1990 Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
Poland becomes the first country in Eastern
Europe to do
what?
A: To begin abolishing its state socialist economy.
Poland also withdraws from the what?
A: Warsaw Pact.
General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama",
surrenders to who?
A: To American forces.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is what?
A: Closed to the public because of safety concerns.
The National Assembly of Bulgaria votes to end what?
A: One party rule by the Bulgarian Communist Party.
Thousands storm the Stasi headquarters in East Berlin in an
attempt to view what?
A: Their government records.
Where do clashes break out between Indian troops and Muslim
separatists?
A: In Kashmir.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto gives birth to a
girl, becoming what?
A: The first modern head of government to bear a child while in office.
Pope John Paul II begins an eight-day tour of what?
A: Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad.
Whose trial begins in Anchorage, Alaska?
A: Joseph Hazelwood, former skipper of the Exxon Valdez.
President Bush gives his first State of the Union address
and proposes that the U.S. and the Soviet Union make what?
A: Deep cuts to their military forces in Europe.
Smoking is banned on all what?
A: Cross-country flights in the United States.
Who is released from Victor Verster Prison, near Cape Town,
South Africa, after 27 years behind bars?
A: Nelson Mandela.
The United Kingdom and Argentina restore diplomatic
relations after how long?
A: 8 years.
The International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition
completes the first what?
A: Dog sled crossing of
Antarctica.
Who is sworn in as the first democratically elected Chilean
president since 1970?
A: Patricio Aylwin.
Who is elected as the first executive president of the
Soviet Union?
A: Mikhail Gorbachev.
The Soviet Union announces what?
A: That Lithuania's declaration of independence is invalid.
East Germany holds its first what?
A: Free elections.
Who goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and
racketeering?
A: Imelda Marcos.
At the 62nd Academy Awards, what film won Best Picture?
A: Driving Miss Daisy.
The longest prison riot in Britain's history begins at
Strangeways Prison in Manchester, and continues for how long?
A: 3 weeks and 3 days.
The Ultimate Warrior defeats whom to win the WWF
Championship in a Title for Title, winner takes all match at WrestleMania VI in
front of nearly 68,000 people at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario?
A: Hulk Hogan.
What comet, the brightest comet visible from Earth since
1975, makes its closest approach to the sun?
A: Comet Austin.
What space telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle
Discovery?
A: Hubble Space Telescope.
Latvia declares independence from whom?
A: The Soviet Union.
What country does Pope John Paul II visit?
A: Mexico.
Who assumes office as President of Costa Rica?
A: Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier.
The World Health Organization removes homosexuality from
its what?
A: List of diseases.
The US and the USSR agree to end what?
A: Production of chemical weapons and to destroy most of their stockpiles of
chemical weapons.
What does Nelson Mandela do?
A: He tours North America, visiting 3 Canadian and 8 U.S. cities.
Checkpoint Charlie is what?
A: Dismantled.
A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca kills
how many people?
A: 1,426.
A U.S. District Court acquits Imelda Marcos on what
charges?
A: Racketeering and fraud.
West Germany defeats who 1–0 to win the 1990 FIFA World
Cup?
A: Argentina.
President Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act,
designed to protect what?
A: Disabled Americans from discrimination.
The first Walmart in California and on the West Coast opens
in what city?
A: Lancaster.
Iraq invades what country?
A: Kuwait.
Where is the first ban of smoking in bars in the US passed?
A: In San Luis Obispo, California.
