Sports
Who won the world series?
The LA Dodgers
He is the President of Venezuela?
Nicolas Maduro (SP?)
This was the President of Iraq until the U.S. removed him from office?
Saddam Hussein
He is the current VP and from which state does he hail from?
JD Vance and Ohio
The year Lewis and Clark set off on their voyage
1804
The Oklahoma City Thunder
What illegal activity is the Trump administration doing in the Caribbean?
This political movement in the Middle East is closely related to Communism and believes in Pan-Arabism across the region. Hint: it is a cleaning process you sometimes experience...most of the time not.
The Baath Party
Osama Bin Ladin was found in this country (double points if you know the name of the city).
This Oil Tycoon's business was the first instance of the government breaking up a monopoly in order to create a more competetive market. Name of person and company.
John D. Rockafeller and Standard Oil
Who won the superbowl last year?
The Philidelphia Eagles
One of the largest proven supplies of crude oil
This disgraced President of Syria has been exiled to here? Two part question
Bahir Al-Assad and hes in Moscow, Russia.
This doctor was in charge of the federal response to Covid-19. Hes been around since the 1970s/1980s.
Dr. Anthony Fauci
This president insisted on building a gigantic Navy in order to establish the United States as a global power.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The Florida Panthers
Who is the president of Argentina and why style of politics did they administer? What was the U.S. response to this experiment? Think economics
Javier Milei and he administered austerity measures (neoliberalism and or hardcore libertarianism) and was bailed out from the U.S. (20 billion).
This political party, also deemed a terrorist organization by the U.S., is situated in the south of Lebanon and became a political force in the early 1980s.
Hezbollah.
The naval bombing of the U.S.S. Cole happened in the last years of Bill Clinton's administration. Which country did this terror attack occur?
Yemen
These are the Reconstruction Amendments. Simply naming them gets points. Explaining what they are earns double points.
13th, 14th, 15th (abolish slavery, due process/birthright citizenship, Black Male Suffrage)
Who won the NWSL championship this year?
Gotham F.C.
This Colombian President is left leaning and attempts to maintain diplomatic and economic relations with the U.S. despite U.S. aggression in the region?
Gustavo Petro
This "THING" underwent economic Nationalization under Gamal Abdid-Al Nasser and caused the 1956 _______Crisis. Hint: this "THING" was in the news when an oil tanker got stuck in it.
The Suez Canal
Under which 21st century presidency did Valery Plame, a CIA operative, get exposed because her husband, Joseph Wilson (Diplomat), investigated Saddam Hussien's attempt to purchase yellowcake Urianium for WMD but found no credible evidence.
The Bush Administration
This woman was a famed Anarchist that was born to Orthodox Jews in Lithuaina (what was the Russian Empire at the time). She was influential in the creation of birth control medication and ran anti-imperialistic operations in the United States.
Emma Goldman