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2017 Current Events Trivia

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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?

9

On April 24, 1909, Harry Hillman and Lawson Roberts set the world record for this humorous athletic event, covering 100 yards in just 11 seconds. Which event?

19

When Louise Brown was born in London on July 25, 1978, she was the world's first baby that... what?

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?

17

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

4

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

13

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?

15

In 1998, Australian Susie Maroney set a world record when she did this for 38 hours and 33 minutes. What did she do, and where did she do it?

11

What modern technological advance that most of us use today, was "born" at the UCLA, in 1969?

19

Researchers in September 1996 found the largest one of these ever. It would take 12 pages of newspaper to print it. What was it?

5

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?

17

In 1900, which German inventor designed and manufactured the first motorized, dirigible balloon?

8

Which gun manufacturing company was started by an Italian family in 1550, and still bears their name today?

7

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

12

How many years did it take to build the Golden Gate Bridge?