A QUIZ OF NEWS EVENTS FROM 1997

NOTE: Following is a quiz regarding events of 1997, compiled by the Indiana University Office of Communications and Marketing. Answers are at the bottom. Happy New Year!

1997 NEWS QUIZ

1. This Big Ten team pulled an upset in the Rose Bowl. Who won, and who lost?
2. Two coeds were not as satisfied as they thought they would be in their freshman year in a military college. Which one did they drop out of, and what were their reasons?
3. Tragedy struck for this comedian. Who was the comedian, and what happened?
4. Pro football fans were glued to their TV screens for the contest that would decide the national championship. Which teams played in the Super Bowl, and who won?
5. When this man was declared innocent of a double murder, he wasn't off the hook yet. Another trial awaited him on the West Coast. He was found guilty and assessed $8.5 million. Who was he, and who sued him?
6. He was one of the last survivors of the Long March. Though control of the People's Republic of China has passed into a new generation, this man was still revered by his country when he died on Feb. 19. What was his name?
7. Michelle Kwan was expected to win the women's title at the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships, but she didn't. Who got the title instead, and who won the men's title?
8. The first-ever cloned mammal made its appearance in February. What was it?
9. Thirty-nine members of what cult committed suicide at a house in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.? With what celestial body did they expect to rendezvous in outer space?
10. This movie won nine of the 12 categories in which it was nominated for the Academy Awards, including Best Picture. What was it?
11. The University of Kentucky basketball fans thought their team was #1, but they weren't. What team won the NCAA basketball championship?
12. The Tennessee legislature became the last state legislative body to ratify the 15th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which became the law of the land back in 1870. What does the 15th amendment pertain to?
13. At the age of 21 he was the youngest male to win the Masters Golf Tournament. Who is he?
14. This man became the youngest person elected prime minister of Great Britain since 1812. What is his name and what is his political party?
15. It was part of the tradition that said the sun never set on the British Empire. This area of the world left Britain's protection at midnight on June 30. What is its name?
16. He was fascinated with flying and died Oct. 13 at the controls of a homemade plane, far from the Rocky Mountains he helped make famous. Who was he?
17. The World Series of baseball was hotly contested until the last game. Which team won and who did they beat?
18. It is considered one of the most heinous crimes in American history. His trial was conducted out of state in an effort to make it as fair as possible. Who murdered 168 people, and what was his sentence?
19. Which teams won the Stanley Cup and the NBA title?
20. The Russian space station Mir had an unfortunate and life-threatening accident on June 25. Who was the only American crew member?
21. Two Hollywood actors with long careers died a day apart on July 1 and 2. What were their names?
22. The U.S. mission to Mars made a safe landing. What was the name of the mechanical marvel launched by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
23. Invited into America's living room every Sunday morning, this congenial TV host died on Independence Day. Who was he?
24. NATO invited which three countries to join it in 1999?
25. He was gunned down in front of his Miami Beach home on a Sunday morning after strolling down the street to buy a newspaper. Who was he, and what was his profession?
26. Which former justice of the U.S. Supreme Court died on July 24?
27. It was a first for President Bill Clinton, or any president, for that matter. What new prerogative did Clinton exercise on Aug. 11?
28. Elton John's rewritten song about her became the all-time best-seller in record history. What was the name of the song?
29. Almost overshadowed by the death of the subject of question 23 was the death of this revered servant of the poor and ill in India. What was her name?
30. Born in Indiana, this famous entertainer brought smiles to the faces of a whole generation of Americans before his death on Sept. 17. Who was he?

ANSWERS

1. Ohio State University won the Rose Bowl game, defeating Arizona State in a game considered an upset by sportscasters. The score was 20-17.

2. Two female coeds dropped out of The Citadel, claiming that they had been subjected to harassment and abuse.

3. Comedian Bill Cosby's son was shot on the exit ramp of a Los Angeles freeway while trying to change a flat tire. A young Russian emigre was later arrested for the murder.

4. The Green Bay Packers beat the New England Patriots 35-21 in the Super Bowl.

5. O.J. Simpson was found liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson, his former wife, and a waiter, Ronald Goldman, during a civil trial held in Santa Monica, Calif. The Simpson and Goldman families were awarded a total of $33.5 million.

6. Deng Xiaoping died at the age of 92.

7. Tara Lipinski upset Michelle Kwan for the women's title, and Todd Eldredge won the men's title.

8. The British Observer reported the first-ever cloned sheep, a Finn Dorset lamb.

9. They called their group "Heaven's Gate" and believed that after their suicide they would rendezvous in a spaceship hidden by the fiery tail of the Hale-Bopp comet.

10. The big winner was The English Patient.

11. Arizona beat Kentucky 84-79 in the final game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.

12. Tennessee legislators were the last to ratify the 15th amendment, which guarantees voting rights regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Other late ratifiers were Kentucky, 1976; Maryland, 1973; California, 1969; Oregon, 1959; and Delaware, 1901.

13. The winner of the Masters Golf Tournament was Tiger Woods.

14. Tony Blair and his Labour Party took over the British government after they defeated the Conservative Party.

15. Hong Kong rejoined China on June 30.

16. Singer-songwriter-actor John Denver died Oct. 13 when his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean. He was a long-time resident of Aspen, Colo., and many of his songs were about the Rocky Mountains.

17. The Florida Marlins defeated the Cleveland Indians in the seven-game World Series.

18. Timothy McVeigh was convicted of blowing up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City and was sentenced to death.

19. Hockey's Stanley Cup was won by the Detroit Red Wings, who beat the Philadelphia Flyers. The Chicago Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz for the NBA title.

20. Michael Foale, a British-born American, was on the crew of the Mir.

21. Robert Mitchum died on July 1 and Jimmy Stewart on the following day.

22. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration vehicle that was successfully launched to Mars was called "Pathfinder."

23. Charles Kuralt, the long-time host of CBS's Sunday Morning, died on the Fourth of July.

24. The move was not viewed with favor by Boris Yeltsin, but Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic were invited to join NATO, starting in 1999.

25. Gianni Versacci, a favorite fashion designer of many in the international set, including England's Princess Diana, was killed on July 15.

26. William J. Brennan Jr. died at Arlington, Va.

27. Clinton exercised his new prerogative, the line item veto, to strike three special interest provisions from the budget bill.

28. Singer Elton John called Princess Diana "England's Rose" during his revised version of a previous hit, "Candle in the Wind." John sang the song during her funeral Sept. 6 in Westminster Abbey, following her shocking death Aug. 31 in a Paris auto accident.

29. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known to millions of grateful Indians of all faiths as Mother Teresa, was born in the Macedonian area of the former Yugoslavia. She died on Sept. 5.

30. He traveled under several names during his comedy routines. Clem Kadiddlehopper was one of them. On Sept. 17, the curtain came down on the life of Hoosier-born comedian Red Skelton.

(Rose McIlveen, Office of Communications and Marketing, 812-855-0063 or 812-855-3911, rmcilvee@indiana.edu

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