History Quiz Answers

June 21st, 2008

In early May, I posted another history quiz here in this blog. Now it’s time to give the answers. (The winner of the quiz drawing was Joan, who will be receiving a free copy of Making History!)

 

The questions and answers:

1. In 1935 a situation comedy radio show premiered about a wacky husband and his patient wife.  It was called:  B) Fibber McGee & Molly. 

2. The Kennedy years in the White House were often referred to as: A) Camelot.

3. What was the result of the much-ballyhooed “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match in 1973? – B) Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs.

4. Agent Orange was used during the Vietnam War to: A) kill jungle plants so the enemy could be seen.

5. “The Dinner Party”, a feminist art exhibition, was created in 1975 by:  B) Judy Chicago

6.  Which product of the 1940s advertised that “a little dab’ll do ya?”  C) Bryl Cream

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