Who, What, When, Where, Why and How III

A “Who, What, When, Where, Why and How” which all relate to today, 26 April.

Ma Rainey.
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  1. Who, born 26 April 1886, in Columbus, Georgia, US; performed as Ma Rainey and was known as the “Mother of the blues”?
    • Beatrice Rutledge
    • Gertrude Pridgett
    • Hortense Gwinnett
  2. What best describes Petrarch, who climbed Mount Ventoux today in 1336 and, at some point, wrote about it?
    • Poet
    • Politician
    • Pundit
  3. When did the Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry?
    • 1557
    • 1607
    • 1657
  4. Where, during World War II, was senior Nazi Rudolf Hess—born today in 1894—captured?
    • Scotland
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
  5. Why were twelve thousand people in Canada left without a home on this date in 1900?
    • Avalanche
    • Fire
    • Flood
  6. How did John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, die?
    • Hanging
    • Gunshot
    • Drowning
John Wilkes Booth.
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Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

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Author: Scott F

As a retired trivia writer, editor and quiz compiler, I wholeheartedly agree with Bertrand Russell’s quote: “There’s much pleasure to be gained in useless knowledge.” Trivia of all sorts has always fascinated me, and for many years, I’ve written and compiled trivia for various media, including traditional TV and radio quiz shows, newspapers and magazines, apps, and other digital platforms.

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