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Quiz about The Week That Was July 23rd29th 2005

The Week That Was: July 23rd-29th, 2005 Quiz

Forget things as soon as you learn them? Here's a quiz aimed at testing your short term memory of newsworthy events happening in the world around you. Grab a cup of hot cocoa, cozy up to the computer and let's reminisce about the not-so- distant past.

A multiple-choice quiz by hatfm. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
hatfm

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
214,007

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. On July 26th, 2005, the United States launched its first shuttle mission in two-and-a-half years. What was the name of this shuttle? Hint

Endeavor

Columbia

Discovery

Atlantis

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Question 2 of 10

2. By winning the 2005 Tour de France, Lance Armstrong completed a string of how many consecutive victories? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. A scene in the movie "Wedding Crashers" has created controversy that reached the floors of Congress. What do the characters do that has stirred such controversy? Hint

Carry fake purple hearts

Give accurate information on how to build a home-made bomb

Accidentally burn a U.S. flag

Reveal the name of a CIA operative

4. "TV Guide" announced that in October, 2005 it would be changing the format of its 52-year old digest-sized magazine by increasing it to a full-size national magazine with just two editions. Who appeared on the first TV Guide cover on April 3rd, 1953? Hint

Desi Arnaz, Jr.

Bob Hope

Milton Berle

Sid Caesar

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Question 5 of 10

5. On July 27th, 2005, what city set the one-day record in India for the most rainfall at 37.1 inches? Hint

Mumbai

New Delhi

Calcutta

Madras

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Question 6 of 10

6. A 2005 documentary features 100 comedians who tell a variation of the same lewd joke: A father approaches a talent agent and promises him that his family's act will wow him. The father then proceeds to tell the agent about the specifics of the act, a variation which each comedian makes up, a series of unspeakable acts, one more outlandishly perverted than the next. When the agent asks the father what he calls the act, he proudly responds with the title of this film. What is the title of the film? Hint

We're Americans

The Ragamuffins

We're French

The Aristocrats

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Question 7 of 10

7. Several American newspapers decided not to run a Doonesbury comic strip that featured President George Bush calling one of his staff a "turd blossom". Which staff member was he referring to? Hint

John Bolton

Dick Cheney

Karl Rove

Donald Rumsfeld

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Question 8 of 10

8. Wade Boggs was one of only two players (along with Ryne Sandberg) inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. He played for 3 major league teams in his career. Which of these teams did he NOT play for? Hint

Boston Red Sox

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

New York Yankees

Baltimore Orioles

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Question 9 of 10

9. Mel Gibson announced his follow-up to his hit film "The Passion of the Christ". It's entitled "Apocalypto" and will be another historical epic performed in an ancient language. In what language will the film be spoken? Hint

Dravidian

Incan

Mayan

Latin

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev created the traditional periodic table of elements as most of us know it today. This is being challenged by University of Oxford professor Philip Stewart who received intense media coverage for a newly designed table shaped like what? Hint

Tree rings

The solar system

The galaxy

A rainbow

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On July 26th, 2005, the United States launched its first shuttle mission in two-and-a-half years. What was the name of this shuttle?

Answer: Discovery

The flight was the first shuttle mission since the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry from space on February 1st, 2003. The Discovery's crew was sent to resupply the International Space Station and resume station construction.

2. By winning the 2005 Tour de France, Lance Armstrong completed a string of how many consecutive victories?

Answer: 7

Armstrong spent 17 days leading the Tour in the yellow jersey bringing his total days leading through his seven victories to 83. Only cycling icon Eddy Merckx has led for more days - a total of 96 days in 5 victories.

All of his Tour de France wins were expunged in 2012.

3. A scene in the movie "Wedding Crashers" has created controversy that reached the floors of Congress. What do the characters do that has stirred such controversy?

Answer: Carry fake purple hearts

Veteran groups were offended by the movie's recommendation to carry fake Purple Hearts to impress women. Legislation has been introduced by U.S. Rep. John T. Salazar that would penalize anyone posing as a decorated veteran.

Answer: Desi Arnaz, Jr.

The magazine featured the first photo of Lucille Ball's new son, Desi Arnaz, Jr., from the wildly popular show "I Love Lucy". In its heyday, TV Guide sold nearly 20 million in 1975 but, with its circulation now at 9 million, publishers felt the need for major changes.

5. On July 27th, 2005, what city set the one-day record in India for the most rainfall at 37.1 inches?

Answer: Mumbai

Rescuers searched flood-ravaged neighborhoods in Mumbai and also villages in the surrounding Maharashtra state looking for possible survivors. Over 500 people have been reported dead.

Answer: The Aristocrats

The comedians range from newcomers in their 20s to veterans in their 70s and include Gearge Carlin, Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg.

7. Several American newspapers decided not to run a Doonesbury comic strip that featured President George Bush calling one of his staff a "turd blossom". Which staff member was he referring to?

Answer: Karl Rove

Garry Trudeau responded via e-mail saying the nickname "had been widely reported" and "many people would already know it. I thought it said something quite illuminating about Bush. Nicknaming people is a very aggressive form of bullying, and the sheer inventiveness of 'turd blossom' revealed just how nasty the president can be, even to people he is close to."

Answer: Baltimore Orioles

Boggs who had a career batting average of .328 and over 3,000 hits, played for the Boston Red Sox (1982-92), NY Yankees (1993-97) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-99).

Answer: Mayan

Set 500 years ago in Central America, it features actors speaking a little known Mayan dialect.

Answer: The galaxy

Stewart's table has the elements arranged in a galaxy-like swirl of colors with the rows of elements lined along the same orbit and the columns corresponding to spokes projecting from the center.

Source: Author hatfm

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