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2017 Current Events Trivia

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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?

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

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

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

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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?

5

To celebrate the 1869 opening of the Suez Canal, the Egyptian ruler commissioned a well-known composer to write a spectacular opera, complete with elephants. Which opera, which composer?

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On May 18, 1980, this mountain in the Pacific northwest erupted after being dormant for 123 years. Which mountain is it?

6

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

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When in December, 1996, his daughter asked him what he wanted for Christmas, he replied, "another Christmas." Who were they - father and daughter?

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Just minutes after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President on January 20, 1981, a historic event took place, involving the number 444. What was it?

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

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The first one of these ever built, complete with luxurious accessories and a piano, was built in Pittsburgh in 1905. The price of admission was 5¢. What was it?

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In January, 1994, Delta became the world's first airline to ban... what... on all its flights?

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