Which writer/journalist left her estate to Martin Luther King, Jr. upon her death in 1967?

History Trivia / December 09, 2024

Dorothy Parker. Writer Dorothy Parker is perhaps best known for this line: "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses".

Who administered the oath of office to Calvin Coolidge upon Warren Harding's death?

History Trivia / December 09, 2024

His Father. Calvin Coolidge's father was a Justice of the Peace in his village in Vermont.

The Three Mile Island near melt down at the nuclear power station was in which U.S. state?

History Trivia / December 08, 2024

Pennsylvania. President and Mrs. Carter toured the Three Mile Island facility while the belief that an explosion was still possible.

In 1922, the U.S. Post Office destroyed 500 copies of which James Joyce novel?

History Trivia / December 08, 2024

Ulysses. Due to obscenity provisions in the U.S. Postal Code, the publication of James Joyce's "Ulysses" was banned in the U.S. until 1933.

2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards hails from which state?

History Trivia / December 07, 2024

North Carolina. John Edwards earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina.

What were the two opinion "groups" (pro and anti-war) during the Vietnam war?

History Trivia / December 07, 2024

Doves And Hawks. Hawks are a set of people who support applying military pressure to solve an issue and doves are those who are against it.