23. Kenneth Taylor, who died in 2005, penned America’s best-selling nonfiction book of 1972 and 1973. What was it? [Answer]
24. Who paid a visit to Billy Graham at his North Carolina home on April 25, 2010? [Answer]
25. John Wimber, who died in 1997, was the founder of what large network of charismatic churches? [Answer]
January
1. What British leader did George W. Bush award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to in January 2009? [Answer]
2. David Nelson, who died in January 2011, was the son of what famous sitcom couple of the 1950s? [Answer]
3. What pastor of a large California church delivered the invocation at the January 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama? [Answer]
4. Former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of what state in January 1999? [Answer]
5. In January 2002, which three nations did George W. Bush call the “axis of evil”? [Answer]
6. What great American artist died in January 2009? (Hint: Christina’s World) [Answer]
7. At the January 2002 American Music Awards, what pop idol was dubbed Artist of the Century? [Answer]
8. What popular political novel published in January 1996 was written by “Anonymous”? [Answer]
9. What state became the first to ban smoking in restaurants in January 1998? [Answer]
10. What presidential hopeful said in January 2008, “You campaign in poetry; you govern in prose”? [Answer]
11. What fitness guru died at age ninety-six in January 2011? [Answer]
12. What high-profile political wife said in January 2010, “My children are sane”? [Answer]
13. J. D. Salinger, who died in January 2010, authored what popular novel about a disillusioned teen? [Answer]
14. Don Budge, who was killed in a car accident in January 2000, was a star in what sport? [Answer]
15. What baseball legend admitted in January 2010 that in his heyday he had used steroids? [Answer]
16. What Web site launched in January 1994 was first called David and Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web? [Answer]
17. What head of a popular fast-food chain died in January 2002? [Answer]
February
1. What aide to Barack Obama was elected mayor of Chicago in February 2011? [Answer]
2. FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested in February 2001 for spying for what country? [Answer]
3. What computer mogul took a pie in the face in February 1998 in Belgium? [Answer]
4. In February 2011, a computer beat two humans on what TV game show? [Answer]
5. Washington National Airport received what new name in February 1998? [Answer]
6. What Looney Tunes animator died in February 2002 at age eighty-nine? [Answer]
7. Actor Fess Parker, who died in February 2010, was famous for portraying what two frontiersmen on TV? [Answer]
8. What “outlaw” country music legend died in February 2002? [Answer]
9. What controversial woman was dropped as a Jenny Craig weight-loss spokesperson in February 2000? [Answer]
10. What beloved, deep-voiced radio broadcaster died in February 2009? (Hint: the rest of the story) [Answer]
11. What scandal-plagued athlete sold his Heisman Trophy for $230,000 in February 1999? [Answer]
12. In February 2002, what Bush Cabinet member performed a gospel song he had written at an evangelical seminary? [Answer]
13. What NASCAR racer died in the final lap of the Daytona 500 in February 2001? [Answer]
14. What popular (and controversial) movie opened, appropriately, on Ash Wednesday, February 25, 2004? [Answer]
15. What popular Internet video site was launched in February 2005? [Answer]
16. What “neighborly” host of a long-running children’s TV show died in February 2003? [Answer]
March
1. What actress known for her beauty (and many marriages) died at age seventy-nine in March 2011? [Answer]
2. On March 3, 1999, Barbara Walters’s interview of what woman drew 70 million viewers? [Answer]
3. Actor Peter Graves, who died in March 2010, was best known for his role on what TV series that premiered in 1966? [Answer]
4. What new product did the Apple company unveil in March 2011? [Answer]
5. What politician testified before Congress in March 2007 about a “planetary emergency”? [Answer]
6. Geraldine Ferraro, who died in March 2011, held what political distinction? [Answer]
7. What was the distinction of “Do,” who died March 26, 1997? [Answer]
8. When Rielle Hunter said in March 2010, “The home was wrecked already,” what politician’s home was she speaking of? [Answer]
9. What pop music legend told Michelle Obama in March 2010 that he was her husband’s “number one fan”? [Answer]
10. What boxing champ, imprisoned for three years on a moral charge, was released March 25, 1995? [Answer]
11. What brief but famous video did George Holliday record on March 3, 1991? [Answer]
12. What theme park opened in Carlsbad, California, in March 1999? (Hint: toys) [Answer]
13. Country music star Julius Kuczynski, who died in March 2000, was better known by what “little” name? [Answer]
14. What animated movie about a young Viking finding an unusual pet was released in March 2010? [Answer]
15. Let Freedom Ring, a book about terrorism released in March 2004, is by what TV host? [Answer]
16. What beloved TV comic of the 1950s died in March 2002 at age ninety-three? [Answer]
17. TV icon Art Linkletter, who died in March 2010, is remembered for hosting what show? [Answer]
18. What football player (and sportscaster and actor) died in March 2010? [Answer]
April
1. In April 2009, Barack Obama caused controversy when he bowed to what monarch? [Answer]
2. What Mexican food chain announced on April 1, 1996, that it had purchased the Liberty Bell? [Answer]
3. What silver-haired actor, famed for his role in a nighttime soap opera, died in April 2010? [Answer]
4. In April 2009, General Motors announced it was closing which division? [Answer]
5. What religious leader drew a crowd of 47,000 in Washington in April 2008? [Answer]
6. What Virginia college was the scene of a bloody shooting on April 16, 2007? [Answer]
7. What automaker, based in Japan, was very much in the news in April 2010? [Answer]
8. What outspoken radio broadcaster caused a ruckus in April 2007 due to his remarks about certain female athletes? (Hint: cowboy hat) [Answer]
9. What controversial movie director asked in April 2008, “How did George Bush go from being an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?” [Answer]
10. What did Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold infamously do on April 20, 1999? [Answer]
11. What leading man and hero of ancient movie epics died in April 2008? [Answer]
12. What action movie based on Greek mythology was released in April 2010? [Answer]
13. What controversial—and immensely popular—novel dealing with alternative biblical history was published in April 2003? [Answer]
14. Complete the title of this TV game show that premiered in April 2001: The ____ Link. [Answer]
15. The documentary movie Expelled, released in April 2008, deals with what ongoing religious controversy? [Answer]
16. In April 2002, George W. Bush called for a ban on what controversial scientific activity? [Answer]
17. What eighty-year-old former astronaut was cut from the TV show Dancing with the Stars in April 2010? [Answer]
18. Evangelist David Wilkerson, who died in April 2011, was best known for what book? [Answer]
May
1. In May 2002, who became the first president (or ex-president) to visit Communist Cuba? [Answer]
2. What soap opera actress finally won an Emmy in May 1999—after nineteen nominations? [Answer]
3. What golfing legend died in May 2002 at age eig
hty-nine? [Answer]
4. What enemy’s death did Barack Obama announce on May 1, 2011? [Answer]
5. Who stated in May 2008 that he had quit playing golf because it seemed inappropriate while war was going on? [Answer]
6. What sitcom set in Seattle aired its final episode on May 13, 2004? [Answer]
7. What child star of the 1930s died in May 2011? [Answer]
8. What reality TV show premiered on May 31, 2000? (Hint: tribes) [Answer]
9. What heavy-breathing movie villain appeared on the cover of Time on May 9, 2005? [Answer]
10. What long-running sitcom ended in May 1998 with the four main characters sent to jail? [Answer]
11. What legendary singer-actor died in May 1998? (Hint: blue eyes) [Answer]
12. In May 2011 it was announced that San Francisco residents would vote on banning what common surgical procedure? (Hint: baby boys) [Answer]
13. What sultry star of 1980s TV said in May 2010, “Television has become predictable, vulgar, and nasty”? [Answer]
14. What much-discussed “little blue pill” came on the market in May 1998? [Answer]
15. What comic said in May 2008 that Hillary Clinton admired the Iranians because they stoned adulterers? [Answer]
16. What multimillionaire movie director said in May 2007 that Spider-Man 3 was just “a silly movie”? [Answer]
17. What diminutive star of a popular 1980s sitcom died in May 2010? [Answer]
18. What baseball legend, known as “Killer” because of his power hitting, died in May 2011? [Answer]
June
1. In June 2000, what much-discussed child was sent back to Cuba? [Answer]
2. What criminal, notorious for his bombing of a federal building, was executed in June 2001? [Answer]
3. What horror movie was released, appropriately, on 6-6-06? [Answer]
4. What new Cabinet department did George W. Bush propose in June 2002? [Answer]
5. What advice columnist, born Esther Lederer, died in June 2002? [Answer]
6. In June 2001, what make of car (named for a colony) was discontinued? [Answer]
7. On June 15, 2007, what silver-haired man did his last stint on a long-running game show? [Answer]
8. In June 2010, Robert Byrd, the longest-serving U.S. senator, died. What state did he represent? [Answer]
9. What 1960s music legend was given an honorary doctor of music degree in June 2004? [Answer]
10. What Oscar-winning actress announced in June 2011 that she was homeschooling her children? [Answer]
11. Edward Whitacre Jr., who said in June 2009, “I don’t know anything about cars,” had been named head of what corporation? [Answer]
12. What Oscar-winning actress was arrested for drugs in June 2008 and claimed, “I was researching a part”? [Answer]
13. What glamorous TV star and “poster girl” of the 1970s died of cancer in June 2009? [Answer]
14. Jeff MacNelly, who died in June 2000, created what comic strip about a newspaper run by birds? [Answer]
15. Robert Trent Jones, who died in June 2000, was famous for designing what? [Answer]
16. What homespun singer and businessman died in June 2010? (Hint: sausage) [Answer]
17. What was launched in June 2003 to give people some relief from telemarketers? [Answer]
July
1. What New York landmark reopened its “crown” to visitors on July 4, 2009? [Answer]
2. What son of a famous political family died in a plane crash in July 1999? [Answer]
3. What millionaire became the first person to circle the world by balloon, solo, in July 2002? [Answer]
4. What venerable CBS news anchorman died in July 2009? (Hint: “That’s the way it is.”) [Answer]
5. What author, best known for her horror novels, announced on July 29, 2010, “Today I quit being a Christian”? [Answer]
6. What satellite radio network was launched on July 1, 2002? [Answer]
7. What baseball legend died in July 2002—and was cryogenically frozen? [Answer]
8. What singer performed at Shea Stadium in July 2008, the last event before it was demolished? [Answer]
9. What beloved comedian died at age one hundred in July 2003? (Hint: ski slope nose) [Answer]
10. What Internet retailer, originally named “Cadabra,” was launched in July 1995? [Answer]
11. In July 1995, the Walt Disney Company acquired what TV network for $19 billion? [Answer]
12. What political commentator and press secretary for George W. Bush died of colon cancer in July 2008? [Answer]
13. What pop singer (with no last name) said in July 2010, “The Internet’s completely over”? [Answer]
14. Who was dermatologist Arnold Klein referring to in July 2009 when he said, “No matter what Michael wanted, someone would give it”? [Answer]
15. What “grumpy old” comic actor died July 1, 2000? (Hint: Odd Couple) [Answer]
16. What Internet music service shut down in July 2001 following a court order? [Answer]
17. What five-and-dime store chain shut down in July 1997, after being in business 120 years? [Answer]
18. What rhythmic reality TV show debuted on the Fox network in July 2005? [Answer]
August
1. Who broke Hank Aaron’s home run record in August 2007? [Answer]
2. The sunken submarine H. L. Hunley, raised from the ocean floor in August 2000, had belonged to what nation? [Answer]
3. What long-term senator from a famous family died in August 2009? [Answer]
4. What natural disaster caused major devastation in August 2005? [Answer]
5. What New York landmark reopened to visitors in August 2004? [Answer]
6. The Restoring Honor rally in August 2010, hosted by broadcaster Glenn Beck, was held at what D.C. landmark? (Hint: muscles) [Answer]
7. What actor-turned-politician gave a speech to the Republican convention in August 2004? [Answer]
8. What politician was asked in August 2008 how many houses he owned—a question he could not answer? [Answer]
9. What murderer of a pop music legend asked for parole in August 2008? [Answer]
10. Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash in August 2010, was a longtime senator from what state? [Answer]
11. What one-contestant TV quiz show premiered in August 1999? (Hint: “Is that your final answer?”) [Answer]
12. Eunice Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, died in August 2009. What political notable was her brother? [Answer]
13. In August 2008, what swimmer broke Mark Spitz’s record of seven Olympic gold medals? [Answer]
14. What country music singer and actor died in August 2008? (Hint: cannonball) [Answer]
15. Merv Griffin, who died in August 2007, created what two still-running TV game shows? [Answer]
16. Don Hewitt, who died in August 2009, was the longtime producer of what Sunday night TV program? [Answer]
17. Which two long-standing airlines announced their merger in August 2010? [Answer]
18. What pop singer’s death in 2009 was ruled a homicide by drug overdose in August 2010? [Answer]
September
1. What historic baseball stadium held its last home game on September 21, 2008? [Answer]
2. William Rosenberg, who died in September 2002, founded what food chain? (Hint: coffee) [Answer]
3. What much-used Web site was founded by Larry Page and his partners in September 1998? [Answer]
4. In September 2009, what soap opera ended after airing for more than seven decades? [Answer]
5. What Internet service provider, which once dominated the market, announced in September 2007 that it was becoming an advertising business? [Answer]
6. What megachurch pastor and author accompanied George W. Bush on a visit to areas hit by Hurricane Katrina in September 2005? [Answer]
7. What automaker introduced the first American-made hybrid vehicle in September 2004? [Answer]
8. A September 2010 Time cover showed what large
animal in a teacup? [Answer]
9. What political leader lamented in September 2010, “They talk about me like a dog”? [Answer]
10. What best-selling novel, set in Japan, was published in September 1997? [Answer]
11. What controversial figure of the Vietnam War said in September 2009, “Not a day goes by that I do not feel remorse”? [Answer]
12. Who said, in September 2008, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig”? [Answer]
13. What group was Rudy Giuliani addressing in September 2007 when he answered a cell phone call from his wife? (Hint: bang) [Answer]
14. What brassy political commentator was shown sticking his tongue out on the September 28, 2009, issue of Time? [Answer]
15. What popular Dan Brown novel, published in September 2009, deals with the Freemasons? [Answer]
16. What football legend died at age sixty-nine in September 2002? [Answer]
17. What man associated with the impeachment of Bill Clinton became president of Baylor University in September 2010? [Answer]
18. What environmental disaster was finally “sealed” in September 2010? (Hint: gulf) [Answer]
October
1. What city and its metro area were terrorized by two snipers in October 2002? [Answer]
2. In October 2007, what comic began hosting the long-running The Price Is Right? [Answer]
3. What seventy-seven-year-old senator became, in October 1998, the oldest man in space? [Answer]
4. Barbara Billingsley, who died in October 2010, was the adorable mom on what 1950s sitcom? [Answer]
5. What Christian men’s group drew thousands to D.C. with its Stand in the Gap rally in October 1997? [Answer]
6. What multimillionaire said in October 2010, “If your culture doesn’t like geeks, you’re in real trouble”? [Answer]
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