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100

On January 1, 2023, Croatia became the most recent country to join the Eurozone. They retired the Kuna as their currency started using what currency?

Euro

100

What U.S. President was re-elected in November 2004?

George W. Bush 

100

After serving as the Mayor of Paris for nearly 20 years, Jacques Chirac was elected President of what country?

France

100

On January 24, 1984, Steve Jobs launched what Apple product?

Macintosh personal computer 

100

What iconic song was released by the Village People in January 1979? It is still a crowd favorite today, with arm movements choreographed to spell out the song's title.

YMCA
200

On February 6, LGA students headed home early due to what?

Broken pipe / flooding in the school

200

What Pixar movie was released in 2004, with film critic Roger Ebert saying that it "alternates breakneck action with satire of suburban sitcom life"?

The Incredibles 

200

"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" won the Oscar for Best Original Song for what 1994 Disney movie?

The Lion King

200

The 1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, in what country which later broke up into several different countries in the early 1990s?

Yugoslavia

Sarajevo is now the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina

200

What network launched in 1979 as the first cable channel focused on children's programs?

Nickelodeon

300

On February 7, what basketball player scored his 38,388th point, overtaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the leading NBA scorer of all time?

LeBron James

300

The Queen Mary 2 cruise ship was christened by what granddaughter of Queen Mary? 


Queen Elizabeth II

300

What U.S. President authorized a $20 billion loan to Mexico to avoid a collapse of the Mexican economy?

Bill Clinton

300

What puzzle video game, still played on many different devices today, was first released June 6, 1984, for the Electronika 60, a Soviet computer system?

Tetris

300

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe, launched in 1977 and expected to continue operation until 2025, spent most of 1979 studying what huge planet? 

Jupiter

400

What is the name of the 2023 MTKA student play?

I Hate Shakespeare

400

In July 2004, Russia stopped recognizing what country's passport as legal identification?

USSR 

400

In March 1995, cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned to Earth after setting what record?


Longest stay in outer space (438 days)

400

What South African comedian, writer, and television host was born February 20, 1984?

Trevor Noah 

400

What annual pre-Lenten parade and celebration was cancelled in February 1979 due to a strike called by the New Orleans Police Department? 

Mardi Gras

500

What day did students and staff return to Lionsgate in January after winter break?

Friday, January 6, 2023

500

In June 2004, SpaceShipOne won the X Prize for being the first privately funded vehicle to do what? 

Fly in space

500

Construction was completed on the Fremont Street Experience, a pedestrian mall featuring nightly light shows in what glittery city?


Las Vegas

500

In October 1984, Ms. Bellas was pleased to watch what baseball team defeat the San Diego Padres to win the World Series?

Detroit Tigers 

500

The U.S. Embassy in what country was overtaken, beginning the hostage crisis in which 52 Americans were held for 444 days? 

Iran

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