From Deseret News archives:
Trivia quiz
OOPS (the mistakes and mishaps that made the headlines)
1.1998: What former Bond girl was so hostile to hunk Howie Long in RadioShack ads that many viewers incorrectly assumed they were married?
2.1992: What nickname did a confidant James Gilbey give Princess Diana in a phone chat leaked to the press?
3.1997: What U.S. president, when handed a Romanian flag with a hole where the communist emblem has been, burbled: "Thanks for the poncho"?
WIRED (technology, gadgets and the Internet)
4.1992: What was the battery-operated Robi Comb designed to detect, kill and remove from humans?
5.1995: What video game hero ran a lot faster than his two-tailed sidekick, Tails?
6.1994: What search engine was born when six Stanford students sat around Rosita's Taqueria looking for an exciting way to stay together after graduation?
VIEWING (movies, television and the things we watched)
7.1998: What cable channel unleased the two-headed CatDog upon an unsuspecting public?
8.1994: What novelist dreamed up the TV series "ER"?
9.1996: Who refused a Tony nomination for "Victor/Victoria" because the show itself wasn't nominated?
TRENDS (food and fashion)
10.1993: What L-word, according to "The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook," has been updated to the phrase "nontraditional shoppers"?
11.1998: What chair did Edwin Shoemaker invent in 1928, then die lounging in 70 years later?
12.1991: What former skier on the Czechoslovakia national youth team dubbed Donald Trump "The Donald"?
IMPORTANT (the real news)
13.1998: Who became the first two U.S. senators to cast their 15,000th career votes in 1998?
14.1999: What city's Field Museum bought and displayed an $8.3 million Tyrannosaurus rex named Sue?
15.1993: Who was Bill Clinton's first addition to the Supreme Court?
HANGIN' (what people did in their leisure time games, sports, reading, etc.)
16.1998: What Yankee hurler threw the 15th perfect game in major league history?
17.1997: What pop star had 81 gold records to polish by 1997?
18.1990: Who was the first athlete to win a second Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year" award: Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods?
See answers here.










