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2017 Current Events Trivia

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

9

In the Earth's southern hemisphere, what season begins in March?

3

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?

13

The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of what war?

11

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?

11

What was the name of the hurricane which devastated South Florida in August 1992, especially the Homestead area, south of Miami, leaving 250,000 people homeless?

7

In 1847, Michigan became the first state to abolish this, and since that time, less than half the states have followed. What is it?

18

In 1989, this European monarchy with 5 million inhabitants was the world's first nation to legalize gay marriages. Which country is it?

6

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

5

In the summer of 1996, which major company unveiled 100 brand new television commercials during the seventeen days of the Atlanta Olympic game coverage?

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?

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?

7

In 1963 a British sex scandal almost brought down Harold MacMillan's government when the Secretary of War resigned after a relationship with an expensive call girl who may have passed on British secrets to a Russian secret agent. Name these two people.

15

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

12

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