On This Day: A Daily Quiz - February 1

Test your knowledge of history, celebrities and pop culture with a quiz on this day's events.

February 1

1. Kidnap victim and bank robber Patty Hearst was released from prison. Her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. She will later be fully pardoned by which president?
a. Ronald Reagan
b. Bill Clinton
c. George W. Bush
d. Barack Obama

2. What talk show premiered in 1982?
a. Late Night with David Letterman
b. The Oprah Winfrey Show
c. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
d. The Jerry Springer Show

3. Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams took an iconic picture during the Vietnam War in 1968. It depicts:
a. A naked child running from a napalmed village
b. A monk on fire
c. A prisoner being shot in the head on a street in Saigon
d. Victims of the My Lai Massacre

4. Greensboro, North Carolina, 1960, four African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in what store?
a. Butler Brothers
b. PayLess
c. Thrifty
d. Woolworth's

5. In 1884, the first portion of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. How many years would it take to complete the entire dictionary?
a. 4
b. 14
c. 24
d. 44

6. Which punk rock performer was born on this day in 1956?
a. Patti Smith
b. Exene Cervenka
c. Joan Jett
d. Poison Ivy

7. Died on this day in 1851, author:
a. Mary Shelley
b. Percy Shelley
c. Lord Byron
d. Emily Brontë

Answers: 1. b, 2. a, 3. c, 4. d, 5. d, 6. b, 7. a

Sources: History.com, Wikipedia,The New York Times: On This Day