19

MAR 13

1.  1894 The first known professional striptease took place in what city? 

2.  1930  It was first announced that who had discovered the planet/planetoid Pluto?

MAR 14

3.  1932  The founder of the Kodak Company committed suicide. What was his name? 

MAR 15

4.  44 .  BC  What famous dictator was murdered?

5.  1998  What film overtook Star Wars as the highest grossing film in North America?

MAR 16

6.  1860  The famous novel The Scarlet letter was first published.  Who was its author?

7.  1968  American soldiers murder as many as 300 unarmed civilians at what S. Vietnamese village? 

MAR 17

8.  1766  In an attempt to quell the anger of American colonists who complained of taxation without representation, Parliament repealed what Act? 

9.  1886  An undetermined number of  blacks (perhaps 20) were murdered in the Carrollton Massacre in what state


MAR 18

10.  1950  Who ran the first officially recognized 4-minute mile?

MAR 19

11.  1987  What famous TV preacher/evangelist resigned after a sex and corruption scandal was revealed?  

Saturday, March 12, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAR 6-12 QUESTIONS

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAR 6-12 QUESTIONS

MAR 6

1.  1521  Who discovered the island of Guam?

2.  1836  What famous historic military site fell to the enemy. 

MAR 7

3.  1906  What was the first nation to give women the right to vote? 

4  1933  What famous board and dice game was invented? 

5.  1945  The allies first crossed into Germany from the West when they captured a bridge across the Rhine at what city? 

MAR 8

6.  1618  Who discovered the third law of planetary motion? 

MAR 9

7.  1864  Who is appointed military commander of all Union Forces in the Civil War? 

8.  1932  Who is elected President of Ireland

MAR 10

9.  1848  What treaty ended the U.S. war with Mexico? 

MAR 11

10.  1930  Who is the first President to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery? 

MAR 12

11.  1938  German troops march into and annex what country in a move referred to as the Anschluss? 






TWIH, MAR 6-12, ANSWERS

1.  Ferdinand Magellan

2.  the Alamo

3.  Finland

4.  Monopoly

5.  Remagen

6.  Johannes Kepler

7.  Ulysses S. Grant

8.  Eammon de Valera

9.  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

10.  William Howard Taft

11.  Austria

Saturday, March 5, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, FEB 28-MAR 5 QUESTIONS

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, FEB 28-MAR 5 QUESTIONS

FEB 28

1.  1784  Who chartered the Methodist Church? 

2.  1983  The final episode of what TV series was the most watched program in TV history?

3.  1940  Who was the first black person to win an Oscar (best supporting actress as "Mammy" in Gone With The Wind)? 

FEB 29

4.  1288  What country started a tradition on this day permitting woman to propose marriage to a man? 

MAR 1

5.  1551  Who published the still-controversial book A Book of Centuries?


6.  1805  Although segregationists threatened to impeach Chief Justice Earl warren, it never happened.  The only U.S. Supreme Court Justice to ever be impeached was acquitted by the Senate on this day. Who was he? 

MAR 2

7.  1877  What Republican presidential candidate was given 20 electoral college votes by a Congressional commission (and became President} when he cut a deal to end Reconstruction and remove federal troops from the South?


MAR 3

8.  1875  Congress authorized a coin of what value which was only used for 3 years? 

MAR 4

9.  1861  Abraham Lincoln, 16th President, was inaugurated.  How may states had seceded prior to this event?   

10.  1917  The first female was sworn in as a member of Congress?  What was her name? 

MAR 5

11.  2004  What female celebrity was found guilty of crimes related to the stock market?





THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, FEB 28-MAR 5, ANSWERS

1.  John Wesley

2.  MASH

3.  Hattie McDaniel

4.  Ireland

5.  Nostradamus

6.  Samuel Chase

7.  Rutherford B. Hayes

8.  20 cents

9.  7 states

10.  Jeanette Rankin

11.  Martha Stewart

Friday, February 26, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY FEB 21-27, QUESTIONS

TWIH, FEB 21-27 QUESTIONS

FEB 21

1.  1974  What U.S. President was the first to visit "Red" China?  

FEB 22

2.  1879   The first Woolworth's 5 &10-Cent store opened in what city?

FEB 23

3.   1896  The Tootsie Roll was first introduced by whom? 

FEB 24

4. 1848  Marx and Engels published what famous work? 

FEB 25

5.  1964  Cassius Clay defeated whom to become World Heavyweight Boxing Champion?

FEB 26

6.  1993  A car-bomb planted by Islamic extremists exploded in the basement of what New York City Building? 

FEB 27

7.  1951   The 22nd Amendment was ratified.  What did it provide?




TWIH FEB 21-27, ANSWERS

TWIH FEB 21-27 ANSWERS

1.  Nixon

2.  Utica, NY

3. Leo Hirshfield

4.  The Communist Manifesto

5.  Sonny Liston

6.  World Trade Center

7.  No President shall hold office for more than 2 terms

Thursday, February 18, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, FEB 14-20, QUESTIONS

TWIH FEB 14-20 QUESTIONS

FEB 14

1.  1929  Seven gangsters were murdered in Chicago in one incident which became known as what? 

2.  1944  130,000 people were estimated to have been killed by a bombing raid on what city?

FEB 15

3.  1978  Mohammed Ali lost his world heavyweight championship to what fighter?

  FEB 16

4.  1568  The entire population of what country was sentenced to death by the Roman Catholic Church for heresy? 

FEB 17

5. 1933  Blondie married Dagwood. What was Blondie's maiden name?

FEB 18

6.   2001 What famous NASCAR driver was killed in a crash at the Daytona 500?

FEB 19

7.  1980  Who was the lead singer of AC/DC who died after a night of heavy drinking?

FEB 20

8.  1962  Who was the first American to orbit the earth?


TWIH FEB 14-20 ANSWERS

1.  The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

2.  Dresden Germany

3. Leon Spinks

4.  Netherlands

5.  Boopadoop

6.  Dale Earnhardt, Sr.

7.  Bon Scott

8.  John Glenn

Friday, February 12, 2016

TWIH FEB. 7-13,QUESTIONS

TWIH FEB 7-13 QUESTIONS

FEB 7

1.  1991  In it's most daring raid in England to date, the IRA fired 3 mortar rounds into what location? 

FEB 8

2.  1725  Peter the Great of Russia died and was succeeded by whom?

3.  1990  What successful pop singer committed suicide?

FEB 9

4. 1895  Who invented the game of volleyball?

5.  1964  What famous group made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show? 

FEB 10

6.  1949  Whose play ,Death of a Salesman, debuted in New York City?

FEB 11

7.  1993  Who was the first woman named U.S. Attorney General?

FEB 12

8.  1809  What famous British naturalist was born on this day?

FEB 13 

9.  1935 Who was sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing the "Lindbergh Baby"?

TWIH FEB 7-13, ANSWERS

1.  10 Downing St. (British PM's residence)

2. Catherine the Great

3.  Del Shannon

4.  W.G. Morgan

5.  The Beatles

6.  Arthur Miller

7.  Janet Reno

8.  Charles Darwin

9.  Bruno Hauptmann

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

SPORTS 02/03/16 QUESTIONS

1.Who hold the records for most major league baseball strikeouts and non-hitters? 

2.  What NFL team has appeared in the most Super Bowls (8)?

3.  What NBA team holds the record for the most consecutive wins to start a regular season? 

4.  Who hold the single-game Super Bowl  receiving yardage record (215 Yds)?


5.  The Steelers started in the NFL representing what city?

6.  Who holds the NFL record for most wins as a head coach (328)?

7.  What team has lost the most World Series (13) 



SPORTS 02/03/16 ANSWERS

SPORTS 02/03/16 ANSWERS

1.  Nolan Ryan

2. Dallas Cowboys

3.  Golden State Warriors

4.  Jerry Rice

5.  Pittsburgh, PA

6.  Don Shula

7.  N.Y. Yankees

ROCK N' ROLL OLDIES 02/03/16 QUESTIONS

ROCK N' ROLL OLDIES 02/03/16 QUESTIONS

These are some of my all-time favorites.

1.  What #1 U.S. hit by the Rolling Stones in 1971 was viewed by some as racially insensitive?

2.  What singer and group had a hit with A Thousand Starts in the Sky?

3.  What group had a hit with Cara Mia?

4.  Who had hits with O Pretty Woman and Crying?

5.  What group had a hit with I Only Have Eyes for You?

6.  What was Fleetwood Mac's best selling album? 

7.  What was Guns and Roses best selling album?

8.  What is the Rolling Stones' all-time best-selling album?

9.  What was the original name of Motown Records?

ROCK N' ROLL OLDIES 02/03/16 ANSWERS

R N R OLDIES 02/03/16  ANSWERS

1.  Brown Sugar 1971

2.  Kathy Young with the Innocents

3.  Jay and the Americans

4.  Roy Orbison

5.  The Flamingos

6.  Rumours

7.  Appetite for Destruction

8.  Hot Rocks, 1964-71

9.  Tamla Records

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

COUNTY/CROSSOVER HITS, QUESTIONS

1.  What duo had a hit with My Maria?

2.  Who had a hit with Unanswered Prayers?

3. What artist had a hit with Stand By Your Man?

4.  Who had a hit with Courtesy of the Red White and Blue?

5. Who wrote the hit I Will Always Love You?

6.  Who had a hit with Crazy?

7.  What artist had the all-time best-selling country album Double Live?

8.  Who had a big-selling album called No Fences?

COUNTRY/CROSSOVER HITS ANSWERS

1.  Brooks and Dunn

2.  Garth Brooks

3.  Tammy Wynette

4.  Toby Keith

5.  Dolly Parton

6.  Patsy Klein

7.  Garth Brooks

8.  Garth Brooks

JAN 31-FEB 6 TWIH, ANSWERS

JAN 31-FEB 6, TWIH, ANSWERS

1.  These Are My Children

2.  New York City

3.  Julia Ward Howe

4.  Ground Hog Day

5.  16th (federal income tax)

6.  Karen Carpenter

7.  Patti Hearst

8.  Oxygen

9.  Alan B. Shepard

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, JAN 31-FEB 6, QUESTIONS

TWIH JAN 31-FEB 6 QUESTIONS

JAN 31

1.  1949  The first TV daytime soap operate to be  broadcast was what?


FEB 1

2.  1790   The U.S.  Supreme Court convened for the first time in what city?


3.  1862  Who was the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic,"  which was first published (in the Atlantic Monthly)? 

FEB 2

4.  1887  What "holiday" or event was first celebrated in Punxsutawney, PA?

FEB 3

5.  1913  What Amendment to the Constitution was ratified?

FEB 4

6.  1983  What popular American singer died of anorexia nervosa?

FEB 5

7.  1974 The kidapping of what female heiress took place?


FEB 6

8.  1804  Joseph Priestly who was famous for his discovery of what, died?


9.  1971  Who hit the first golf ball on the moon? 

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, JAN 24-30 QUESTIONS

TWIH, JAN 24-30 QUESTIONS

JAN 24

1.  1848  Who discovery of a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill set off a gold rush? 

2.  1935  Canned beer was sold for the first time in what U.S. city? 

JAN 25

3.  1971 What male cult leader was found guilty of the murder of actress Sharon Tate and 4 others? 

JAN 26

4.  1988  What opera, which later became the world's biggest money-maker, debuted on Broadway? 



JAN 27

5.  1926  Who debuted a machine that is viewed as the first television?


JAN 28

 6.  1986  What was the name of the Space Shuttle that exploded soon after blastoff?  

JAN 29 

7.  1886  Who received the first patent for a petroleum-fueled horseless carriage? 

JAN 30

8.  1835  Who was the first sitting President to be subjected to an assassination attempt? 

9.  1948  What leader of India who championed non-violence was assassinated? 


TWIH JAN 24-30, ANSWERS

TWIH, JAN 24-30 ANSWERWS


1.  James W. Marshall

2.  Richmond VA

3.  Charles Manson

4.  Phantom of the Opera

5.  John Baird

6.  Challenger

7.  Karl Benz

8.  Andrew Jackson

9.  Mahatma Gandhi

Friday, January 22, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY JAN 17-23 QUESTIONS

TWIH JAN 17-23 QUESTIONS

JAN 17

1.  1773   Who was the Captain of the Resolution which was the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle? 

2.  1917  The U.S. purchased the Virgin Islands from what country? 

3.  1979  The ruler of what country fled his nation? 

JAN 18

4.  1778  Captain James Cook and his crew discovered what was later named the Hawaiian islands.  What name did Cook give the islands. 

5.  1976  In Super Bowl X, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated what team? 

6.  1943  Soviet troops broke the siege of what city? 
JAN 19

7.  1990  The Democratic mayor, Marion Berry, of what city was busted in drug sting? 

JAN 20

8.  1981  Who was the oldest person inaugurated as U.S.  President? 

JAN 21

9.  1954  The U.S. launched the world's first atomic-powered submarine which was give what name? 

JAN 22

10.  2008  What actor from Australia who starred in the 2003 film The Order and other films died? 

JAN 23

11.  1986  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first class which contained 7 solo artists and what duet?

Thursday, January 21, 2016

TWIH JAN 17-23 ANSWERS

TWIH JAN 17-23 ANSWERS

1.  Capt. James Cook

2.  Denmark

3.  Shah of Iran

4.  Sandwich Islands

5.  Dallas Cowboys

6. Leningrad

7.  Washington, D.C.

8.  Ronald Reagan

9.  Nautilus

10.  Heath Ledger

11.  Everly Brothers

Saturday, January 16, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, JAN 10-16, QUESTIONS

TWIH JAN 10-16 Q's

JAN 10

1.  1776  Who published Common Sense

2.  1969  What famous American magazine published its last issue? 

JAN 11

3.  1973  What famous American trial began? 

JAN 12

4.  2010  What country was hit by a devastating earthquake that is estimated to have killed as many as 230,000 people? 

JAN 13

5.  1957  Wham-O first introduced what popular recreational device/toy"? 

JAN 14

6.  1954  Marilyn Monroe married whom? 

7.  1999 The impeachment trial of what President started?

JAN 15

8.  1967  Who won and who lost the first "Super Bowl"? 

JAN 16

9.  1920  What Constitutional Amendment took effect?

TWIH, JAN 10-16 ANSWERS

1.  Thomas Paine

2.  Saturday Evening Post

3.  Watergate burglary

4.  Haiti

5.  Frisbee

6.  Joe DiMaggio

7.  Bill Clinton

8.  Green Bay Packers def. Kansas City Chiefs

9.  18th Amend, Prohibition

Thursday, January 7, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, JAN 3-9 QUESTIONS

TWIH JAN 3-9 QUESTIONS

JAN 3

1.  1521  Who was excommunicated by Pope Leo X? 

2.  1959  What territory became the 49th state? 

3.  1987  Who was the first female singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? 

JAN 4

4.  2007  Who was sworn in as the first woman elected Speaker of the U.S.  House of Representatives? 

JAN 5

5.  1925  Who was the first female to be sworn in as a state Governor?

6.  1998  What former entertainer and then-member of the U.S. House of Representative died in a skiing accident? 

JAN 6

7.  1759  Who got married to George Washington? 

8.  1838 Who first publicly demonstrated an electromagnetic telegraph device he is credited with inventing? 

9.  1945  What famous WWII battle ended?

JAN 7

10.  1926  What famous couple in entertainment got married? 

11.  2015 Terrorists raided the offices of what publication and murdered 12 people. 

JAN 8

12.  1815  Major General Andrew Jackson led American forces to victory in what battle?  

13.  1877  What famous Native American War Chief,  who has a huge monument to him under construction in South Dakota (which will become the world's largest mountain carving, fought (and lost) his last battle with U.S. Cavalry in Montana? 

JAN 9

14.  1861  What was the second U.S. state to secede from the Union? 


 




TWIH JAN 3-9, ANSWERS

TWIH  JAN 3-9 ANSWERS

1.  Martin Luther

2.  Alaska

3.  Aretha Franklin

4.  Nancy Pelosi

5.  Mrs. Nellie Tyler Ross (Wyoming)

6.  Sonny Bono

7.  Martha Dandridge Custis

8.  Samuel Morse

9.  Battle of the Bulge

10.  George Burns and Gracie Allen

11.  Charlie Hebdo

12.  Battle of New Orleans

13.  Crazy Horse

14.  Mississippi