Monday, May 23, 2011

Dive Bar Divas Pub Quiz #1 - Week in History

A review of things that had happened the previous week in history.

Last Week in History 3/13-3/20

1. What Disney movie with a car as the main character opened on March 13, 1969?
    The Love Bug (Herbie The Love Bug)

2. What guitar player left The Yardbirds on March 13, 1965?
    Eric Clapton

3. What physicist was born in Germany on March 14, 1879?
    Albert Einstein

4. What politician was murdered on March 15, 44 BCE?
    Julius Caesar

5. What world leader abdicated March 15, 1917?
    Czar Nicholas II (the Russian Czar is ok, Tsar spelling will do)

6. On March 16, 1995 what actor best known as a television detective was acquitted of murdering his wife?
    Robert Blake

7. Where was the first St. Patrick’s Day parade held in North America March 17, 1762?
    New York City

8. What American car maker went into receivership March 18, 1933? The company closed for good in 1966. Their original line was electric cars in 1902.
    Studebaker

9. What state legalized gambling March 19, 1931?
    Nevada

10. What gas was used in an attack on the Tokyo subway system March 20, 1995?
    Sarin gas (nerve gas)

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