Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  On January 23, 1964, the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.  What did it do?

2)  What is Ursa Minor?

3)  On this date in1985, he was the first Heisman Trophy winner to be elected to pro football's Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

4)  Today is a cold day for Orlando, Florida, with the high only getting into the high 60s.  The coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States was at Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska in 1971.  How cold was it?


Answers:

1)  The 24th Amendment eliminated the poll tax in federal elections.

2)  Ursa Minor is a star constellation.

3)  O.J. Simpson was the first Heisman Trophy winner elected to football's Hall of Fame.

4)  The record cold in the United States was -79.8 degrees Fahrenheit.

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