Are you a History Whiz?  Test your knowledge of history with this fun multiple-choice quiz. If your answers are correct, you will be entered in a drawing to win a free copy of Making History: how to remember, record, interpret and share the events of your life. Email your answers to kim@primary-sources.com before June 20th –the drawing will be held June 21st, 2008.  Here you go:

1. In 1935 a situation comedy radio show premiered about a wacky husband and his patient wife. It was called: A) The Great Gildersleeve; B) Fibber McGee & Molly; C) Awake & Sing; or D) The Green Hornet.

2. The Kennedy years in the WHite House were often referred to as: A) Camelot; B) Atlantis; C) Brigadoon; or D) Utopia.

3. What was the result of the much-ballyhooed "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match in 1973? A) Margaret Court beat Jimmy Connors; B) Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs; C) Martina Navratilova beat Robert Redford; or D) Arthur Ashe beat Chris Evert.

4. Agent Orange was used during the Vietnam War to: A) kill jungle plants so the enemy could be seen; B) dye the enemy's skin orange so they could be identified; C) poison the wells in enemy territory; or D) improve the quality of the marijuana.

5. "The Dinner Party", a feminist art exhibition, was created in 1975 by which artist? A) Georgia O'Keefe; B) Judy Chicago; C) Grandma Moses; or D) Colleen McCullough.

6. Which product of the 1940s advertised that "a little dab'll do ya?"  A) M&Ms; B) Alka Seltzer; C) Bryl Cream; D) Preparation H.

Of course, ALL of the answers to the above questions can be found in my book, Making History: how to remember, record, interpret and share the events of your life. Another quickie history quiz will be coming in about 6 weeks.