FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Quiz about The Week That Was June 4th10th 2005
Quiz about The Week That Was June 4th10th 2005

The Week That Was: June 4th-10th, 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.
  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. History Trivia
  6. »
  7. 19th, 20th & 21st Centuries
  8. »
  9. 2000s History

Author
hatfm
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
210,427
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
629
- -
Question 1 of 10
1. The winner of the 2005 French Open became the youngest men's Grand Slam champion since Michael Chang won the French Open in 1989. Who was this 19-year-old sensation? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What South American country had mass anti-government demonstrations in its capital, despite an offer of resignation by its president, Carlos Mesa? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. MTV bestowed its first lifetime achievement award to what celebrity at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Glynn Birch became the first male president of what organization? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Ever since the discovery of the presumed-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker in the United States, locals have taken to getting mohawk-like haircuts called the Woodpecker and eating ivory-billed burgers as a way to celebrate their new-found neighbor. In the marshes of what state was the woodpecker spotted? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What actor from the film "All the President's Men" played the title role in the new Broadway production entitled "Mark Twain Tonight"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Republican Katherine Harris, former Florida Secretary of State, made famous in 2000 with her pivotal role in the U.S. presidential election, announced that she was going to run for U.S. Senate in 2006. What Democratic senator is she looking to unseat? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Michael Cunningham won the 1998 Pulitizer Prize for "The Hours" in which he connects three novellas through Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway". This time, in his new novel "Specimen Days," he pulls three stories together through the work of which noted poet? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What famous writer, according to Navy records released by the National Archives, told doctors he was "writing a novel, in the style of James Joyce ... and averaging approximately 16 hours daily?" Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Eighth grader Anurag Kashyap won the 78th annual National Scripps Spelling Bee by correctly spelling this word meaning melodic tone: Hint



(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

arrow Select a User ID:
arrow Choose a Password:
arrow Your Email:




Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The winner of the 2005 French Open became the youngest men's Grand Slam champion since Michael Chang won the French Open in 1989. Who was this 19-year-old sensation?

Answer: Rafael Nadal

Nadal is also the first man to win the French Open on his initial try since Mats Wilander in 1982.
2. What South American country had mass anti-government demonstrations in its capital, despite an offer of resignation by its president, Carlos Mesa?

Answer: Bolivia

For weeks protestors have been demanding nationalization of the country's oil and gas resources. Bolivia, a nation of nearly 9 million people, is South America's poorest country with 64% of the population living below the poverty line.
3. MTV bestowed its first lifetime achievement award to what celebrity at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards?

Answer: Tom Cruise

The award was presented to him by his girlfriend, Katie Holmes.
4. Glynn Birch became the first male president of what organization?

Answer: Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Birch became involved with the organization in 1988 when his 21 month old son was killed by a drunken driver. According to MADD, 17,000 people are killed and half a million are injured each year due to drunken driving.
5. Ever since the discovery of the presumed-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker in the United States, locals have taken to getting mohawk-like haircuts called the Woodpecker and eating ivory-billed burgers as a way to celebrate their new-found neighbor. In the marshes of what state was the woodpecker spotted?

Answer: Arkansas

The 20-inch-tall woodpecker with a 3-foot wingspan hadn't been seen since 1944. In April several ornithologists confirmed the sighting of this rare bird, and small towns in eastern Arkansas are preparing for a boom in local tourism.
6. What actor from the film "All the President's Men" played the title role in the new Broadway production entitled "Mark Twain Tonight"?

Answer: Hal Holbrook

Holbrook reintroduced his one-man homage to Mark Twain that he first performed back in 1959. Holbrook played "Deep Throat" in the 1976 film.
7. Republican Katherine Harris, former Florida Secretary of State, made famous in 2000 with her pivotal role in the U.S. presidential election, announced that she was going to run for U.S. Senate in 2006. What Democratic senator is she looking to unseat?

Answer: Bill Nelson

In 2000, she certified Bush's 537-vote margin over Al Gore, awarding him Florida's 25 electoral votes and thus the presidency. Bill Nelson is a first-term senator whom Republicans see as vulnerable to defeat.
8. Michael Cunningham won the 1998 Pulitizer Prize for "The Hours" in which he connects three novellas through Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway". This time, in his new novel "Specimen Days," he pulls three stories together through the work of which noted poet?

Answer: Walt Whitman

Cunningham quotes extensively from Whitman and his "Leaves of Grass" through a Whitman-quoting 12-year-old boy in 19th century New York City.
9. What famous writer, according to Navy records released by the National Archives, told doctors he was "writing a novel, in the style of James Joyce ... and averaging approximately 16 hours daily?"

Answer: Jack Kerouac

In 1943 Navy doctors diagnosed him as a "schizoid personality" and discharged him. Years later, Kerouac wrote the classic "On The Road".
10. Eighth grader Anurag Kashyap won the 78th annual National Scripps Spelling Bee by correctly spelling this word meaning melodic tone:

Answer: Appoggiatura

Over a span of 19 rounds, Anurag defeated 272 other competitors and won $30,000 in cash, scholarships and books.
Source: Author hatfm

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor bloomsby before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
3/29/2024, Copyright 2024 FunTrivia, Inc. - Report an Error / Contact Us