History's Anniversaries as Noted in 2015 Quiz

Answer: Burj Khalifa

It measures in at a whopping 2,722 feet (829.8 m) tall including its antenna. Construction took six years and was led by chief architect Adrian Smith and chief structural engineer William F. Baker. In 2015 it was the tallest building in the world.

Answer: Condoleezza Rice

She was the second African American to hold this position. 2015 marked the fifth anniversary of her taking office. Before taking office she was a political science professor at Stanford. It should also be noted that Rice was the first woman to hold the position as National Security Advisor. She held that position during Bush's first term as president.

Answer: Katrina

Katrina was the deadliest hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The cost of the damage was four times that of Hurricane Andrew (1992) causing $108 billion in property damage. 1,833 people died in the hurricane and floods.

Answer: 'We Are The World'

Song Lyrics

"There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all


We can't go on pretending day by day
That someone, somehow can soon make a change
We're all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know, love is all we need


We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me


Send them your heart
So they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand

We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me


When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall
Well, well, well, well let us realize oh!
That a change can only come
When we stand together as one

We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me


We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me


We are the world
(Are the world)
We are the children
(Are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so let's start giving
(So let's start giving)


There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

Oh let me hear you!

We are the world
(Are the world)
We are the children
(Are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so lets start giving
(So let's start giving)


There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

We are the world
(Are the world)
We are the children
(Are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so let's start giving
(So let's start giving)

There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

We are the world
(Are the world)
We are the children
(Are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so let's start giving
(So let's start giving)


There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me


We are the world
(Are the world)
We are the children
(Are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so let's start giving
(So let's start giving)


There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

We are the world
(Are the world)
We are the children
(Are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so let's start giving
(So let's start giving)


There is a choice we're making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me."


Songwriters: RICHIE, LIONEL / JACKSON, MICHAEL

Answer: True

In 2015, United Nations reached its 70th anniversary. It came into existence on 24th October 1945. The United Nations or UN's task is to keep peace among nations, to preserve human rights, make environmental choices, and help nations and regions in times of disaster. Branches of the UN were established soon afterwards to attend to the welfare of children in areas devastated by war and to oversee international health issues.

Answer: Hiroshima

In 2015 seventy years had passed since the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Another atomic bomb was dropped three days later on Nagasaki. The effects from the attacks are everlasting. Children born after the attacks were born with smaller head circumferences. Some were also born with mental disabilities and were smaller in stature. Most of the people who survived the attacks have died.

Answer: The Moon

In 2015 forty-five years had passed since the Apollo 13 mission. The crew returned safely to Earth after several life threatening incidents happened on their six day journey. Apollo 13 was to be the third landing on the moon.

Answer: False

2015 marked the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. There were three camps on the main site and several other camps in the Auschwitz group of camps. It was not just one location. People from all over Nazi-occupied Europe were brought here and exterminated.

Some suffered medical experiments. The most notorious of these were those on twins conducted by Josef Mengele. People were gassed and cremated at Auschwitz.

Answer: network anchorman

Jennings died at the age of 67 in 2005. 2015 marked the fiftieth anniversary of when he became part of American lives through our TV sets. Jennings was a high-school drop out who was a self made man. Jennings hosted a radio show at the age of nine.

Answer: Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in a time when segregation in the south still existed. The all white section of the bus was overfilled and the bus driver told Parks to give up her seat in the black section to make room for a white passenger. Parks refused and was arrested.