2020 SPORTS
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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THIS WEEK IN THE NEWS 2020
WORLD HISTORY
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This team won the 2020 NBA Finals.

Who are the L.A. LAKERS?

100

Brother to Zeus and Hades, He was the god of the sea / ocean.

Who is Poseidon?

100

The winner for best picture at the 2020 Academy Awards.

What is Parasite?

100

For only the third time in U.S. History, the U.S. Senate began this proceeding against a sitting president on January 16th 2020.

What is an Impeachment Trial?

100

The king of England during the American Revolutionary War.

Who is King George III?

100

Assassin who shot J.F.K AND/WHO later became a criminal mastermind in Gotham City.

Who is Lee Harvey Oswald Cobblepot?

200

Before being postponed due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the 2020 Summer Olympics were planned to be held in this city.

What is Tokyo, Japan?

200

Heracles (Hercules) performed this number of labors as punishment for murdering his family.

What are 12 Labors?

200

According to Pitchfork (12/7/20 article), this was the top song of 2020.

What is W.A.P.?

200

This person was declared the Winner of the 2020 Democratic Iowa Caucus.

Who is Pete Buttigieg?

200

King Leonidus of Sparta fought Persian Emperor Xerxes' forces at this greek coastal location.

Where is Thermopylae?

200

MLBs all time hits leader AND/WHO had a romantic relationship with Marilyn Manson for 3.5 Years.

Who is Pete Rose McGowan?

300

This was the half time performance for the Super Bowl on February 2nd 2020.

Who are Jennifer Lopez & Shakira?

300

Greek Hero that ventured into the Labrynth and slayed the Minotaur.

Who is Theseus?

300

In 1989, this band won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance over Metallica's "And Justice For All"

Who is Jethro Tull?

300

The endorsement of this South Carolina congressman is largely viewed as the key moment that propelled Joe Biden to becoming the 2020 Democratic Nominee for President.

Who is James Clyburn?

300

Soviet Union leader who allegedly took off his shoe and waived it around at the U.N General Assembly during an impassioned 1960 speech.

Who is Nikita Khrushchev?

300

Early 20th Century Women's Suffrage proponent AND/WHO was the last person to retire from the US Supreme Court.

Who is Susan B. Anthony Kennedy?

400

The MLB and MLBPA reached an agreement to play this number of games in a reduced regular season.

What is 60?

400

Punished for betraying Zeus and duping death, this King of Corinth was forced to push a boulder up a hill every day only to see it roll down the other side once he reached the top.

Who is Sysyphus?

400

Instead of further delaying the film, Warner Brothers released this 2020 Christopher Nolan sci/fi epic, despite many theaters remaining closed due to the pandemic.

What is Tenet?

400

In October 2020, The President informed the country that he had contracted COVID-19. The invoking of this constitutional amendment was discussed by the media and congressional leaders should the president become unable to serve as Commander in Chief.

What is the 25th Amendment?

400

The 1982 Falklands War was a 10 week crisis fought between these two countries.

Who are Argentina and United Kingdom?

400

He was the King of Queens (Actor) AND/WHO previously was an actor playing the Chief Engineer on the USS Enterprise.

Who is Kevin James Doohan?

500

Prior to the 2020 NFL Season, the NFL adjusted the playoff format to allow this number of teams to be represented in the postseason.

What is 14 Teams?

500

In the ancient greek epic The Iliad, Achilles slays this Trojan Hero, then ties his body to his chariot and drags him away from Troy.

Who is Hector?

500

According to Spotify (12/1/20), this was the most streamed song of 2020.

What is Blinding Lights?

500

This state was the first to report a positive Coronavirus case in the US.

What is Washington?

500

Panama Dictator that surrendered to the U.S after enduring days of Rock and Roll & Metal music on loud speakers, at deafening volumes, around the clock

Who is Manuel Noriega?

500

Edward Furlong's 1991 acting role AND/WHO was a scottish warrior of the Highlands, slaying other warriors throughout the world to become the "only one".

John Connor MacCleod?

600

The NHL has a 12 year tradition of holding an outdoor hockey match (Winter Classic) on New Years Day. This non-traditional city held the NHL Winter Classic on January 1st 2020.

What is Dallas, Texas?

600

Greek Goddess of Vegetation who was kidnapped by Hades and later became his wife, queen of the Underworld. In the myth, she would have been released from the Underworld had she not consumed 6 Pomegranate Seeds forcing her to remain in the Underworld for 6 months a year.

Who is Persephone?

600

This person performed at both venues (London and Philadelphia) at Live Aid in 1985.

Who is Phil Collins?

600

Senator Bernie Sanders suspended/withdrew from the Democratic Nomination Race after this state's nominating contest (Primary and/or Caucus).

What is the Wisconsin Primary?

600

Father to Leif Erikson, he was the Nordic explorer that founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland.

Who is Erik The Red?

600

Singer of the 1958 Hit "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree" AND/WHO went on to star as the bad villian in a Sergio Leone movie about the old west.

Who is Brenda Lee van Cleef?

700

The 2020 MLB Finals, between the LA Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, was the first World Series to ever be played entirely at this Neutral Site. (Provide City and Stadium)

What is Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas?

700

He was the cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and his men in the Odyssey.

Who is Polyphemus?

700

Always the bridesmaid, but never the bride, this Classic Rock group has the most No. 2-peaking hits without a No. 1: Five

Who is Creedence Clearwater Revival?

700

They are the two Democratic candidates running in the Georgia Senate Runoff elections.

Who are Jon Ossoff & Raphael Warnock?

700

This Poem/Tale from ancient Mesopotamia is regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text

What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?

700

A Red Haired character created in 1915 by Johnny Gruelle for his children's book series AND/WHO starred as the mother of a Deaf, Blind, and Mute son in a 1973 Rock Opera.

Who is Raggedy Ann-Margret?

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