Current events Trivia

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This book is considered a milestone in the history of feminism. It is called "A Vindication of the Rights of Women," and was written by Mary Wollstonecraft in what year: 1792, 1892, or 1992?

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Which crew members of Apollo 11 were the first two human beings to walk on the moon (July 20, 1969)?

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When in 1870-1900, American inventor Ives McGaffey and British inventor Hubert Cecil Booth turned an air pump backwards and attached an electric motor, they created a machine called an aspirator. Today virtually every home owns one. What is it?

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In 1997 the largest equestrian display ever mounted in Britain, featured over 1,000 horses, in celebrating what event?

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In 1997 the largest equestrian display ever mounted in Britain, featured over 1,000 horses, in celebrating what event?

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The custom of fooling friends and relatives on the first of April began in the late 1500's in which country? Holland, France, or Italy?

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If President Clinton and Vice President Gore should become unable to continue in office, who is next in line to become President of the United States?

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In what year did Texas become second largest state?

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March 20, 1977, President Jimmy Carter granted executive clemency and released from prison which woman?

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January 1996, one of the world's most revered opera houses burned down; Verdi, Rossini, Wagner, and Stravinsky had premiered many of their works here. In which city was this fire?

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Whom did America's most famous widow, Jackie Kennedy, marry in 1968?

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What 18th century British navigator and explorer charted and named many islands of the Pacific Ocean.

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Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam, borrowed a phrase from the Iranians, when he referred to the United States as what?

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What organization has won the Nobel Peace prize at least 16 times?

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To celebrate the 1869 opening of the Suez Canal, the Egyptian ruler commissioned a well-known composer to write a spectacular opera, complete with elephants. Which opera, which composer?