Now that the Week of Killer Quizzes is little over a month away, I've decided Sev needs to prepare. Last year, spur of the moment event as the Week was, neither of us was ready, leaving us so exhausted at the end we could barely throw back our tequila shots.

That will *not* be the case this year.

This year, I have been hoarding viable quizzes with chipmunk-like single-mindedness. And now that the Week is in sight, I have Sev on a daily regimen of what I like to call Quill Drills. When the time comes, quill and ink shall fly over parchment like speedy falcons on the breeze. *zzooomm*

Sev? You know what to do!

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three nifty events, two births, and one death in your journal, including the year.

AUGUST 14

Events:
1040 - King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth.
1908 - First beauty contest held in Folkestone, England
1945 - Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).

Births:
1771 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet (d. 1832)
1851 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (d. 1887)

Death:
# 582 - Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor

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