The Rockers' Take on History Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jackson State University

Early on May 15, 1970, twelve students were injured, in addition to the two killed, at Jackson State College, as it was named at the time. This was another Vietnam War protest with police firing on unarmed students both inside and outside a women's dormitory. As students lay injured and bleeding, the police took the time to pick up their shell casings, in the dark, before calling for ambulances. This, and the fact that the dormitory was riddled with bullets, makes it surprising there weren't more deaths. One of the dead was a pre-law major who left behind an 18-month-old son. The other was a high school student walking home from work, an innocent bystander whose body was found behind the police line of fire. Jackson State has, historically, an African-American enrollment.

Question by wyambezi

Answer: February 6

Many Maori chiefs, as well as Governor William Hobson, signed the treaty on February 6, 1840, at Waitangi, Northland. The treaty was then taken around the country and signed by other chiefs. The treaty has been a source of controversy ever since. In the treaty, Maori were promised "sovereignty of the foreshore and seabed", and it is the interpretation of this phrase which has been the main bone of contention.

Question by elvislennon

Answer: Dire Straits

The Guinness Book of World Records credits "Brothers in Arms" as the first compact disc to sell a million copies.

In 1986, "Brothers in Arms" won two Grammy awards for Dire Straits, "Album of the Year" and "Record of the Year" for the song "Money for Nothing".

Question by trivvya

Answer: Apple

Apple was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Despite the Apple mythology, the April Fools' date was chosen because it just happened to be the day the Apple I computer was first delivered to a retailer; the three therefore decided they should call themselves a real company. Apple was incorporated in 1977.

Apple's embrace of the graphical user interface helped make computers a consumer, as well as a scientific and business, product.

Question by CmdrK

Answer: August, 1966

The story of the strike is told in the Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody composition "From Little Things (Big Things Grow)". Vincent Lingiari led the strike, and it took until 1975 for the Gurindji people to gain the rights to their traditional land.

Question by Tezza1551

Answer: Decimalisation Day

February 15th 1971 saw the introduction of decimal currency in the UK. The old monetary system of £sd (pounds, shillings and pence) was replaced with a new decimal monetary system of pounds and pence. Before decimalisation there had been 12 pence to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound (240 pence to the pound). Post-decimalisation there were 100 new pence to the pound. Most of the pre-decimal coinage was phased out. I can remember being amazed at how confusing my mother and grandmother found it, but I suppose if it were to happen today I would feel just the same!

Question by Holkham16

Answer: William Webb-Ellis

The origins of the game are debatable but there is a plaque at Rugby School commemorating Webb-Ellis' deeds. The Rugby World Cup Trophy is named the Webb-Ellis Cup after him. The first rules were written by Rugby School pupils in 1845.

Albert Pell formed the first 'football' team at Cambridge University. Wilson Whineray was a great All Black (New Zealand) captain of the 1950's & 60's. Johnny Wilkinson was a World Cup winner with England in 2003 and held the international points scoring record until 2011.

Question by AdjNZ

Answer: University of Michigan

SDS is often credited as the driving force behind the student protest movement of the 1960s. Their first meeting was held in Ann Arbor in 1960, and the organization's founding manifesto, "The Port Huron Statement", was issued in 1962.

Question by iCaramba

Answer: 1901

A series of Constitutional Conventions were held in the 1890s as the notion of "Australian" became popular. Henry Parkes is considered the 'father' of Federation in his advocacy of a 'great national' Government. Although there was considerable opposition to such a federation, it succeeded in the second referendum vote. The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed on 1 January 1901.

Question by redwaldo

Answer: Einsteinium

Albert Ghiorso, of the University of California, Berkeley, first identified Einsteinium in December of 1952, in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion. This actinidic element's atomic number is 99.

Question by Snowconeboy789