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Who, What, When, Where, Why and How II | Answers

Here are the answers to my earlier post.

Calvin Coolidge.
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  1. Calvin Coolidge—was US President on the 26 March 1925. Calvin Coolidge, the 30th US President, served from 1923 to 1929. He is known for his small-government conservatism, taciturn personality, and support for racial equality. Coolidge oversaw economic growth during the “Roaring Twenties” but is criticised for failing to address economic inequality and for his potential role in the Great Depression.
  2. World War I—The First Battle of Gaza, fought on 26 March 1917, was a British defeat during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. The British Desert Column, nearing capture of Gaza, withdrew due to darkness and Ottoman reinforcements.
  3. 2000—Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer, has served as President of Russia since 2012, with previous terms from 2000 to 2008. His rule has been marked by economic growth, military conflicts, authoritarian tendencies, and human rights violations. Putin’s actions have led to international sanctions and a war crimes warrant.
    Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat with U.S. president Jimmy Carter at Camp David in September 1978.
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  4. Camp David, Maryland—the Camp David Accord was reached the previous September (1978) when President Carter hosted Egypt’s President Sadat and Israel’s Prime Minister Begin at his Maryland retreat.
  5. They believed a spacecraft was arriving to take them as immortal extraterrestrials to a better place—
  6. 16-years—

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

Kremlin, Moscow.
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All of the following relate to today’s date, 26 March.

  1. Who was the president of the United States of America 100 years ago today, 26 March 1925?
    • Warren G. Harding
    • Calvin Coolidge
    • Herbert Hoover
  2. What conflict saw the First Battle of Gaza take place on this date?
    • The Six Day War
    • World War I
    • World War II
  3. When was Vladimir Putin, a Russian intelligence officer and politician, elected president of Russia for the first time.
    • 2000
    • 2004
    • 2006
  4. Where did talks, mediated by US President Jimmy Carter, between Menachem Begin, the Israeli Prime Minister, and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt take place? These talks led to an historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that was signed on 26 March 1979.
    • Camp David, Maryland
    • Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    • Plains, Georgia
  5. Why did these members of Heaven’s Gate kill themselves? On 26 March 1997 the bodies of 39 members of Heaven’s Gate were found after a mass suicide.
    • They believed they alone would be reincarnated as gods in an earthly paradise
    • They believed a spacecraft was arriving to take them as immortal extraterrestrials to a better place
    • They believed they had to poison themselves to meet Jesus
  6. How long had this interlude lasted? After a hiatus, the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who made a triumphant return to television with a new episode in which Christopher Eccleston reprised the iconic role of the Doctor.
    • 6-years
    • 10-years
    • 16-years

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

Tardis
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