| August 2004 Missouri Regional Newsletter p6 |
| Pop Culture Quiz Answers |
| 1. The year was 1971, and the ammendment was the 26th. 2. Elvis Presley at his home in Memphis, Tennessee at age 42. 3. The show was Dallas and the question on everyone's lips was "Who Shot J.R.?" 4. That team was the U.S. Hockey team, they beat the Russians, and the year was 1980. 5. The media format was the compact disk and the year was 1983. 6. The first event was the fall of the Berlin Wall and the second event was fall of the Soviet Union. 7. The icon was Johnny Carson. 8. The event was "internet becoming available," this service was provided by Prodigy, Compuserve and America Online. 9. The answer is "Echo 1." 10. The show was "21" and the year was 1957. 11. Did I stump you? Hmmm? Well the answer is: the inventor was Samuel Morse, the tool he created was the telegraph code, the year was 1855 (used internationally 1855) and yes it is being used today under the well known name you may recognize Western Union. 12. The answer is Thomas Jefferson. 13. They demonstrated at the Democratic National Convention and it was September 7, 1968. 14. The mans name was Edwin Powell Hubble and he still has a working satellite observatory named after him. 15. The event was the flood which effected Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnessota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin when the Mississippi River began filling from the heavy rains, which in turn effected the Missouri River and all the other tributaries. In effect turning the state of Missouri (for example) into a virtual island. The year was 1993. |