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

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 In an attempt to quell the anger of American colonists who complained of taxation without representation, Parliament repealed what Act?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

TWIH 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?  

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

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