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Trivia question of the day — Mar 24, 2026

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QUESTION OF THE DAYTUE 24 MAR
DIFFICULTY 50 · MEDIUMGENERAL

Which Arkansas governor blocked the Little Rock Nine from Central High in 1957?

  1. Strom Thurmond
  2. George Wallace
  3. Orval Faubus
  4. Ross Barnett
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Answer

C. Orval Faubus

Orval Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to bar the nine Black students on September 4, 1957; President Eisenhower federalised the Guard and sent the 101st Airborne to escort them in on the 25th.

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