Weekly Quiz for September 30 - October 6
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What major US structure was dedicated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935?
- Mt Rushmore
- Hoover Dam
- Panama Canal
- Empire State Building
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What was the name of the major gathering of statesmen this week in 1814 that would redraw the map of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon?
- First Geneva Convention
- Potsdam Conference
- Congress of Vienna
- Treaty of Paris
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In what year was the 1st Baseball World Series game when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cy Young's Boston Americans 7-3?
- 1893
- 1898
- 1903
- 1908
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Who called Russia a "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" in 1939?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Adolf Hitler
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Neville Chamberlain
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Winston Churchill
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What was the 1st James Bond film called, starring Sean Connery, which premiered this week in 1962?
- Casino Royale
- Dr. No
- The Man with the Golden Gun
- From Russia with Love
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What is the name of Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck's famous speech delivered this week in 1862?
- Rivers of Blood
- Farewell to the Old Guard
- I Offer Hunger and Death
- Blood and Iron
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Sinead O'Connor ripped up a picture of who on TV show Saturday Night Live in 1992?
- Pope John Paul II
- Margaret Thatcher
- George H. W. Bush
- Gerry Adams
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What was Sputnik I, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
- 1st rocket to take pictures from outer space
- 1st artificial satellite
- 1st lunar probe
- 1st human space mission
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Suleiman the Magnificent ascended to the throne of what empire in 1520?
- Grand Duchy of Moscow
- Persian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Mongol Empire
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How old was actor James Dean when he died in a car crash this week in 1955?
- 21
- 24
- 27
- 31
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