Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?

2)   This track star won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.

3)  When did the first income tax law become effective?

4)  Mesothelioma is thought to be caused by what?


Answers:

1)  Gertrude Ederle forever disproved the popular notion that women couldn't swim the  English Channel when she completed the swim on August 7, 1926.

2)   Jesse Owens won the four gold medals, greatly upsetting Hitler, who was hoping to prove his theory of a "superior" Aryan race.

3)  Abraham Lincoln signed into law a 3% tax on incomes exceeding $800, which became effective January 1, 1861. It was rescinded in 1872.

4)  Asbestos inhalation