1992 Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces whom as United
Nations Secretary-General?
A: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru.
George Bush becomes the first U.S. President to address the
what?
A: Australian Parliament.
President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, ends what?
A: Price controls, resulting in prices of some goods and services becoming 3 to
5 times more expensive.
George H. W. Bush is televised falling violently ill at a
state dinner in what country?
A: Japan.
Shanda Sharer is tortured and burned to death in Madison,
Indiana by whom?
A: 4 teenage girls.
Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into what during
World War II?
A: Sexual slavery.
El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign a pact in
Mexico City ending what?
A: A 12-year civil war that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
Cuba executes Eduardo Diaz Betancourt, who was found guilty
of what?
A: Sabotage and terrorism.
Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in
what?
A: Space, aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.
North Korea signs an accord with the International Atomic
Energy Agency allowing for what?
A: International inspections of North Korea's nuclear
power plants.
President Bush meets with President Boris Yeltsin at Camp
David, where they formally declare what?
A: That the Cold War is over.
Where are the 1992 Winter Olympics held?
A: In Albertville, France.
Boxer
Mike Tyson is found guilty of raping 18-year-old
Desiree Washington, Miss Black Rhode Island, and is sentenced to what?
A: 6 years in prison.
A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences what serial
killer to life in prison.?
A: Jeffrey Dahmer.
The Supreme Court of Ireland rules that a 14-year-old rape
victim may what?
A: Travel to England to have an abortion.
Paul Tsongas withdraws from the Democratic Party
presidential primaries, virtually assuring what?
A: A victory for Bill Clinton.
Dow Corning announces that it will stop manufacturing what?
A: Silicone breast implants.
Approximately 500,000 people march on Washington, D. C. in
support of what?
A: Abortion rights in advance of oral arguments in the case of Planned
Parenthood v. Casey.
What children’s show makes its debut on PBS?
A: Barney & Friends.
A Miami jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel
Noriega of what?
A: Assisting Colombia's cocaine cartel.
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley
Stadium, is televised live to how many people and raises millions of dollars for
AIDS research.?
A: Over 1 billion people.
The acquittal of 4 police officers in the Rodney King
beating criminal trial triggers what?
A: Massive rioting in Los Angeles.
Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its maiden flight, as a
replacement for what?
A: Space Shuttle Challenger.
Sweden wins the what?
A: Ice Hockey World Championships in Prague.
The Genoa Expo '92 World's Fair opens where?
A: In Genoa, Italy.
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States
Constitution is what?
A: Enacted.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson airs its what?
A: Final show on NBC.
Gambino crime family boss John Gotti is sentenced to what?
A: Life without parole for the murder of Paul Castellano and other crimes.
Denmark beats who 2–0 to win the 1992 UEFA European.
Football Championship at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden?
A: Germany.
Who wins the 1992 Wimbledon Women's Singles Championships?
A: Steffi Graf.
Bill Clinton announces his selection of whom as his running
mate in the 1992 U.S. presidential election?
A: Steffi Graf.
In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is
sentenced to what?
A: 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
Who becomes prime minister of Israel?
A: Yitzhak Rabin.
At the Democratic National Convention, Arkansas Governor
Bill Clinton accepts his party's what?
A: Presidential nomination on behalf of the "forgotten middle class".
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury
prison, fearing what?
A: Extradition to the United States.
Where are the 1992 Summer Olympics held?
A: In Barcelona, Spain.
The ex-Soviet Republic of Georgia becomes the 179th member
of what?
A: The United Nations.
President Bush urges the United Nations to approve a
military intervention in what?
A: Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce that a deal
has been reached on what?
A: The North American Free Trade Agreement.
