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2017 Current Events Trivia

19

According to the annual Associated Press vote of newspaper and broadcast executives, what was voted the top news story of 1995?

13

The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of what war?

11

Who was the courageous 18-year-old gymnast at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta whose vault on a severely sprained ankle helped ensure a U.S. Gold Medal in gymnastics?

11

What was the name of the hurricane which devastated South Florida in August 1992, especially the Homestead area, south of Miami, leaving 250,000 people homeless?

9

Which person designed the U.S. monetary system, including the decimal system of dollars and cents, as well as the coins and bills we use today?

7

In 1847, Michigan became the first state to abolish this, and since that time, less than half the states have followed. What is it?

5

Which automobile company was established in 1899 in Torino, Italy?

8

What sweet British treat, made since the 1790's, is called "The Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Peppermints"?

6

In 1729, the Chinese banned the smoking of what product?

5

In the summer of 1996, which major company unveiled 100 brand new television commercials during the seventeen days of the Atlanta Olympic game coverage?

17

Her name is Vigdis Finnbogadottir, and in 1980, she became the world's first democratically elected female head of state. Which isolated country did she represent?

16

In April, 1996, Federal Agents took the suspected Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski, into custody. Kaczynski had received degrees in mathematics from two Universities and taught at another. Which ones?

7

In 1963 a British sex scandal almost brought down Harold MacMillan's government when the Secretary of War resigned after a relationship with an expensive call girl who may have passed on British secrets to a Russian secret agent. Name these two people.

15

In which year did East and West Germany unify into the current Germany?

3

It is said that when he returned home after serving as Ambassador to France in 1789, he brought the first pasta-making machine to America. Who was he?