2005 Trivia Questions With Answers
Gunmen assassinate whom?
A: The Governor of Baghdad, Ali al-Haidari.
Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System,
is identified by a team led by Michael E. Brown using what?
A: Images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
Mahmoud Abbas is elected to succeed Yasser Arafat as what?
A: President of the Palestinian National Authority.
What probe lands on Titan, the largest moon of
Saturn?
A: The Huygens probe.
What takes place in Iraq for the first time since 1958?
A: The first free Parliamentary elections.
North Korea announces that it possesses what?
A: Nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it feels from the
USA.
Saudi Arabia holds its first ever what?
A: Municipal elections, in which only male citizens are allowed to vote.
What new video sharing website, is founded?
A: YouTube.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asks Parliament to amend
the constitution to allow what?
A: Multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005.
Tabaré Vázquez is sworn in as the first President of what
country?
A: Uruguay.
Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing what?
A: The fastest non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.
The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is
fired on by whom?
A: U.S. soldiers in Iraq, causing the death of 1 passenger and injuring 2 more.
The People's Republic of China ratifies an anti-secession
law, aimed at preventing what?
A: Taiwan from declaring independence.
The Taiwanese government asks 1 million Taiwanese to
demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to what?
A: The Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China.
What happens to Pope John Paul II?
A: He dies.
How many people travel to the Vatican to mourn him?
A: Over 4 million people.
The Prince of Wales marries whom in a civil ceremony at
Windsor's Guild hall?
A: Camilla Parker Bowles.
Twelve holidaymakers are killed in southern Switzerland
when a bus carrying 27 people does what?
A: Plunges 656 feet (200 m) into a ravine.
Who succeeds Pope John Paul II, becoming the 265th pope?
A: Pope Benedict XVI.
A passenger train derails in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture,
Japan, killing how many people?
A: 107 people and injuring another 562.
Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop
military
garrison in Lebanon, ending its what?
A: 29-year military domination of that country.
Kuwaiti women are re-granted the right to what?
A: Vote.
Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure
amusement park
in Jackson, New Jersey as the world's what?
A: Tallest and (at the time) fastest
roller coaster.
Deep Throat's identity is revealed by Vanity Fair to be
whom?
A: Former FBI Associate Director Mark Felt .
NASA's "Copper bullet" from the Deep Impact spacecraft hits
what?
A: Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.
The International Olympic Committee awards the 2012
Summer
Olympics to what city?
A: London.
Four terror attacks rock the transport network in what
city?
A: London, killing 52 and injuring over 700.
The Provisional IRA issues a statement formally ordering
what?
A: An end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969, and ordering all its
units to dump their arms.
What happens to West Caribbean Airways Flight 708?
A: It crashes into a mountain in Venezuela, killing 152 passengers.
North Korea agrees to stop building what in exchange for
aid and cooperation?
A: Nuclear weapons.
Whose trial begins?
A: Saddam Hussein.
Who assumes office as the first female Chancellor of
Germany?
A: Angela Merkel.
The United Nations Climate Change conference is held where?
A: In Montreal.
Surgeons in France carry out the first human what?
A: Face transplant.
The Shakidor Dam fails in Pakistan due to what?
A: Heavy rain.
Chad declares war on Sudan, following a December 18 attack
on what?
A: Adre, which left about 100 people dead.