CELEBRITY COMINGS AND GOINGS OF 2009

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1. Daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and wife of Liam Neeson, what 45 year old actress died in March when she hit her head during a ski lesson?
Natasha Richardson.

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2. What red-headed actress, star of several iconic 80’s movies, welcomed twins on July 10?
Molly Ringwald.

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3. What two huge celebrities both died mere [...]

IMPORTANT DAYS IN DECEMBER

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1. Voted on by committee and presented in the presence of the King of Norway, what is awarded on December 10 each year?
Nobel Prize. (Names of the laureates are typically announced in October, but the prizes are awarded at formal ceremonies held on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death)

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2. Primarily [...]

NAKED PEOPLE

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1. Who is the famous 17 foot tall naked guy holding a rock and sling that Michelangelo carved a masterpiece statue of in 1504?
David.

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2. What 1983 Miss America pageant winner lost her title after nude pictures of her were published in Penthouse magazine?
Vanessa Williams.

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3. Who was Playboy magazine’s first centerfold in December 1953?
Marilyn Monroe.

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4. [...]

I LOVE THE 90s

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1. In what year did Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley tie the knot?
1994.

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2. In the 1996 presidential election, who was Bob Dole’s running mate?
Jack Kemp.

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3. In 1997, 39 members of what religious group committed suicide near San Diego, California believing that a gigantic spacecraft trailed the Hale-Bopp comet and offered an [...]

FIRSTS OF THE 20th CENTURY

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1. In 1979, what electronics company invented the first portable stereo cassette player, and called it TPS-L2?
Sony.

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2. In 1920, what country became the first to formally legalize abortion?
Soviet Union.

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3. Rock n’ roll is said to have begun with the 1955 release of what group’s smash hit, Rock Around the Clock?
Bill Haley [...]