2525 - Fortnight 3 - Annum 6
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2025 9:27 pm
2525 - Fortnight 3 - Annum 6
In the year...
Follow the instructions after each event listed below. Two points for each correct answer:
E1 - A white mob destroys prosperous Greenwood District of a port city on the Arkansas River, killing hundreds of Black residents.
Name the event (____ ____ Massacre)
Name the state where it happened.
E2 - A politician from Ohio is inaugurated as US President.
Name the politician.
What major political corruption scandal took place during his term?
Did he make it all the way through his term?
Dem or Rep?
Who succeeded him?
Which future president was his Secretary of Commerce?
E3 - A New York-born author is the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her story follows Newland Archer, a young lawyer engaged to the proper and conventional May Welland when his world is upended when he falls in love with May’s unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.
Name the novel.
Name the author.
Name the American filmmaker who directed the 1993 film adaptation.
Is he dead or alive?
E4 - Many famous people died this year. Identify these three each by a short clue:
- Pneumatic tire inventor
- Famous opera tenor
- Dodge City lawman
Now match each cause of death below to the correct person
Heart attack
Peritonitis
"Slight chill"
E5 - A silent film star is involved in a sexual assault scandal and, although exonerated, is blacklisted for many years.
Name the silent film star.
This film star died young. Tell me his age at death (+/-3 years)
E6 - Two teams with he same city name play in the MLB World Series
Name the winner
Name the loser
Name the stadium in which all games were played
E7 - Many famous people were born this year. Identify these three each by a short clue:
- Star Trek creator
- No respect
- Birth name Buchinsky
What year did events E1 thru E7 take place? (Five points)
Total points: 57
In the year...
Follow the instructions after each event listed below. Two points for each correct answer:
E1 - A white mob destroys prosperous Greenwood District of a port city on the Arkansas River, killing hundreds of Black residents.
Name the event (____ ____ Massacre)
Name the state where it happened.
E2 - A politician from Ohio is inaugurated as US President.
Name the politician.
What major political corruption scandal took place during his term?
Did he make it all the way through his term?
Dem or Rep?
Who succeeded him?
Which future president was his Secretary of Commerce?
E3 - A New York-born author is the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her story follows Newland Archer, a young lawyer engaged to the proper and conventional May Welland when his world is upended when he falls in love with May’s unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.
Name the novel.
Name the author.
Name the American filmmaker who directed the 1993 film adaptation.
Is he dead or alive?
E4 - Many famous people died this year. Identify these three each by a short clue:
- Pneumatic tire inventor
- Famous opera tenor
- Dodge City lawman
Now match each cause of death below to the correct person
Heart attack
Peritonitis
"Slight chill"
E5 - A silent film star is involved in a sexual assault scandal and, although exonerated, is blacklisted for many years.
Name the silent film star.
This film star died young. Tell me his age at death (+/-3 years)
E6 - Two teams with he same city name play in the MLB World Series
Name the winner
Name the loser
Name the stadium in which all games were played
E7 - Many famous people were born this year. Identify these three each by a short clue:
- Star Trek creator
- No respect
- Birth name Buchinsky
What year did events E1 thru E7 take place? (Five points)
Total points: 57