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2017 Current Events Trivia

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

7

In what year did Texas become second largest state?

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

14

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

12

Napoleon was forced to step down as emperor of France as a result of a disastrous military campaign in the winter of 1812, in which country?

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used web: BONUS: The first time humans ever saw "it" was 1959, when a Russian satellite first photographed it. What was it?

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Legend has it that this modern tradition began in 1927 when movie star Norma Talmadge accidentally stepped in something. What is the tradition?

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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

1

What is the two word name for the moment around September 21 of each year when day and night are approximately equal in length?

2

In 1783, the French brothers Montgolfier helped people go where no one had gone before, when they invented what?

8

What 1973 supreme court decision ruled that state laws restricting abortion violate women's right of privacy?

3

In 1995, Shannon Faulkner enrolled in, but then withdrew from, which formerly all-male military academy in South Carolina?

8

Which 17-18th century monk invented sparkling champagne, and later the cork stopper?

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During the height of Michael Jackson's reign as king of pop, and shortly after the fall of the iron curtain, young fans in which Eastern European country considered Michael to be almost a God?