On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his troops were killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory. On this day in 1950, the U.S. World Cup team beat England. On this day in 1951, CBS broadcast the first commercial TV program in color, but nobody had a color TV, so nobody saw it. And on this day in 2009, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, died.
See how you fare in today’s vocabulary quiz. Select your answer below for each question. When done, you'll see your score and the correct answers.
Figure Your Rating:
| # Correct | Rating |
| All 10 | You deserve a monument |
| 7-9 | Slight slip on the field of play |
| 4-6 | Somewhat red-faced (nice color) |
| 2-3 | Not your best kick of the day |
| 0-1 | Beat it |
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