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Which David headed the cult which staged a 1993 mass suicide in Waco?
A: Koresh.

Who attained the highest altitude for a woman astronaut in 1993?
A: Kathryn Thornton.

Who won Miss World the first time it was held in India?
A: Irene Skliva.

Who won Taiwan's first democratic Presidential election?
A: Lee Teng-Hui.

Where was the UN Earth summit held in 1992?
A: Rio.

What number TWA flight exploded shortly after take-off in July 1996?
A: 800

What was the name of the mother of the Iowa septuplets born in 1997?
A: Bobbi McCaughey.

Which Terry was released as hostage in Lebanon on 4 Dec 1991?
A: Anderson.

Where in the USA was there a total eclipse in 1991?
A: Hawaii.

What ws O J Simpson driving in the famous police chase?
A: Ford Bronco.

What was the name of the rocket that ws launched containing Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry's ashes?
A: Pegasus.

Who went on trial for the Oklahoma bombing after Timothy McVeigh ws sentenced to death for the crime?
A: Terry Nichols.

Who became the youngest head of state of a republic in 1994?
A: Yaya Jammeh of the GAmbia.

What ws the name of the judge in the Louise Woodward trial?
A: Hiller Zobl.

Who became a Prime Minister at the age of 78 in 1994?
A: Sirimavo BAndaranaike.

Which prominent Nigerian writer was executed in 1996?
A: Ken Saro Wiwa.

What was the name of the car in which Andy Green broke the land speed record in 1997?
A: Thrust.

Which 90s European Prime Minister has had the most wives?
A: Gerhard Schroeder of Germany.

Where is Pavarotti's War Child concert held annually?
A: Modena, Italy.

In which city did Princess Diana have her last meeting with Mother Teresa?
A: New York.

What was the most expensive film to debut on cable television?
A: Lolita.

Which Kennedy ws due to marry when John F Kennedy Jr's plane crashed on its way to the wedding?
A:Rory.

Who ws expelled from the US with the closure of his Oregon commune and died in 1990?
A: Bhagwan Rajneesh.

In what year did the USSR pull out of Hungary?
A: 1990.

Who led the rival Christian forces in Beirut in the early 1990s?
A: Michel Aoun & Samir Geagea.