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History Quiz

Week of March 30, 2000

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1. What was Frank Norris' book, The Octopus (published in 1902), written about?
Meat packing
Railroad monopoly
Shipping tariffs
Steel magnates

2. Why was Jim Thorpe stripped of his Olympic medals in 1913?

Was an opium dealer
Used foul language
Had played professional baseball
Was a German spy

3. What product did Proctor and Gamble recall in 1980 because of a discovered link between a material in the product and Toxic Shock Syndrome?

Soap
Potato chips
Cough medicine
Tampons

4. What popular singer holds the record for the most money grossed at a single concert venue?

Barbra Streisand
Luciano Pavarotti
Michael Jackson
Elton John

5. Who is quoted as saying: "You will kill ten of our men, and we will kill one of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it."

Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Ho Chi Minh
Richard Nixon

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