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2017 Current Events Trivia

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

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What is the name of the ship on which Greenpeace members tried stop the French nuclear tests in the Pacific?

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What two things did some people burn in the late 60's and early 70's as a form of left-wing political protest?

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The first radio broadcasts, consisting of music and Bible readings, were transmitted in what year? 1906, 1912, or 1916?

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One day every year, the San Francisco Zoo receives hundreds of prankster phone calls asking for people named Ted E. Bear, Ellie Fant, or Don Key, among others. On which day each year does this occur?

12

What prison in France was stormed by the common people on July 14, 1789?

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In 1978, a museum in West Germany spent $1.8 million to buy a single book. What was it?

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Why is February 2 a day of celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania?

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The first one of these was established at Wesleyan College, Georgia, in 1851. Today, then can be found on virtually every college campus. What are they?

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One of the greatest celebrations ever seen in New York City occurred in May, 1883, when millions celebrated the completion of what engineering marvel?

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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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Which automobile was first introduced as a "people's automobile" in 1937?

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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?