Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in
findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory.
It makes a fun extra credit assignment.
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?
2. The first broadcast of 60 Minutes on Sept. 24, 1968, showed exclusive footage of which two presidential candidates receiving the nominations from their respective parties?
3. Sarah Jane Moore was the second person to attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford. Who made the first attempt?
4. What publisher gave J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” to his ten-year-old son to review?
5. On September 11, 2001, the passengers on one of the four planes hijacked by terrorists, fought off their attackers. In what Pennsylvania town did this plane crash?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, we’ll examine the history of The Bill of Rights, the Rosetta Stone, and the West Bank settlement. We’ll also look at America’s first ever presidential debate, the first hydroelectric power plant, and the case of the “Tylenol Terrorist.”
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