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Quiz about The Week That Was June 18th24th 2005

The Week That Was: June 18th-24th, 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: 6 mins.

Author
hatfm

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
211,379

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Difficult

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Question 1 of 10

1. Whose epitaph reads as follows?
"Departed This Earth, February 25, 1990.
At Peace, March 31, 2005" Hint

Eddie Albert

Johnny Carson

Terry Schiavo

Pope John Paul II

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Question 2 of 10

2. The American Film Institute released the results of its survey recounting the most memorable movie quotes of all time. What was considered the most memorable quote from an American film? Hint

I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

Here's looking at you, kid.

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

3. The Grand Slam Project which features paintings created by dropping paint-dipped tennis balls on a canvas went on display at the Danubiana-Meulensteen Art Museum. What tennis star helped create this art? Hint

Maria Sharapova

Martina Navratilova

Boris Becker

Roger Federer

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Question 4 of 10

4. For the first time ever, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a medicine for the treatment of a specific racial group. The drug called BiDil was approved to treat what condition in those of African descent? Hint

Congestive heart failure

Diabetes mellitus

Elevated cholesterol

Erectile dysfunction

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Question 5 of 10

5. Great Britain's Prince William graduated from Scotland's St. Andrew's University with a degree in what subject? Hint

History and Art

Geography

English Literature

Liberal Arts

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Question 6 of 10

6. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez was arrested and charged with a crime commonly referred to as "fragging." What is fragging? Hint

Refusing to follow orders from another country's military

Killing an unarmed prisoner

Killing a superior officer

Refusing to follow orders from a superior officer

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Question 7 of 10

7. Joseph Biden announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. president in 2008. His previous run for the presidency in 1988 was derailed when it became apparent he had exaggerated his academic record and plagiarized remarks from what British Labor Party leader? Hint

Neil Kinnock

Harold Wilson

Tony Blair

John Smith

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Question 8 of 10

8. According to U.S. National Guardsmen interviewed by "GQ Magazine", which of these food items does Saddam Hussein NOT enjoy? Hint

Doritos

Raisin Bran

Cheetos

Froot Loops

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Question 9 of 10

9. Larry McMurtry 2005 novel "The Colonel and Little Missie" is an informal account of the life of which famous American? Hint

Buffalo Bill Cody

Roy Rogers

Tom Parker

P.T. Barnum

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Question 10 of 10

10. Electronics giant Best Buy will have hired nearly 8000 tech support employees by the end of June 2005. Besides taking phone calls and fixing electronics brought to the store, this division makes special visits to homes and offices to solve problems. By what name does this division go by? Hint

Techies

Geek Squad

Help Is On The Way

Tech Support

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Whose epitaph reads as follows? "Departed This Earth, February 25, 1990. At Peace, March 31, 2005"

Answer: Terry Schiavo

Her husband Michael Schiavo chose the inscription listing Feb. 25, 1990 as the date his wife "Departed This Earth," the same date doctors say she collapsed into "a persistent vegetative state." The bronze grave marker also includes a dove holding an olive branch and the inscription "I Kept My Promise" referring to Michael's pledge to his wife not to keep her alive artificially.

2. The American Film Institute released the results of its survey recounting the most memorable movie quotes of all time. What was considered the most memorable quote from an American film?

Answer: Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

It's the kiss-off Clark Gable gives to Vivien Leigh in the classic 1939 movie "Gone With The Wind." "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" came in at number two from "The Godfather." "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" at number 4 ("The Wizard of Oz"). "Here's looking at you, kid" at number 5 ("Casablanca").

Answer: Martina Navratilova

The exhibition in Slovakia is where Navratilova, 48, defected from when it was still part of Czechoslovakia. Navratilova was reported saying, "It was at times funny and amusing to create this art."

Answer: Congestive heart failure

BiDil is a combination of isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine, two older drugs approved for blood pressure. A study of over 1000 blacks showed that the drug reduced hospitalizations by 39% and mortality by 43% compared with a placebo.

5. Great Britain's Prince William graduated from Scotland's St. Andrew's University with a degree in what subject?

Answer: Geography

The event was attended by his grandparents Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip and his father Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.

6. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez was arrested and charged with a crime commonly referred to as "fragging." What is fragging?

Answer: Killing a superior officer

Fragging is a term that became part of the American lexicon during the Vietnam War and refers to killing your commanding officer with a bullet in the back or a grenade. Capt. Philip Esposito, Martinez's superior officer, was killed in his room by what at first seemed like enemy mortar fire, but forensics investigators later determined that the blast pattern was inconsistent with mortar attacks.

Answer: Neil Kinnock

Joseph Biden, the Democratic senator from Delaware since 1972, announced his intentions on CBS's "Face The Nation."

8. According to U.S. National Guardsmen interviewed by "GQ Magazine", which of these food items does Saddam Hussein NOT enjoy?

Answer: Froot Loops

In the July, 2005 issue of "GQ", five Pennsylvania National Guardsmen who helped guard Saddam say "he talks a lot, worries about germs and insists he is still president of Iraq."

9. Larry McMurtry 2005 novel "The Colonel and Little Missie" is an informal account of the life of which famous American?

Answer: Buffalo Bill Cody

Cody used to call Annie Oakley Missie and she would always refer to him as the Colonel. Together they formed, according to McMurtry, "the beginning of superstardom in America."

Answer: Geek Squad

This is "Best Buy"'s response to the growing cry among tech shoppers throughout the U.S.A. who have became frustrated with increasingly complex computers and other consumer electronic equipment.

Source: Author hatfm

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