Current events Trivia

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According to recently published figures about the SAT test for high school seniors, students from which state had the highest combined verbal and math scores?

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The four stars of the film A Fish Called Wanda will be teaming up again in a new feature film. Who are they?

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Which former tennis champion announced in January, 1996 that he was going to run for mayor of his home town of Bucharest, Romania?

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February 2 is known as Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to popular legend, an early spring is predicted if, on that day, the groundhog does what?

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These two black athletes raised a great controversy in the 1968 Olympics, when they raised their fists in the "Black power" salute while receiving their medals. What were their names?

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Considered the social and academic equivalent of the Ivy League colleges, the Seven Sisters Colleges, set up in 1915, were among the pioneers in higher education for women in the United States. Four of these colleges are Mount Holyoke, Barnard, Bryn Mawr,

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One of the biggest hits on Broadway is a rock opera based on Puccini's "La Boheme.'' What's the title?

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Residents of what country lead the world in seeing visions of the Virgin Mary?

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America's (and possibly the world's) first movie review was printed in 1909 in what prestigious newspaper?

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When H.Ross Perot ran for President in 1996, his campaign song was a what country music hit, written by Willie Nelson and recorded by Patsy Cline?

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This Bulgarian artist-engineer produces monumental outdoor artwork. In 1976, he stretched a tall curtain 24 miles across Sonoma and Marin counties. In 1985, he wrapped the Pont Neuf in Paris with lengths of beige fabric. In 1991, he installed 3,000 umbrel

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Actress and political activist Jane Fonda said, "It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was thoughtless." What 1972 event was she aplogizing for?

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When a floating moth shorted out an early supercomputer, what new phrase was born?

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The most expensive music manuscripts ever sold at auction fetched $3.8 million in 1987 at Sotheby's in London. Who was the composer of this music?

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When this Indonesian volcanic island exploded in August 1883, it blew the island apart and caused a tidal wave that killed more than 36,000 people. What was it?