2003 Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
Who gets elected President of Brazil?
A: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
What happened to US Airways Express Flight 5481?
A: It crashes at Charlotte Douglas International
Airport in Charlotte,
North
Carolina, killing all 21 people aboard.
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on what?
A: Its last flight.
The last signal is received from NASA's Pioneer 10
spacecraft, some how many miles miles from Earth?
A: 7.5 billion.
Belgium legally recognizes what?
A: Same-sex marriage.
At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, what happens to
the Space Shuttle Columbia?
A: It disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all 7 astronauts on
board.
What war begins?
A: The War in Darfur.
The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick,
Rhode Island,
claims how many lives?
A: 100 people.
Who is sentenced by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague,
Netherlands, to 11 years in prison?
A: Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavšić.
Who is arrested by CIA and ISI officials at a home in
Rawalpindi, Pakistan?
A: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11 Attacks.
In a referendum, Malta approves doing what?
A: Joining the European Union.
Who is assassinated in Belgrade?
A: Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić.
The WHO issues a global alert on what
disease?
A: SARS.
The Iraq War begins with what?
A: The invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and allied forces.
In a referendum, Slovenia approves doing what?
A: Joining the European Union and NATO.
U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad, ending the regime of
whom?
A: Saddam Hussein.
In a referendum, what does Hungary do?
A: It approves joining the European Union.
The Human Genome Project is completed, with what?
A: 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.
What does Lithuania do?
A: It approves joining the European Union.
An earthquake in what region of northern
Algeria kills
2,200?
A: The Boumerdès region.
Dewey, the first deer to be "what" by scientists at Texas
A&M University, is born?
A: Cloned.
The Czech Republic approves doing what?
A: Joining the European Union in a referendum.
What does the Supreme Court of the United States uphold?
A: Affirmative action in university admissions.
The U.S. Supreme Court declares sodomy laws what?
A: Unconstitutional.
Washington Post columnist Robert Novak publishes what?
A: The name of Valerie Plame, blowing her cover as a CIA operative.
The Convention on the Future of Europe finishes its work and proposes the first European Constitution.
The Second Congo War concludes with how many deaths since
1998?
A: 2–5 million.
The United Nations authorizes an international peacekeeping
force for what country?
A: Liberia.
The Northeast blackout of 2003 cuts power to an estimated
10 million people in Ontario, Canada, and how many people in eight U.S. states?
A: 45 million.
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in over how long?
A: 50,000 years.
Europe's busiest shopping centre, the Bullring in
Birmingham, is officially what?
A: Opened by Sir Albert Bore.
In a referendum, Estonia approves doing what?
A: Joining the European Union.
What did Latvia do?
A: It approved joining the European Union in a referendum.
Smart 1, a "what" , is launched from French Guiana?
A: European Space Agency satellite.
China launches Shenzhou 5, their first what?
A: Manned space mission.
The Concorde makes its what?
A: Last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner supersonic
travel to a
close.
Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, is what?
A: Captured in Tikrit by the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.
Libya admits to what?
A: Building a nuclear bomb.
A massive what devastates southeastern Iran?
A: Earthquake; over 40,000 people are reported killed in the city of Bam.
