Sample Round

This is last week's "On This Day" round, which is the one round we're not going to be using elsewhere at some point. See how you do. (You can leave answers in the comments.)


On This Day: May 24

1. On this day in 1870, The American lawyer and judicial theorist Benjamin Cardozo was born. The Benjamin Cardozo School of Law is a part of which smaller New York City university?

2. Happy birthday to Priscilla Presley! She played the part of Jenna Wade on which 1980's prime time soap opera?

3. On this day in 1911, the New York Public Library officially opened. There two Lions that guard the main branch's entrance on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. What are their names? I'll give half marks for one.

4. Today is the 39th birthday of this rapper, born Dwight Errington Myers, who aside from his albums may be best known for recording the theme songs to In Living Color and Mad TV. What's his stage name?

5. May 24th is a national holiday in Canada (as well as pretty much every other Commonwealth country). It commemorates the official birthday of which English Monarch?

6. On this date in 1959, John Foster Dulles died. He served as Secretary of State under which President?

7. Today would have been the 263rd birthday of Jean Paul Marat, the scientist and French Revolutionary who was best known for his odd murder at the hands of Charlitte Corday. Madame Tussaud herself cast his corpse in wax where it lay. Where did Jean-Paul Marat's corpse lay?

8. Happy 107th birthday to Suzanne Lenglen! Still considered one of the greatest tennis players to ever pick up a racket, ten years ago, they named one of the courts where they hold the French Open Tennis tournament after her. The rest of that tennis complex is named after what early French Aviator?

9. It's Gary Burghoff's 63rd birthday today. Of course, he's best known for playing Radar O'Reilly on M*A*S*H. What was Radar's actual first name on the show?

10. On this date in 1883, The Brooklyn Bridge was opened. At the time, it became the longest suspension bridge in the world. (Now, it's the sixth longest suspension bridge in New York City.) Before 1883, what inland American city had the longest suspension bridge in the world? (A hint: this city is not on the Mississippi River.)