Monday, 20 June 2011

Answer Sheet: Week of September 18

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:


1. What co-founder of the Polish Secret Army allowed himself to be captured by the Nazis in order to infiltrate Auschwitz and deliver intelligence to other resistance fighters?

Witold Pilecki


2. The first broadcast of 60 Minutes on Sept. 24, 1968, showed exclusive footage of which two presidential candidates?

Richard Nixon (R) and Hubert Humphrey (D)



3.  Sarah Jane Moore was the second person to attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford, who made the first attempt?

Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme



4. What publisher gave J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” to his ten-year-old son to review?

Stanley Unwin


5. On September 11, 2001, the passengers on one of the four planes fought off their hijackers.  In what Pennsylvania town did this plane crash land?


Shanksville, Penn.


Related Link Resources:

On This Day: Witold Pilecki Allows Himself to be Captured by Nazis

On This Day: “60 Minutes” Debuts

On This Day: President Gerald Ford Survives Despite Second Assassination Attempt

On This Day: J.R.R.Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is Published

On This Day: President Bush Declares “War on Terror”






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