This Day in History, June 23rd
Was it as hot then as now? The debate rages...
Quiz created by: Bill Graves
1. Air India flight 182 came down off the coast of which nation? (1985)
(#) Sudan
(#) Ireland
(#) United States
(#) Canada
2. Who replaced Earl Warren as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court? (1969)
(#) Warren Burger
(#) John Jay
(#) Roy Bean
(#) Clarence Thomas
3. In which year was the first SAT exam?
(#) 1804
(#) 1926
(#) 1971
(#) 2003
4. In a game between the Senators & the Red Sox, who punched an umpire? (1917)
(#) Ty Cobb
(#) Ernie Shore
(#) Cy Young
(#) Babe Ruth
5. Who was the first African American nominated for U.S. president? (1888)
(#) George Washington Carver
(#) Barack Obama
(#) Frederick Douglass
(#) Bill Clinton
6. In which Canadian province is Banff National Park? (1887)
(#) Quebec
(#) British Columbia
(#) Alberta
(#) Nova Scotia
7. In what year did the U.S. Senate override President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act?
(#) 1969
(#) 1847
(#) 2008
(#) 1947
8. Which nation declared independence in 1990?
(#) South Africa
(#) Moldavia
(#) Ireland
(#) Liechtenstein
9. Nixon is taped speaking with whom about using the CIA to block the FBI's investigation? (1972)
(#) Chuck Colson
(#) H. R. Haldeman
(#) W. Mark Felt
(#) G. Gordon Liddy
10. The Battle of Bannockburn was part of the war for the independence of which nation? (1314)
(#) Ireland
(#) Moldavia
(#) Scotland
(#) United States
Click here to take this quiz and post a reply with your score.