WHAT YEAR DID IT HAPPEN

[Norm]

2 August 1894 ❓

[englandboy – John]

Go peggy go, your so close…and the year is???

[Peggy]

:duh: I don’t know, I give up! :stress:

[englandboy – John]

@Norm wrote:

2 August 1894 ❓

Well done Norm

[Peggy]

Whew, glad that is over! Norm, your turn, please!

[Norm]

Who was the first Olympic champion and what year?

[englandboy – John]

OK, here goes, fingers crossed 😉

The revival of the ancient Olympics attracted athletes from 14 nations, with the largest delegations coming from Greece, Germany, France and Great Britain. On 6 April 1896, the American “James Connolly” won the triple jump to become the “first Olympic champion” in more than 1,500 years. Winners were awarded a silver medal and an olive branch. The German athlete Carl Schumann finished in the top five events of three different sports. The people of Athens greeted the Games with great enthusiasm. Their support was rewarded when a Greek shepherd, Spyridon Louis, won the most popular event, the marathon.

14 NOCs (Nations)

241 athletes (0 women, 241 men)

43 events

[Peggy]

Go, England, Go! :nana: :nana:

[englandboy – John]

What is so special about the American artillery piece called – “Atomic Annie”?

I`d like the date also please, thankyou 😀

[Norm]

The M65 Atomic Cannon (AKA Atomic Annie) was a 47 ton mobile gun that fired a 550 pound projectile with a range of 20 miles. This gun was used to fire historys first atomic shell, a single test shot was fired seven miles at a Nevada test site at 8:30 am local time, on May 25, 1953. A 15-kiloton test fired from the 280mm cannon at the Nevada Proving Grounds.
Annie also took part in Dwight D Eisenhower’s elaborate inaugural parade on January 20 1953

[englandboy – John]

Give that gentleman a big cigar 😀 congrats Norm, well done 😀

[Peggy]

Gee, you guys make me feel really stupid! 🙁

[englandboy – John]

We gentlemen would never do that ma`am 😀

[Peggy]

Hi ya England! :wave: Good to see ya! Well, you all are doing a good job of answering all these, and I get one right maybe once in a blue moon! 🙁

[englandboy – John]

peggy. Well I don`t know about Norm, but I use the internet to search for some of the answers – I might sound like cheating, but it is fun surfing the net.

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