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History Quiz

Week of December 21, 2000

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1. "George Orwell" was a pseudonym. What was the true name of the author of Animal Farm and 1984?
Eric Blair
Sandy Thomas
Throck Norris
George Sandopolis

2. Who was the world's first woman prime minister?

Margaret Thatcher (Great Britain)
Indira Gandhi (India)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)
A. Kim Campbell (Canada)

3. What comic strip was originally titled Li'l Folks?

Over the Hedge
Little Orphan Annie
Doonesbury
Peanuts

4. Who succeeded Pope Pius XII?

St. Pius X
Blessed John XXIII
Pius XIII
John Paul I

5. Who was the first person selected TIME's Man of the Year?

Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Charles Lindbergh
Owen Young

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