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