Sequel to "We Didn't Start the Fire" Quiz

Answer: Moseley-Braun

Carol Moseley-Braun was elected into the Senate in 1992 breaking yet another color barrier. She introduced 14 separate bills and more than half became law!

Answer: Duke Wins Two

Duke defeated Michigan in the NCAA Championship in 1992 to earn their second straight title after defeating Kansas the year earlier. Grant Hill was a member of the "Blue Devils". "Shaq" attended L.S.U.

Answer: Michael Jackson Scandals

Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed "King of Pop" ran into trouble when accused of molesting a child. He settled out of court, but was recently seen on a special where he has his own theme park called "Neverland", where kids can be kids and it has an overall "Peter Pan" theme. Speculation continued to run rampant as to the private life of Michael Jackson - right until his death and beyond.

Answer: The Chunnel's Right on Track

The Chunnel is a tunnel that connects England and France, and is mostly under the English Channel. It is 31 miles long and cost $15 billion to create.

Answer: Tonya Harding

This is a well-known story about Tonya Harding's planned attack carried out by her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, Derrick
Smith, Shawn Eckardt and Shane Stant. The media swarmed all over this story, as it had done previously with "The Amy Fisher story".

Answer: Ecstasy

The new "designer drug", "Ecstasy", which is made up of MDMA (methylenedioxy-n-methylamphetamine) was prevalent before but began to sweep underground raves and parties all over the world. In its purest form, it is not that destructive, but was cut with many other drugs and sold to many kids, many being very young.

Answer: A Sheep is cloned

A new debate over "Man destroying God" was brought into the mainstream, when the first sheep was cloned and her name was Dolly. She lived for 6 and a half years (6/5/96) and died on 02/02/03. She developed arthritis.

Answer: Johnny Cochran

O.J. Simpson was one of the biggest news stories of the decade. There was extreme reaction to the verdict, as it seemed that O.J. was not on trial, but the issue of "race" was. He bought and assembled a "Dream Team" of lawyers to get him out of a jam, which they did.

The most notable name was that of Johnny Cochran who played the race card and won. His memorable line was "The bloody gloves, they do not fit, and so you see, you must acquit."

Answer: Monica Lewinsky

Sensationalism and questions of ethics seemed to reach a new low with the White House scandal of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. One rumor was that the president at that time used a cigar sexually with his intern. The magazine "Cigar Aficionado" quickly capitalized on this and their sales rose rapidly!

Answer: Tim McVeigh

Timothy McVeigh was convicted for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. He was a U.S. soldier in the Gulf War and rocked America by showing that terrorism can come from inside our borders as well. The blast left 168 people dead and Timothy McVeigh was executed by lethal injection on 11th June 2001.

Answer: Diana Dies

On 31st August 1997 Princess Diana of Wales died in a car crash, which was driven by a limo driver named Henri Paul. The paparazzi were all over this story and accounts of the incident were pretty brutal stating that they were snapping pictures as she passed away. Many rumors have circulated that Henri Paul was drunk.

Answer: Michael Jordan is Back Again

Michael Jordan left the three time champion Chicago Bulls for a two year stint in baseball's minor leagues with the Birmingham Barons. Many rumors circulated that he had gambling problems and left the game to avoid a scandal. His father was shot and killed during this time and more innuendo suggested that these two incidents were related.

He returned to the Bulls and in his next three seasons of which he played full time, the Bulls won 3 more championships. After retiring in 1999, he became owner of the Washington Wizards and could not stay away from the game and again made a comeback.

Answer: Versace Shot

Gianni is the first name of Versace, a flamboyant fashion designer who was shot in Miami on July 15, 1997. He was an anti-AIDS activist and worked closely with Elton John.

Answer: Florida Elections

In one of the most controversial (and embarrassing) elections in history, a re-count was needed to determine whether George W. Bush or Al Gore would be the next president of the USA. This was blamed on the ballots in Palm Beach County (where I now reside), as the "punch cards" were confusing. After a re-count and tons of media hype, George W. Bush was declared the next U.S. president.

Answer: Our Air is Brown

Ramanthan and Crutzen are members of N.A.T.O. who started "Project Asian Brown Cloud" after a large smoggy mass of polluted air was seen covering the atmosphere above India and parts of Asia. With "El Nino" and "La Nina", this cloud can quickly spread across the globe and actually block out the sun's rays.

The remainder of the song I invented is my opinion on how to get this world back into shape. Hate, fear, and separation will only quicken our demise as a species. As John Lennon and his Beatles counterparts stated in many songs, "Love is all there is". And as he summarized in "Imagine", "I hope they don't call us dreamers for long!" :)