July Happenings Trivia Quiz

Answer: Charlotte Corday

Corday, an ardent royalist and daughter of an impoverished aristocrat, gained entrance to Marat's house and stabbed him as he worked in his bathtub. (He suffered from some kind of skin disease, causing him to spend hours in the tub). She offered no resistance when arrested and was guillotined four days later (talk about swift punishment!)

Answer: Catherine Parr

Did Henry finally find the woman of his dreams? No, he simply died, leaving Catherine a three-time widow. She survived the much-married king, who died in 1547 at age 56.

Answer: Jacques Cartier

Cartier, patronized by King Francis of France, led the three-month journey from St. Melo in France.

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots

After she was defeated by the Protestant nobility at Carberry Hill, the Scottish queen was imprisoned and forced to abdicate in favor of her son, James VI, then one year old. She was finally beheaded on February 8, 1587, after her cousin, Elizabeth I, became convinced that she was plotting to kill her.

Answer: Somalia

Somalia, on the eastern end of Africa, was created in 1960 when the Italian and British colonies merged.

Answer: Marcel Proust

Proust, a French novelist, became somewhat of a hermit later in life, secluding himself in his bedroom. His masterpiece is the seven-part semi-autobiographical "Rememberance of Things Past", published in 1927.

Answer: Kansas City, MO

Along with those killed, 188 people were injured when the walkways in the hotel lobby collapsed.

Answer: Karl Menninger

Karl Menninger, with his father Charles and brother William, founded the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, in 1920. In 1974, the Menninger foundation established the Center for Applied Behavioral Sciences, which provides government and businesses with the latest findings on human behavior.

Answer: Privileges of citizenship

The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees rights of due process.

Answer: Evonne Goolagong

Evonne Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon twice, the Australian Open four times, and the French Open once during her illustrious career.

Answer: Inflation

Inflation is defined as the persistent increase in the level of consumer prices or the persistent decline in the buying power of money.

Answer: Zachary Taylor

Taylor was the second President to die while in office (William Henry Harrison was the first). He was the first person to become President without previous political experience; he gained his fame as a war hero in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. Although he died of cholera, many suspected that he had been poisoned, a suspicion which was later proved to be unfounded.

He was succeeded by Millard Fillmore.

Answer: Isle of Man

The Isle of Man, a 221-square mile island in the Irish Sea, was first inhabited by Irish missionaries in the fifth century. It is a self-governing crown possession of Great Britain with its own legislature; its capital is Douglas.

Answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The well-known French political philosopher died of a sudden attack of thrombosis (a blood clot in the heart). Born in 1712, he was the author of "The Social Contract", which stated that all men are created free and equal (notice he said men, not women; they didn't count). In his older years he grew paranoid and misanthropic, not to mention insane.

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi

Vivaldi was one of the most prominent composers during the Baroque period. His masterpiece, "The Four Seasons", is a set of four concertos depicting each season.