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Quiz about The Week That Was July 30thAugust 5th 2005

The Week That Was: July 30th-August 5th, 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 #
214,597

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who plays Uncle Jesse in the 2005 movie "The Dukes of Hazzard"? Hint

Ned Beatty

David Crosby

Willie Nelson

Burt Reynolds

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Question 2 of 10

2. Minnesota became the last state to change its blood-alcohol level limit for drunken offenses to the same level used in every other state. What thus became the uniform standard limit for blood-alcohol concentration in the USA? Hint

0.08%

0.10%

0.05%

0.12%

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Question 3 of 10

3. What company, the longest-serving Olympic sponsor, extended its relationship with the Games through 2020? Hint

General Electric

General Motors

Coca-Cola

McDonald's

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who became the first left-handed quarterback inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame? Hint

Steve Young

John Elway

Dan Marino

Jim Kelly

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Question 5 of 10

5. What movie star announced her Broadway debut in the play "Three Days of Rain"? Hint

Gwyneth Paltrow

Julia Roberts

Sandra Bullock

Angelina Jolie

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Question 6 of 10

6. What name did South Korea scientists give the first cloned dog? Hint

Skuppy

Snuppy

Skrappy

Dinner

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Question 7 of 10

7. Starbucks began rolling out bottled water in its 5,000 stores in August, 2005. It will donate 5 cents per bottle sold to help clean-water sources in poor countries. What is the bottled water called? Hint

Ecos

Environs

Pathos

Ethos

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Question 8 of 10

8. President Bush signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) on August 2nd, 2005. Which country does this pact NOT include? Hint

Panama

Honduras

Costa Rica

El Salvador

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Question 9 of 10

9. What former NY Mets outfielder was fired as manager of the Baltimore Orioles after a 2-16 slump in July, 2005? Hint

Joel Youngblood

Daryl Strawberry

Mookie Wilson

Lee Mazzilli

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Question 10 of 10

10. On August 4th, 2005, a military junta displaced President Maaoya Sid 'Ahmed Taya who had led an autocratic regime in what country? Hint

Somalia

Mauritania

Ivory Coast

Sierra Leone

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who plays Uncle Jesse in the 2005 movie "The Dukes of Hazzard"?

Answer: Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson reprises the role first played on the CBS television show by Denver Pyle. As Uncle Jesse, Willie Nelson lobs Molotov cocktails on a freeway and speaks random thoughts like, "Why's a divorce so expensive? Because it's worth it." Burt Reynolds plays the crooked Boss Hogg.

Answer: 0.08%

Although Minnesota has a reputation for being tough on drunken drivers, it lagged in dropping the legal limit of blood-alcohol concentration from 0.10% to 0.08%.

3. What company, the longest-serving Olympic sponsor, extended its relationship with the Games through 2020?

Answer: Coca-Cola

Coke has been an Olympic sponsor since 1928 and signed the deal in a ceremony at the Great Wall of China.

4. Who became the first left-handed quarterback inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame?

Answer: Steve Young

He began his professional career with the USFL's Los Angeles Express in 1984.

5. What movie star announced her Broadway debut in the play "Three Days of Rain"?

Answer: Julia Roberts

The play by Richard Greenberg first ran off-Broadway in 1997 with her character being played by Patricia Clarkson. The April, 2006 opening of the play takes place at the Shubert theater.

6. What name did South Korea scientists give the first cloned dog?

Answer: Snuppy

The scientists produced a genetic duplicate of a 3-year old male Afghan hound. His name is short for Seoul National University puppy.

Answer: Ethos

It started selling its 700 milliliter bottles for $1.80 apiece. It's estimated that 70% of the world's population lack clean, safe drinking water and about 4,500 children under the age of 5 die daily from drinking unsafe water.

8. President Bush signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) on August 2nd, 2005. Which country does this pact NOT include?

Answer: Panama

Bush hopes the measure will help bolster the young democracies in Latin America while House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called CAFTA "a step backward for workers in Central America and a job killer here."

9. What former NY Mets outfielder was fired as manager of the Baltimore Orioles after a 2-16 slump in July, 2005?

Answer: Lee Mazzilli

After the Orioles got off to a promising start in 2005, 14 games over .500 (42-28), they experienced a major fall-off trailing Boston by 10 1/2 games at the time of the firing.

10. On August 4th, 2005, a military junta displaced President Maaoya Sid 'Ahmed Taya who had led an autocratic regime in what country?

Answer: Mauritania

President Taya seized power of Mauritania in a 1984 coup and was merciless with his opponents. The military junta was made up of a group of army officers calling itself the Military Council for Justice and Democracy.

Source: Author hatfm

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