How long did Gennady Yanayev serve as President of the Soviet Union?
3 days (September 19-21, 1991)
How many years did Winfield Scott serve as Commanding General of the US Army?
20 (1841-1861)
Who has the most points in NFL history?
1944-1985, up until his death. 41 years.
Under what Dominican dictator did merengue music get promoted?
Rafael Trujillo, otherwise known as El Jefe.
Who was the first US president to die in office?
William Henry Harrison, 1841
Radar operator in USMC, Marina Prusakova, who?
Lee Harvey Oswald
How many teams does the Iraqi Professional Basketball League have?
11.
In what Italian village did Mussolini and his lover get executed?
Giulino de Mezzegra.
What is Mark David Chapman known for?
What was Rex 84?
Classified US Government drill which planned for mass detainment of US citizens in the event that the POTUS declared a State of National Emergency.
Which two people won the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize and for what?
Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ, for joint negotiation of a ceasefire in Vietnam.
What was the final score of the 2001 NBA Finals Game 1?
107-101
What year was the Egypt-Israel Peace treaty, and who signed it?
Menachem Begin, prime minister of Israel, Jimmy Carter, POTUS, Anwar Sadat, president of Egypt.
Who made Napalm Sticks to Kids?
Why was Fulda Gap strategically important during the Cold War?
Because it would have been the invasion point for the Soviets/Warsaw Pact to invade and push into West Germany in the 1980s, it was the shortest route from East to West Germany to the Rhine. The US V Corps was one of the units meant to defend the Fulda Gap.
Which presidential candidate made the book It Takes a Village?
Hillary Clinton.
What teams played in The Catch 2 game and in what year?
Green Bay Packers and the 49ers, 1999.
Who was accused of poisoning Litvinenko with polonium-210?
Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun.
What does the words Hava Nagila mean?
Let us rejoice/be happy.
What was glasnost and demokratizatsiya and under who?
Mikhail Gorbachev, glasnost meant openness and was a concept relating to openness and transparency, which permitted open discussion of political and social issues, and demokratizatsiya was a reform policy which introduced democratic elements like multi candidates in local elections and Soviets.
What US division fought at the Battle of Hamburger Hill?
101st Airborne Division
What sport did Jonah Lomu play?
Rugby.
Who was the only president of Zaire?
Joseph Mobutu.
Who made the rap album "Layup Lines"?
Isaiah Wilson.