Columbus Day means many things – federal holiday, no postal mail, closed banks, etc. – but, in many law schools, it’s business as usual. According to one site, “Colorado was the first state to observe Columbus Day in 1905. Over 30 more years elapsed before President Roosevelt deemed that ‘Columbus Day’ would be a federal holiday held on the twelfth of October. It was during President Nixon’s presidency in 1971 that the celebration was changed to be observed on the second Monday in October.” Admittedly, I know the basics about Christopher Columbus and his travels, but even the “easy” version of this quiz had me stumped. I would be very impressed if someone on Prawfs took this quiz and aced it.
Posted by Kelly Anders on October 12, 2009 at 04:45 PM
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Great job, everyone. I am very impressed. Kelly
Posted by: Kelly Anders | Oct 13, 2009 10:30:26 AM
9/11. I missed the “Dia de la Raza” question and the number of ships on the second voyage. But I was a history major who wrote a master’s thesis on missionaries to the Cherokee Indians, so I feel like I shoulda done better.
Posted by: sehi | Oct 12, 2009 11:19:58 PM
8/11….not too bad, considering I haven’t studied Columbus since grade school.
Did anyone ace the quiz yet?
Posted by: GJELblogger | Oct 12, 2009 7:24:43 PM
7 out of 11. I’m proud of my 63%.
Posted by: Art | Oct 12, 2009 7:15:02 PM
Today is “Native American Day” in South Dakota.
Discovered: New painting of Columbus.
See: http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/columbus-day/
Posted by: Mike Licht | Oct 12, 2009 6:06:42 PM
5 out of 11… not bad for a long distant relative of the great man
Posted by: Christopher Columbus XXIX | Oct 12, 2009 5:07:26 PM