It Happened on February 14 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Dublin

Nearly ninety minutes after the official beginning of Valentine's Day in 1981, the Stardust nightclub caught fire while still full of patrons. The lack of usable fire exits and fire extinguishers were cited as keys to the disaster, which may have been caused by a cigarette dropped on to a couch. (Thanks to Wikipedia for additional information.)

Answer: Oregon

Designated as a territory in 1848, Oregon became the 33rd state of the Union on February 14, 1859. Its largest city, Portland, is home to the TrailBlazers of the NBA. It is also the home of Crater Lake National Park, where the deepest lake in the United States can be found.

Answer: Oslo, Norway

The host country, Norway, was the big winner at the 1952 Winter Olympics, claiming a total of 16 medals, 7 of them gold. Finland and the United States each won 11 medals. Figure skater Dick Button and speed skater Ken McHenry claimed two of the four gold medals the United States won in those games. (Thanks to Wikipedia for additional information.)

Answer: International Business Machines (IBM)

CTR was a strictly American company until 1917, when it opened its doors in Canada as International Business Machines. The US-based arm of the company adopted that name later on, and it has become one of the most recognized corporations in the world. (Thanks to Wikipedia for additional information.)

Answer: University of Wisconsin

Shalala's career as an educator began in 1970, when she became a professor at Bernard Baruch College. She taught at Columbia University from 1972 to 1979, then was an administrator at Hunter College in New York from 1980 to 1987. She served as the chancellor at Wisconsin from 1988 to 1993.

After leaving the Cabinet, Shalala succeeded Tad Foote as president of the University of Miami in Florida. (Thanks to Wikipedia and the Notable Names Database for additional information.)

Answer: Assembly

The first five Knesset assemblies met in various places in Jerusalem between 1949 and 1966. A permanent home for the Knesset, paid for by funds donated by Lord James de Rothschild, was dedicated during the Sixth Assembly in 1966. The Knesset consists of 120 members, from various political parties. Each assembly is slated to last four years, but often does not last that long. (Thanks to Wikipedia for additional information.)

Answer: 1913

Theodore Roosevelt was president at the time Congress created the Department of Congress and Labor. From 1903 to 1909, three different men--George Corelyou, Victor Metcalf and Oscar Straus--served as the secretary of the new department. Charles Nagel was the last man to serve as secretary, in the Taft Administration, from 1909 to 1913.

In 1933, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a Cabinet post, serving as Secretary of Labor until 1945. (Thanks to The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006 and Wikipedia for additional information.)

Answer: Pelham

Wodehouse's knighthood, at the age of 93, caused some controversy in his native England, which he had left permanently after World War II. Many people considered Wodehouse a traitor for doing light-hearted radio broadcasts from Berlin, at the urging of his former German captors, during the war. Wodehouse became a citizen of the United States in 1955 and never returned to England. (Thanks to Wikipedia for additional information.)

Answer: Eugene Shoemaker

Eugene Shoemaker is credited with conclusively proving that Barringer Crater, near Winslow, Arizona, was created by a meteor impact. His work as a planetary geologist included training Apollo astronauts for their moonwalks and searching for near-Earth asteroids that could potentially collide with the planet. Shoemaker was killed in a car crash in Australia on July 18, 1997, more than a year after NEAR was launched from Florida.

The space probe, renamed NEAR Shoemaker, was also the first to soft-land on an asteroid, touching down on Eros on February 12, 2001. (Thanks to Wikipedia for additional information.)

Answer: Brett Favre

Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre was born on October 10, 1969. Drew Bledsoe, who has played for New England, Buffalo and Dallas during his NFL career, was born on February 14, 1972. Jim Kelly, who had a Hall-of-Fame career with the Buffalo Bills, was born on February 14, 1960. And longtime Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was born on February 14, 1973. (Thanks to Wikipedia for additional information.)