2004 Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
What happened to Flash Airlines Flight 604?
A: It crashed into the Red Sea off the coast of
Egypt, killing all 148 aboard.
Who is shot dead by unidentified gunman in Phnom Penh?
A: Chea Vichea, Cambodian labor leader.
January 24 – NASA's Opportunity does what?
A: It lands on Mars at 05:05 UTC.
A hajj stampede in Mina,
Saudi Arabia, kills how many
pilgrims?
A: 251.
What internet social media website launches?
A: Facebook.
Scientists in South Korea announce the cloning of what?
A: 30 human embryos.
The United States lifts a 1981 travel ban upon what
country?
A: Libya.
How is Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski killed?
A: In a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Over 1 million Taiwanese participating in the 228
Hand-in-Hand Rally form a what?
A: 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in
1947.
NASA announces that the Mars rover Opportunity has
confirmed that its landing area was once what?
A: Drenched in water.
Terrorists execute simultaneous attacks, with bombs in 4
rush-hour trains in what city?
A: Madrid, killing 191 people.
The first ever reported South Atlantic hurricane makes
landfall where?
A: In southern Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina.
The Republic of Ireland bans what in all enclosed work
places, including restaurants, pubs and bars?
A: Smoking.
The largest expansion of NATO to date takes place, allowing
what countries to join?
A: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the
organization.
Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles
in the Gaza Strip, killing whom?
A: The Gaza leader of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi.
Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in Ryongchon,
North Korea, killing how many people?
A: 161 people.
The largest expansion to date of the European Union takes
place, extending the Union by what 10 member-states?
A: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Hungary, Malta and Cyprus.
Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed by a landmine
placed under a VIP stage during a what?
A: World War II memorial parade in Grozny.
An American civilian contractor in Iraq, Nick Berg, is
shown being what?
A: Decapitated by a group allegedly linked to al-Qaeda on a web-distributed
video.
Who did Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, marry?
A: Australian Mary Donaldson in Copenhagen.
Massachusetts legalizes what?
A: Same-sex marriage.
Who pleads guilty in a court-martial in connection with
alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad?
A: Jeremy Sivits.
North Korea bans what?
A: Mobile phones.
Terry Nichols is convicted by an
Oklahoma state court on
what?
A: Murder charges stemming from the 1995
Oklahoma City bombing.
What strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand, causing
serious damage but no injuries?
A: A 1.3 kg chondrite type meteorite.
In Mojave, California, Space Ship One becomes the first
what?
A: Privately funded space plane to achieve spaceflight.
Preliminary hearings begin in Iraq in the trial of whom for
war crimes and crimes against humanity?
A: Former president Saddam Hussein.
What arrives at Saturn?
A: The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft.
Vatican City gains full membership rights in what?
A: The United Nations (except voting).
Groundbreaking for the what begins at Ground Zero in
New
York City?
A: Freedom Tower.
The Statue of Liberty reopens after what?
A: Security improvements.
Where are the 2004 Summer Olympics held?
A: In Athens, Greece.
The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 1559,
calling for what?
A: The removal of all foreign troops from Lebanon.
The 2004 Summer Paralympics commence where?
A: In Athens, Greece.
Mexico and Japan finish 2-year-long negotiations and sign a
what?
A: A Free Trade Agreement in Mexico City.
Suicide bombers detonate 2 bombs at what Red Sea resort?
A: Taba, Egypt, killing 34 people, mainly Israeli tourists and Egyptian
workers.
Who is chosen as the new king of Cambodia?
A: Prince Norodom Sihamoni.
What does Brazil successfully do?
A: It launches its first rocket into space.
The Cassini probe passes within 1,200 km of what?
A: Titan.
Republican incumbent President George W. Bush is declared
the winner over whom?
A: His Democratic challenger, U.S. Senator John F. Kerry.
After six days of intense battles, the Iraqi town of
Fallujah is fully occupied by what?
A: U.S. forces.
NASA's hypersonic Scramjet breaks a record by reaching what
velocity?
A: About 7,000 mph in an unmanned experimental flight.
What happens to Dimebag Darrell, former guitarist for the
heavy metal band Pantera?
A: He is murdered on stage by a deranged fan while performing with his new band
Damageplan.
Where does New Zealand ban smoking?
A: In all public places, including bars.
A fire in a Buenos Aires night club kills how many
people?
A: 194.
The Russian Federation stops recognizing "what" as
legal
identification?
A: Soviet Union passports.
