Science
Starting in 1990, this scientific breakthrough identifying all the base pairs that make up human DNA was completed in 2003.
The Human Genome Project
On January 27, 2021, amateur investors banded together to squeeze Wall Street hedge funds by sending this company’s stock value up by more than $10 billion?
GameStop
On January 1st, 1999, what common currency was established for the first time?
The Euro
What iconic record label celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2009?
Motown
What is Gene's middle name?
Joseph
What type of animal was cloned for the first time in 1997 from a single adult cell and named Dolly?
Sheep
British Airways announced a merger with which other airline in 2010?
Iberia
On the 1st of January 1993, which European country split into two states?
Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
The world's fastest and tallest roller coaster to date opened in 2000. What is the name of the coaster and where is it located?
The Millennium Falcon, Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH
What would Kendra or Samantha’s name be if they were boys?
Terrick or Trey
The NASA spacecraft Messenger reached what planet destination in 2008?
Mercury
What was the federal minimum wage in 2007?
$5.85
Bong Joon-ho made history as he won Best Director and Best Picture for which film, the first non-English language feature to take the award?
Parasite
What was the Billboard top song of 2016?
Love Yourself by Justin Beiber
What is Leonie’s mom’s first name?
Helena
In June 2019, NASA announced that it was sending a mission to Titan, a moon that has long intrigued planetary scientists. Titan is the largest moon of which planet?
Saturn
Which US department was proposed to privatize in 1994 but was abandoned by the cabinet?
United States Postal Service
In 2003, this supersonic airliner made its final flight after 27 years of commercial air travel for British Airways?
What movie became the first film to gross $1 billion in 1998?
The Titanic
What is Grandma Striegle’s maiden name?
Heibel
In 2005, Surgeons in France carry out the first human what transplant with Isabelle Dinoire?
Face
Which bank collapsed after one of its traders lost 167 billion pounds on the Japanese futures markets in 1995?
Barings
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of what country was elected as the Roman Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, succeeding Benedict XVI? He chose the name Francis.
Argentina
This final comic strip is published after the death of its creator, Charles M. Schutlz in 2000.
The Peanuts
What does the name Striegle mean in German?
Horse Comb