2000s History Trivia

1. April 28, 2003, Fallujah was a restive hot spot in the Sunni Triangle. What one incident set the powder keg off?

From Quiz Fallujah: The Most Dangerous City in Iraq

Answer: US soldiers engaging 'rioters'

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne fired on 'rioters'. According to official accounts, the Rules of Engagement allowed the use of deadly force when being fired upon by armed hostiles. Despite being asked to disperse, and smoke cannisters being employed fist, deadly force was used as a last option. Seventeen Iraqis were killed and over 70 were wounded.

From Quiz A Slice in Time: 2000s World History

Answer: Montgomery Ward

Fun trivia fact: A copywriter from Montgomery Ward's advertising department created a character for a 1939 Christmas promotion which also included an illustrated poem. Thus was born "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" who was further popularized in a song by Gene Autry. F. W. Woolworth's closed the last of its US department stores in 1997 and took the name of its top performing asset, Foot Locker, Inc. Marshall Field's was purchased by Macy's in 2005. Harrods was still in operation in 2000.

From Quiz 2007 Anniversaries

Answer: 50 years

The novel was written in just three weeks in 1951, but was not published until 1957. Seen by many as the iconic work of the Beat Generation, "On The Road" is narrated by Sal Paradise and tells the story of his travels across the USA and Mexico, starting from New York City in 1947 and ending back there a year later.

From Quiz Review of News from 2005

Answer: Jodi Jones

Teenager Luke Mitchell was found guilty of the "truly evil" murder of his girlfriend Jodi Jones. Jodi, 14, went missing after going to meet her boyfriend and hours later, her mutilated remains were found in woods close to her home in Dalkeith, Midlothian. Mitchell denied murdering the schoolgirl. Judge, Lord Nimmo Smith, told him: "You have been convicted of a truly evil murder - one of the most appalling crimes that any of us can remember - and you will rightly be regarded as wicked."

From Quiz That's News to Me (August 2005)

Answer: French

An Air France Airbus crashed on landing and all on-board escaped, some even taking photographs of the flames behind them. Described as a "miracle" in Canada. Much credit for this goes to the evacuation drill brilliantly performed by the crew. A disaster was averted by good planning and training experience.

From Quiz The Week That Was: July 30th-August 5th, 2005

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.

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

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.

From Quiz The Week That Was: July 16th-22th, 2005

Answer: William Rehnquist

Roberts served as a clerk to Rehnquist from 1980-81, before Rehnquist became chief justice. Since then, Roberts has presented 39 cases before the Supreme Court.

From Quiz The Week That Was: July 9th-15th, 2005

Answer: Valerie Plame

Miller never printed a word about the case but was jailed for refusing to testify about her sources. Testimony from "Time" magazine reportedly indicates top presidential aide Karl Rove as a potential source, which has prompted Democrats to call for his resignation.

From Quiz The Week That Was: July 2nd-8th, 2005

Answer: London

London narrowly beat Paris on the fourth ballot and was awarded the 2012 Games, a day before the terrorist bombings in London.

From Quiz The Week That Was: June 25th-July 1st, 2005

Answer: Sandra Day O'Connor

Justice O'Connor became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1981 after being nominated by Ronald Reagan to replace the retiring Potter Stewart. After being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she took her place in history as the first woman on the Supreme Court.

From Quiz The Week That Was: June 18th-24th, 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.

From Quiz The Week That Was: June 11th-17th, 2005

Answer: Pink Floyd

The group joined Coldplay, Madonna, Paul McCartney and Elton John at Hyde Park in London on July 2nd, 2005, the same day concerts were performed in Paris, Rome, Berlin and Philadelphia. Pink Floyd had played concerts between 1981 and 2005; they had several large tours (Momentary Lapse of Reason, Division Bell, etc.) between those dates. It was only Roger Waters that reunited with the rest of the group for Live 8.

From Quiz The Week That Was: June 4th-10th, 2005

Answer: Rafael Nadal

Nadal is also the first man to win the French Open on his initial try since Mats Wilander in 1982.

From Quiz Sat May 28th - Fri June 3rd, 2005

Answer: Mark Felt

Felt, one of the top officials of the FBI at the time, had long been on the short list of possibilities.

From Quiz The Week That Was: May 21st-28th, 2005

Answer: Central Park Zoo

When Marty the zebra hatches a plan to visit the "wilds" of Connecticut, he incites an insurrection among the animals and, as a result, gets them shipped out of the zoo. A freak accident has their crates wash up along the shores of Madagascar.

From Quiz The Week That Was: May 14th-20th, 2005

Answer: Newsweek

"Newsweek" initially claimed the information came from a "knowledgeable government source" who alleged that interrogators had flushed a copy of the Koran down a toilet in an attempt to make detainees talk.

From Quiz It Happened In 2002

Answer: Kelly Rowland

In 2002, Kelly Rowland also released the single "Stole" and the album "Simply Deep" and Nelly (real name: Cornell Haynes Jr.) also released the single "Hot in Herre" and the album "Nellyville".

From Quiz 2004

Answer: Oasis

Oasis did not release an album in 2004. Before 2004, they had released 5 albums: "Definitely Maybe" (1994), "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" (1995), "Be Here Now" (1997), "The Master Plan" (1998), "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants" (2000) and "Heathen Chemistry" (2002). N.E.R.D. released their second album, "Fly or Die". U2 released their tenth album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb". Franz Ferdinand released their self-titled debut album.

From Quiz That's News to Me (10)

Answer: Brian Clough

Arguably the most successful manager in British football Brian Clough died at the age of 69. Having won the League Championship with both Derby and Nottingham Forest, he won the European Cup in 1979 and 1980 with Nottingham Forest. His self professed title was "big head", but if that title is correct then we need more people with such belief in their own talents to improve things in this country. No doubt he will be watching over us from that soccer dug-out in the sky. Brian is someone whose talents will be sadly missed.

From Quiz That's News To Me (9)

Answer: the Great Bustard

About thirty chicks have been brought over to Britain from Russia. A large bird extending over three feet long as an adult, it was last seen in Britain in the 1830s where it was hunted as a form of food.

From Quiz That's News to Me (8)

Answer: Chief Constable of Humberside Police

In a battle that eventually went to the High Court, the Home Secretary forced the local police authority to suspend David Westwood and acted against their wishes. Humberside police were responsible for failing to alert relevant bodies when Ian Huntley applied for a job as a school caretaker at Soham, prior to the Soham murders. Some observers felt that the system was so bad that Blunkett himself should also resign, but strangely that never happened. Britain is a country known for the leaking of information. It seems difficult to believe how Humberside police believed that the Data Protection Act required them to destroy the appalling history of allegations against Huntley.

From Quiz That's News to Me (7)

Answer: Arsenal

Arsenal became the first team to go through a whole season unbeaten since Preston in 1888/89. They beat Leicester 2-1 in their final game after being a goal behind at half-time.

From Quiz That's News to Me (6)

Answer: Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell - the ex-adviser to Prime Minister Tont Blair at 10, Downing street - apparently went on stage. The reports are that the production was a great success. Few would doubt his ability in the theatrical area of life anyway!

From Quiz Global Hot Spots 2004

Answer: Georgia

Former President Eduard Shevardnadze had been forced out 45 days earlier. Saakashvili, who is fluent in four languages, has his work cut out for him, as Georgia is one of the poorest of the former Soviet Union countries.

From Quiz What happened in 2003?

Answer: Columbia

This disaster happened on 1st February 2003. The shuttle broke up into tens of thousands of pieces and all seven of the crew died.

From Quiz That's News to Me (Special)

Answer: Liberal Democrats

A Dr Tonge, M.P. made some incredible remarks in support, as she saw it, of the Palestinian people. She was then sacked as the Party's spokesperson for children's affairs. Her remarks are not repeated here for legal reasons (but may be found in the newspaper reports of 24th January 2004). The media reports that a group of Party activists are running a petition to have her reinstated to her front bench post. More sensible people are denouncing the remarks as outrageous and sick.

From Quiz Only Smarties Have the Answers for 2003

Answer: Power outage

An imbalance between supply and demand left 50 million people without power. The price tag was $1.1 billion!

From Quiz That's News to Me (5)

Answer: write novels

Well, he will not be the first Member of Parliament to follow that vocation. It's amazing how much time M.Ps have to spare for other activities.

From Quiz That's News to Me (4)

Answer: An England player was alleged to have failed to attend a drugs test

Rio Ferdinand was dropped from the England squad after allegedly failing to attend a routine drugs test. The team withdrew the threat and eventually travelled and played the game without Ferdinand. Now who was thinking that the English team lacked strikers?

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