History Quiz

[Annie]

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Your turn!

 

[onedomino]

What southern city did not celebrate the 4th of July for 79 years after the end of the Civil War?

 

[Annie]

What southern city did not celebrate the 4th of July for 79 years after the end of the Civil War?

Charleston?

 

[onedomino]

Good guess, but incorrect.

 

[Annie]

Good guess, but incorrect.

OK, Atlanta?

 

[onedomino]

I'll tell you because I must go. The answer is Vicksburg, Mississippi. Your turn.

 

[Annie]

I'll tell you because I must go. The answer is Vicksburg, Mississippi. Your turn.

Hey, I would have got there. Just trying not to google.

 

[Annie]

Hey, I would have got there. Just trying not to google.

Youngest person to have served as President of US.

 

[IControlThePast]

Youngest person to have served as President of US.

Kennedy?

 

[Semper Fi]

Youngest person to have served as President of US.

Theodore Roosevelt.

 

[Annie]

Theodore Roosevelt.

Correct! :clap1: Your turn.

 

[USViking]

Semper Fi loses his turn for disappearing for over a day.


Question:
Number of Israeli commandos killed in the Entebbe rescue operation.

 

[Annie]

Semper Fi loses his turn for disappearing for over a day.


Question:
Number of Israeli commandos killed in the Entebbe rescue operation.

None?

 

[USViking]

None?

Incorrect.

 

[no1tovote4]

Semper Fi loses his turn for disappearing for over a day.


Question:
Number of Israeli commandos killed in the Entebbe rescue operation.

1. Benjamin Netanyahu's brother Lt. Colonel Yoni Netanyahu.

 

[Annie]

Incorrect.

Dang! 1? (Method to my madness!)

 

[USViking]

Dang! 1? (Method to my madness!)

Yes- the one man killed was the commanding officer, Jonathan Netanyahu,
brother of future Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

 

[no1tovote4]

Yes- the one man killed was the commanding officer, Jonathan Netanyahu,
brother of future Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Hey! You missed my post. Yoni Netanyahu was killed because the plans did not include one door that they had to get through. Yoni ran discraction while the others went through the door.

 

[Annie]

1. Benjamin Netanyahu's brother Lt. Colonel Yoni Netanyahu.

So go for it!

 

[USViking]

Hey! You missed my post. Yoni Netanyahu was killed because the plans did not include one door that they had to get through. Yoni ran discraction while the others went through the door.

Sorry to have missed it. We've had a few repeats here.