Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1971, David R. Scott and James B. Irwin were the first to do this.

2)  Best known for having founded the American Red Cross, she had a number of other careers in her life. She taught school, was a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office, and during the Civil War she was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield."

3)  On this date in 1792, the cornerstone was laid for this building, the first to be designated as a U.S. government .building.

Answers:

1)  They were the first astronauts to ride a vehicle on the moon. The "moon buggy" traveled five miles on the lunar surface.

2)  Clara H. Barton














3)  The U.S. Mint. Here's how it looked:

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