The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1881
See what you know about the year 1881
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. What state, on February 19, 1881, became the first to adopt a constitutional amendment prohibiting all alcoholic beverages?
(#) Kansas
(#) Mississippi
(#) Pennsylvania
(#) New Hampshire
2. What country saw their monarch Alexander II assassinated on March 13, 1881?
(#) Italy
(#) Austria-Hungary
(#) Russia
(#) Serbia
3. What American city was incorporated on February 5, 1881?
(#) Albuquerque, New Mexico
(#) Phoenix, Arizona
(#) Los Angeles, California
(#) Dallas, Texas
4. What university was founded as the Storrs Agricultural School on April 21, 1881?
(#) University of Connecticut
(#) Florida State University
(#) University of Cincinnati
(#) Purdue University
5. What organization was established on May 21, 1881?
(#) American Red Cross
(#) Daughters of the American Revolution
(#) Boys and Girls Clubs of America
(#) American Heart Association
6. Who shot President James A. Garfield on July 2, 1881?
(#) Charles Guiteau
(#) John Wilkes Booth
(#) George Atzerodt
(#) Leon Czolgosz
7. What Old West outlaw was shot and killed by Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881?
(#) John Wesley Hardin
(#) Frank James
(#) Billy The Kid
(#) Calamity Jane
8. Who became the 21st President of the United States on September 19, 1881?
(#) William Wheeler
(#) Chester A. Arthur
(#) Grover Cleveland
(#) Thomas A. Hendricks
9. The famed Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place on October 26, 1881 in what Arizona county?
(#) Cochise County
(#) Santa Cruz County
(#) Pima County
(#) Maricopa County
10. What national sports organization was formed on May 21, 1881?
(#) United States Golf Association
(#) United States Olympic Committee
(#) United States Tennis Association
(#) National Collegiate Athletic Association
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