Friday, June 14, 2013

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What was the first American novel to sell one million copies?

2)  In which century did Nostradamus make his predictions about the future?

3)  On June 14, 1983 the first man-made object to escape the solar system was named what?

4)  Who was the first U.S. president to broadcast a message over the radio?


Answers:

1)  Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.  She was born on this date in 1811.




2)  the 16th century


3)  Pioneer 10



4)  On June 14, 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to broadcast a message over the radio.  The occasion was the dedication of the Francis Scott Key Memorial in Baltimore.

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