1993 Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin
sign what?
A: The second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
Douglas Hurd is the first high-ranking British official to
visit Argentina since what?
A: The Falklands War.
What takes place in Mumbai?
A: The Bombay Riots.
Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as 'The Beast', is
arrested in Palermo, Sicily, after how long being a fugitive?
A: 23 years.
NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to
do what?
A: To repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
Bill Clinton succeeds as the 42nd President of the United
States?
A: George H. W. Bush.
Social Democrat Poul Nyrup Rasmussen succeeds what
Conservative as Prime Minister of Denmark?
A: Poul Schlüter.
The Russian space station Mir boasts the "what"in outer
space?
A: The first art exhibition.
Who is elected President of the Czech Republic?
A: Václav Havel.
The Buffalo Bills become the first team to lose three
consecutive Super Bowls, as they are defeated by what team?
A: The Dallas Cowboys, 52–17.
Who is named by Lee Teng-hui to succeed Hau Pei-tsun as
Premier of the Republic of China?
A: Lien Chan.
Who is selected by President Clinton as Attorney General of
the United States?
A: Janet Reno.
Who becomes Canada's first female Prime Minister?
A: Kim Campbell.
In New York City, a van bomb parked below the what,
explodes, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.?
A: North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents
raid what compound in Waco, Texas?
A: the Branch Davidian.
Who became the first female Attorney General of the United
States?
A: Janet Reno.
North Korea announces that it plans to do what?
A: Withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
The Israeli Knesset elects whom as President of Israel?
A: Ezer Weizman.
South Africa officially abandons its what?
A: Its nuclear weapons program.
Who becomes President of the People's Republic of China?
A: Jiang Zemin.
Following a rash of integrist murders, Algeria breaks diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing the country of interfering in its interior affairs.
Who is elected president of Niger?
A: Mahamane Ousmane.
At the 65th Academy Awards, what film won Best Picture?
A: Unforgiven.
The Republic of Macedonia is admitted to what?
A: The United Nations.
The World Health Organization declares what?
A: That tuberculosis a Global Emergency.
The entire Zambia national football team die in what?
A: A plane crash off Libreville, Gabon.
An executive order requires the United States Air Force to
what?
A: Allow women to fly war planes.
What happened to Tennis star Monica Seles at a tournament
in Hamburg, Germany?
A: She was stabbed in the back by an obsessed fan of rival Steffi Graf.
What did the former Prime Minister of France, Pierre
Bérégovoy do?
A: He commited suicide.
A Tamil Tigers suicide bomber assassinates whom?
A: President Ranasinghe Premadasa of Sri Lanka.
Who wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with "In
Your Eyes"?
A: Niamh Kavanagh.
Eritrea gains independence from whom?
A: Ethiopia.
Large protests erupt against whose regime in Belgrade?
A: Slobodan Milošević's.
Who becomes president of Bolivia?
A: Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada.
John Paxson's 3-point shot in game six of the NBA Finals
helps the Chicago Bulls secure a 99–98 win over what team?
A: The Phoenix Suns.
In Manassas, Virginia, Lorena Bobbitt cuts off her
husband's what?
A: His penis.
Kim Campbell becomes the first female what?
A: Prime Minister of Canada.
The 19th G7 summit is held where?
A: In Tokyo, Japan.
U.S. President Bill Clinton announces what policy regarding
gays in the American military?
A: 'Don't ask, don't tell'.
What does White House deputy counsel Vince Foster do?
A: He commits suicide.
Who wins the 1993 Tour de France?
A: Miguel Indurain.
For the first time, the public is allowed inside what?
A: Buckingham Palace in London.
Who becomes the first President of Singapore elected by the
population?
A: Ong Teng Cheong.
The International Olympic Committee selects what city to
host the 2000 Summer Olympics?
A: Sydney, Australia.
China performs a what?
A: Nuclear test.
Who becomes the Prime Minister of Pakistan for the second
time?
A: Benazir Bhutto.
President Clinton signs the what?
A: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
Israel and the Vatican establish what?
A: Diplomatic relations.