January 11 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mudwall

'Old Mudwall' Jackson saw most of his action in east Tennessee, Kentucky, the Cumberland Gap region and in southwest Virginia. He got the sobriquet because his men believed he only cared for himself. Jackson was eventually declared unfit for field service and spent the rest of war in light staff duty as an aide to General John C. Breckenridge. 'Old Mudwall' died on October 30, 1889.

Answer: Snow

Just over 0.3 inches of snow was recorded at the L.A. Civic Center.

Answer: The Zulu War

Many in Europe and in the U.S. were stunned by the early victories of the Zulu against the smaller, but technologically superior British forces. By the end of July, though, the war was over and the Zulu nation lay in ruins. The Crimean War was waged from 1854 to 1856. The Boer War didn't start until 1899, while the Irish conflict erupted in 1919.

Answer: Fort Hindman, Arkansas

Also known as Arkansas Post, the first state capital of Arkansas, the fort was named for Confederate Major General Thomas Hindman. Union Maj. General John McClernand, attempting to gain political favor, actually attacked the fort against the orders of his superiors, President Lincoln and General Ulysses Grant. McClernand also pulled rank on Maj. General William T.

Sherman to get his troops to join in the attack. Despite the victory, McClernand was declared unfit by Grant and eventually relieved of command two weeks before the fall of Vicksburg.

Answer: Popular Mechanics

'Popular Mechanics' first publisher was H.H. Windsor, but has been run by the Hearst Corporation since the 1950s.

Answer: Grand Canyon

It was three years after the formation of the U.S. National Parks Service, in 1919, that the Grand Canyon was made a National Park. The park welcomes about five million visitors a year.

Answer: Insulin

Using extract from the pancreas of a dog and, later, a calf fetus, several doctors and biochemists at the University of Toronto were able to inject a 14-year-old diabetic named Leonard Thompson with the first dose of what was to be called insulin. While he suffered an alergic reaction from the first dose due to impurities in the extract, the second dose proved successful and Thompson lived a further 13 years.

This breakthrough garnered the Nobel Prize for Medicine the following year.

Answer: 'Please Please Me'

There were several different music company charts in England back then, depending on who you followed, but 'Please Please Me', the Fab Four's second single, hit the top of them all. It didn't do so well in the U.S. when released a week later, but when it was re-released at the start of the 'British Invasion' in 1964, it reached number three.

Answer: Smoking

That first cartoon showed a man enjoying a quiet smoke in his bed, followed by a second drawing of a coffin with an empty pipe on top. It wasn't until January 11, 1964 that Luther Terry issued a report saying smoking may be dangerous to your health. It would be another six years before cigarette ads were removed from U.S. television sets.

Answer: The first Earl of Sandwich

The first Earl of Sandwich, Edward Montague, was born on July 27, 1625. Francois-Marie (1745), Alexander Hamilton (1755) and John McDonald (1815) all blew out birthday candles on January 11th.