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History Quiz

Week of October 12, 2000

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1. Who was the first commissioner of the NBA (National Basketball Association)?
David Stern
Walter Kennedy
Maurice Podoloff
Larry O'Brien

2. In what year was the car radio invented?

1922
1929
1935
1941

3. What was the code name for the U.S. explosion of a hydrogen bomb on the Bikini Island in 1954?

Castle-Bravo
Zappo
Torch-Skunk
Red Raven

4. What did Eva Peron, also known as Evita, call the masses who adored her?

My beloveds
My comrades
The tired people
The shirtless ones

5. Who was the artist that created the sculptures "The Seal," "The Kiss," and "Torso of a Young Man"?

Auguste Rodin
Constantin Brancusi
Leonardo Drew
Yayoi Kusama

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