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History Quiz

Week of April 13, 2000

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1. Who was the first woman in space?
Christa McAuliffe
Sally Ride
Svetlana Savitskaya
Valentina Tereshkova

2. What was the cost of a U.S. first class postage stamp in the 1920s?

1 cent
2 cents
3 cents
4 cents

3. What T.V. sitcom began with the warning: "The program you are about to see is . . . . It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices, and concerns. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show - in a mature fashion - just how absurd they are."?

The Simpsons
Married With Children
The Cosby Show
All in the Family

4. The owner of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, Ruth Wakefield, created the first chocolate chip cookies while skipping the step to melt the chocolate when baking some butter drop-do's. Nestle soon bought the Toll House cookie recipe from Ruth. When did Ruth first make these delicious cookies?

1912
1926
1933
1952

5. When Tafari Makonnen became the last emperor in Ethiopia in 1930, he took a name that meant "Might of the Trinity." What was the name?

Haile Selassie
Sahle Selam
Addis Ababa
Lij Yasu

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