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Thread #46234   Message #685064
Posted By: Louie Roy
07-Apr-02 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: 1938 History
Subject: 1938 History
I was around when these events happened and thought this would be easy,but I only got 4 out of 13.Try your luck will post answer in the morning 4/8
1--Douglas Wrong Way Corrigan trying to fly to California landed in A--Ireland B--Iceland C--France
2--Legislation sets this intial per-hour minimum wage and work week for most businesses.A--$.25 and 44 hours
B--$.40 & 40 hours C--$.42 & 48 hours
3--Eddie Rickenbacker the ww1 ace fighter pilot purchased this company for 3.5 million.A--American airways
B--McDonnell Aircraft C--Eastern Airlines
4--Joe Louis avenges his only knockout in round 1 of a rematch.A--Primo Carnera B--Max Schmeling C--Joe Walcott
5--Superman possesses which of the following in his comic book debut A--impenetrable skin B--X-ray vision
C--the ability to fly
6--Orson Wells panic radio listeners the night before halloween with a news broadcast about martians invading the state A New York B--New Jersey C--New Mexico
7--this broadway production,winner of the pulitzer prize for drama,is performed with no scenery A--Abe Lincoln In Illinois B--Our Town C--Susan and God
8The first national unemployment census estimate that this percentage of americans are jobless A--41 percent
B--25 percent C--19 percent
9--This Disney production is the first full length animated film A--Gullivers Travels B--Steamboat Willie
C--Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
10--New York become th first state to A--open a 6 lane highway B--require medical tests for marriage license applicants C--levy income tax
11This organization declares that Mae West's radio material is offensive to the great mass of right thinking clean minded american citzens A--The federal comminication commission B--The hays Office C--The salvation army
12--This tune tops the hit parade for seven weeks A--Tisket A- Tasket B--Thanks for the memory C--My Reverie
13---BONUS QUESTION.This aquarium,billed as the world's first Oceanarium opens---What is it called