FEBRUARY 4, 1974 - Patricia Hearst, the 19 year-old granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a left-wing urban guerrilla group. The kidnappers initially sought the release of jailed SLA members in exchange for the return of Hearst, but when that request failed the group demanded that Hearst's family distribute $70 worth of food to every needy Californian - an operation that would cost an estimated $400 million. Hearst's father immediately arranged for a donation of $6 million worth of food to the poor of the Bay Area, but the SLA still refused to release Hearst because they deemed the food to have been of poor quality. On April 15, 1974, security cameras captured images of Hearst wielding a rifle while assisting the SLA in a bank robbery in San Francisco. In September 1975 Hearst was arrested and tried. Using the Stockholm Syndrome as a defense she claimed to have been brainwashed by the SLA while in captivity and forced to assist with the robbery. She was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison but after serving less than two years her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. She was granted a full pardon by President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001 as his last official act as President.

FEBRUARY 6, 1935 - The popular board game Monopoly® went on sale for the first time. Originally sold by Charles Darrow, and later by Parker Brothers, Monopoly® is the most commercially-successful board game in United States history, with 485 million players worldwide. In 1941 the British Secret Service had a special edition of Monopoly® created for World War II prisoners of war held by the Nazis. Hidden inside these games were maps, compasses, real money, and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by fake charity groups.

FEBRUARY 9, 1964 - The Beatles made their first of three consecutive appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was the group's first performance in the United States and is considered a milestone in American pop culture and the beginning of the British Invasion in music. The broadcast drew an estimated 73 million viewers, at the time a record for US television, and was characterized by an audience composed largely of screaming hysterical teenage girls. During their performance of "All My Loving" the broadcast featured the names of the group members superimposed on close-up shots, including the famous "Sorry girls, he's married" caption on John Lennon. This 1994 news report reminisces The Beatles visit.

The life story of William Randolph Hearst, grandfather of Patricia Hearst, was the source of inspiration for the lead character in which Hollywood classic?

A. On the Waterfront
B. Citizen Kane
C. Birth of a Nation
D. The Quiet Man