History in the Month of August
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15 questions · Published July 24, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. On August 1, 1971, what duo's variety show debuted on CBS, opening with the theme song "The Beat Goes On"?
"The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" ran from 1971 to 1974, when the couple divorced.
- Multiple Choice
2. Who succeeded Warren G. Harding as U.S. president on August 3, 1923, following his sudden death?
At 2:30am on August 3, 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge received word that Warren G. Harding had died suddenly from a heart attack. Coolidge's father, a notary public, administered the oath of office.
- Multiple Choice
3. What was the nickname of jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, born August 4, 1901?
Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Louis Armstrong was nicknamed "Satchel mouth" as a kid growing up in New Orleans, eventually shortened to "Satchmo."
- Multiple Choice
4. On August 5, 2013, baseballer Alex Rodriguez was suspended over two hundred games as a result of the "______________" scandal.
The MLB banned New York Yankees infielder Rodriguez for 211 games over his involvement in the Biogenesis Laboratories Scandal regarding performance-enhancing drugs.
- Multiple Choice
5. What was the name of the bomb dropped by the B-29 airship Enola Gay on August 6, 1945?
Piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbetts, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped the devastating atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan.
Named after the pilot's mother, the Enola Gay was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare.
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