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Who left the 1936 Olympics after his country’s team was defeated by Jesse Owens?
a) Stalin
b) Truman
c) Hitler
d)
What was the name of the leader of al-Qaeda (a Muslim-extremist group), trained men in Afghanistan, suspected of 2 US embassy bombings in Africa in 1998, sinking of USS COLE in 2000
a) Osama Bin Laden
b) Saddam Hussein
c) Andy Warhol
d)
What was the most destructive act of terrorism in history?
a) March 8, 1988
b) July 25, 1993
c) September 11, 2001
d)
What is the name of the terrorist group in Northern Ireland?
a) Irish Freedom Fighters
b) Irish Republican Army
c) Irish Democrat Army
d)
What area of Canada wants to break away from Canada and start their own French-speaking country?
a) Quebec
b) Alberta
c) Ontario
d)
Which US president had the largest peacetime military buildup in US history?
a) Ronald Reagan
b) James Carter
c) Barak Obama
d)
Which US president left a SURPLUS in the US Treasury?
a) George HW Bush
b) Ronald Reagan
c) William Clinton
d)
What 2 problems did Jimmy Carter face during his presidency?
a) illegal immigrants from Mexico and low tariffs
b) high inflation and hostages in Iran
c) tax increases and union strikes
d)
What US president resigned after he was caught using illegal methods to obtain information about his political opponents?
a) Gerald Ford
b) Richard Nixon
c) Lyndon B Johnson
d)
In 1979, who elected Prime Minister of Great Britain for the Conservative Party?
a) Winston Churchill
b) Tony Blair
c) Margaret Thatcher
d)
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his efforts and work in Germany?
a) James Carter
b) L Ron Hubbard
c) Willy Brandt
d)
What group of people became a part of German society (they believed in a pure Aryan race like Hitler)?
a) Neo-Nazis
b) Pacifists
c) Communists
d)
What Yugoslavian leader began a “Hitler-like ethnic cleansing” of Bosnians in 1992?
a) Josip Tito
b) Slobodan Milosevic
c) Zoran Djindic
d)
What happened at the 1972 Olympics?
a) Russians will the most medals, causing other athletes and countries to revolt
b) terrorists take 11 Israeli athletes hostage
c) German athletes get disqualified for steroid use
d)
What Yugoslavian leader kept Yugoslavia out of Communist hands until he died in 1980?
a) Josip Tito
b) Slobodan Milosevic
c) Zoran Djindic
d)
What country did the USSR invade in 1979?
a) Poland
b) Germany
c) Afghanistan
d)
What country was finally unified on October 3, 1990?
a) Yugoslavia
b) Germany
c) Palestine
d)
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