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2017 Current Events Trivia

15

Which of these events occurred FIRST: the computer chip was patented, the Berlin Wall was erected, the birth control pill was OK'd by the US Food and Drug Administration

5

In March 30, 1981, which person said to his wife, "Honey, I forgot to duck"?

9

From 1891-1893, Liliuokalani was the last... what? of Hawaii?

10

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?

13

What international film festival debuted in France in 1946?

11

In 1212 hundreds of children hoped to march from Germany to Jerusalem in the name of Christ. Most of them were sold into slavery or perished. By what two-word name do we call this historical event?

10

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

11

In what year and location did Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his speech: "I Have a Dream"?

15

Which U.S. President negotiated the Camp David accords that lead to a signed peace treaty between Egypt and Israel?

3

What did Newton Minow, the chairman of the federal communications commission, describe in 1961 as "a vast wasteland"?

11

Which dangerous drug, whose generic name was originally a trade name, was first developed in Germany in 1898?

14

In which month of 1995 was O.J. Simpson acquitted?

16

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?

18

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

8

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?