Events of November 6th Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ulysses Grant

Abraham Lincoln was elected on November 6, 1860, Bill Clinton on November 6, 1996. Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America on November 6, 1861.

Answer: Tycho Brahe

Only four supernovae have been known to occur in our galaxy in recorded history, the last in 1604. The one observed by Tycho Brahe was seen for 16 months and for some days was bright enough to be observed in the daytime sky.

Answer: Texas

The Spanish explorer, Cabeza de Vaca, had set out from Florida overland. Problems with terrain and natives forced him onto improvised barges. After being barge-wrecked, de Vaca became separated from his companions and lived alone among the Indians. He became a merchant and a medicine man apparently enjoying success in both roles.

Answer: The Inkspots

In 1936 it could only have been the Inkspots; the other groups were not yet in existence. Other acts included comedians and singers. The show was viewed on RCA's new "Big Screen" 12 inch TV.

Answer: He invented the saxophone.

Adolphe Sax was a Belgian musical prodigy who was able to properly drill a clarinet's body by age 6. He also became an accomplished flute and clarinet player. At age 20 he developed what proved to be the first musically reliable Bass Clarinet. Although the exact time of the invention of the saxophone is disputed, Sax was apparently demonstrating the instrument that bears his name by the time he was 30 years of age.

Answer: football

In the 1820s both rugby and soccer developed in England. As colleges in America began playing their own "football" it evolved into a blend of both games.

The game played on November 6, 1869 represented the first true intercollegiate game; it was played with a soccer ball and the rules for the game were the Football Association rules from England -- Princeton won 6 goals to 4. By the 1870s the first Intercollegiate Football Association had come into being.

Answer: Stanley Baldwin

Edward VIII wished sanction to marry a divorced American woman. Baldwin communicated to the King that this was unacceptable. His managing of the crisis represented what many consider to be his greatest triumph. A perceived failure to stand up to Mussolini ultimately sullied his reputation.

Answer: 8

Only a few months old when his father died, Henry was crowned at age 8. He did not begin to rule until age 16. Shakespeare chronicled the events of his reign in three plays, Henry VI, Parts I,II, and III - arguably creating the first miniseries.

Answer: No

The monarchists carried the day by the slimmest of margins, 50.16% to 49.84%. Oddly enough, despite the closeness of the result, the Australian Prime Minister indicated that the proposal had been clearly rejected.

Answer: Richard Nixon

A mere 2 years after his narrow loss to John F Kennedy for the presidency Nixon returned to his native California and ran for Governor against democrat Edmund G (Pat) Brown. Following his defeat a petulant Nixon claimed, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference..."