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History Quiz

Week of January 4, 2001

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1. Who was the first western rock star to perform in the Soviet Union?
Michael Jackson
John Lennon
Pink Floyd
Elton John

2. In March 1972, Clifford Irving admitted that the memoirs he authored were nothing but fiction. Who was the subject of the memoirs?

Marilyn Monroe
Adolf Hitler
Howard Hughes
Amelia Earhart

3. Who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin?

Yigal Amir
Baruch Nizgal
Isaac Meshenberg
Ysrael Bar

4. What was the name of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs?

Time and Chance
The Downing Street Years
The Powers Behind Prime Minister
They Called Me Margie

5. The first flight by the Wright brothers on December 17, 1903, occurred at Kitty Hawk. In what U.S. state is this town?

North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Maryland

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