History in the Month of June
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15 questions · Published May 22, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What legendary "Jeopardy!" contestant began their seventy-four-game winning streak on June 2, 2004?
FUN FACT
Prior to 2003, contestants on the game show were limited to five consecutive wins.
In June 2004, Ken Jennings began a 74-game winning streak, which as of 2023, is still the record.
- Multiple Choice
2. On June 3, 1937, which British king abdicated the throne to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson?
After giving up the throne to marry "the woman he loved," Wallis Warfield Simpson, King Edward VIII took the title Duke of Windsor.
- Multiple Choice
3. Who assassinated Senator Robert Kennedy on June 5, 1968?
After giving a speech at an LA hotel, Robert Kennedy was fatally shot by Palestinian national Sirhan Sirhan.
- Multiple Choice
4. The military event commonly known as "D-Day" took place on June 6, 1944, when Allied forces invaded the French region of ______________.
In the invasion known as D-Day, American, British, and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, along the northern coast of France.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which of these idyllic scenes was painted by French artist Paul Gauguin, born June 7, 1848?
Gaugin's "Mata Mua (In Olden Times)" was painted in 1892 and depicts two women against a Tahitian landscape.
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