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The Answer Sheet: Week of September 4

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

1. What was the name of the governor of Arkansas who called in the National Guard to try to stop the “Little Rock Nine” from attending an all-white high school?

Gov. Orval Faubus

2. What was the name of the Palestinian terrorist group responsible for the Munich Massacre?

Black September

3. Which Missouri governor made stopping Jesse James’ gang a campaign promise?

Missouri Gov. Thomas Crittenden

4. What were the names of the two Washington Post reporters best-known for their coverage of the FBI investigation of the Watergate scandal?

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

5. After taking several prison guards hostage, what demands did the prisoners of the Attica Correctional Facility make?

the removal of the warden, amnesty for revolt participants, and better conditions

Related Link Resources:

On This Day 1957: Arkansas National Guard Bars “Little Rock Nine” From School

On This Day 1972: Palestinian Terrorists Kill Israeli Athletes in “Munich Massacre”

On This Day 1876: Jesse James is Nearly Killed

On This Day 1974: President Ford Pardons Richard Nixon

On This Day 1971: On This Day: Attica Prison Uprising Begins

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Answer Sheet: Week of September 11

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

1. Before Gen. Augusto Pinochet seized power from the socialist President Salvadore Allende, what other leader launched an unsuccessful coup against Allende? Col. Roberto Super

2. What Athenian general persuaded Callimachus to launch an assault on the Persians, despite being outnumbered? Militiades

3. What was the name of Charles Darwin’s book that explains his theory of evolution based upon observations of different species inhabiting the Galapagos Islands? On the Origin of Species

4. Before the Super Mario Bros. game was released, Mario featured in Donkey Kong, under a different name. What was he called? Jumpman

5. What famous cartoon dog launched attacks on the “Red Baron” from atop his doghouse? Snoopy

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.

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Answer Sheet: Week of September 25

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

1. What document, written by George Mason, heavily influenced the Bill of Rights?

Virginia Declaration of Rights

2. What journalist moderated the first ever presidential debate?

Howard K. Smith

3. Which French, linguist and historian, famous for deciphering the Rosetta Stone said, “I dream only in Coptic, in Egyptian”?

Francois Champollion

4. Which Israeli Prime Minister was assassinated a month after giving civil conrol of the West Bank to Palestine?

Yitzhak Rabin

5. In what town was the first Ford Model T released on Oct. 1, 1908? How much did it cost?

Detroit; $850

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