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2017 Current Events Trivia

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The unofficial theme song to George Bush's 1988 presidential campaign was a Grammy-Award winning song with an inspirational title. What song?

19

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?

10

America's (and possibly the world's) first movie review was printed in 1909 in what prestigious newspaper?

18

Which crew members of Apollo 11 were the first two human beings to walk on the moon (July 20, 1969)?

8

When in 1870-1900, American inventor Ives McGaffey and British inventor Hubert Cecil Booth turned an air pump backwards and attached an electric motor, they created a machine called an aspirator. Today virtually every home owns one. What is it?

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?

13

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

3

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

16

What happened in London in 1908 and 1948, Paris in 1900 and 1924, and Los Angeles in 1932 and 1984? Give a two-word answer.

1

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

5

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

3

At Daytona Beach, Florida in 1910, auto racer Barney Oldfield set a new automobile speed record. Was his speed 32, 62, or 132 miles per hour?

3

At a recent auction in London, diehard collector Johnny Earle paid about £250 pounds for a U.S. army uniform dress jacket, complete with the stain where the famous wearer leaned against a newly painted window. Whose jacket was it?

1

When this Indonesian volcanic island exploded in August 1883, it blew the island apart and caused a tidal wave that killed more than 36,000 people. What was it?