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History Quiz

Week of January 11, 2001

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1. Who is the only person to have been named TIME's Man of the Year three times?
Franklin Roosevelt
Charles Lindbergh
Elizabeth II
Winston Churchill

2. How old was Rosa Parks when she was arrested on December 1, 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger?

24
30
38
42

3. Who successfully demonstrated in 1900 that yellow fever was transmitted to humans via mosquitoes?

Rupert Sheldrake
Joseph Banks
Walter Reed
Gregor Mendel

4. Who was known as the "Lady of the Lamp"?

Susan B. Anthony
Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Marilyn Monroe

5. In 1986 there was a scandal surrounding Filipino First Lady Imelda Marcos. After the Marcos' had fled the Philippines, Imelda's closets were opened and instead of skeletons, thousands of what were found?

Scarves
Belts
Shoes
Sweet & Low packets

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