Steve Kerr Press Conference
Kerr passionately criticized U.S. senators for refusing to vote on this proposed federal background check bill.
What is H.R. 8 (the Bipartisan Background Checks Act)?
In his address, Bush called the terrorist attacks “evil, despicable acts of ____.”
What is "terror"?
This treaty, referenced by Huey, was signed in 1868 between the U.S. government and the Lakota.
What is the the Fort Laramie Treaty?
Jobs shared a story about dropping out of this type of classes, which ultimately helped him develop one of Apple’s signature design features.
What are “calligraphy classes”?
Fill in the blank: The Gettysburg Address famously concludes with the hope that “government ___ ___ _____, ___ ___ _____, ___ ___ _____, shall not perish from the earth.”
What is of the people, by the people and for the people?
During his speech, Kerr banged on the table multiple times to emphasize his frustration with this legislative body.
What is the U.S. Senate?
In his 2001 address to the nation, George W. Bush mourned the loss of thousands of American lives. The official number of victims killed in the attacks that day, not including the hijackers, was this.
Bonus 100 if you can get the EXACT number, not rounded!
What is 2,997?
Aaron Huey spent five years documenting the conditions of this reservation, one of the poorest in the U.S.
What is the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation?
The new venture that Jobs began after getting fired by Apple.
Bonus 100 if you can list the other one.
What is NeXT and Pixar?
SUPRISE!!! This is a 600 point question.
You have two guesses and I'll give you a higher/lower.
The number of books that Ms. Sully has read thus far in 2025
What is 40 books?
Kerr’s father, Malcolm Kerr, was tragically assassinated in 1984 while serving as president of a university in this country.
What is Lebanon.
In his speech, FDR referenced attacks not only on Pearl Harbor but also on this additional U.S. territory in the Pacific.
bonus 100 for each one that you list that was attacked.
What are the Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island?
This publication featured Huey's work on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
What is National Geographic?
The college that Steve Jobs attended for 6 months before leaving.
What is Reed College?
The definition of the word "mundane."
What is basic?
In his Uvalde press conference, Steve Kerr cited that in the 10 days prior, there had been shootings in these two locations.
What is a supermarket in Buffalo, NY and a church in Laguna Woods, CA?
Bush closed the address by quoting this biblical verse: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me.”
What is Psalm 23?
This act, passed in 1887, aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands.
What is the Dawes Act?
The amount of money that an empty coke bottle earned Steve Jobs when he was couch surfing after quitting college.
What is 5 cents.
The year that the Gettysburg Address took place.
Bonus 100 if you can get the date!
What is November 19, 1863?
Kerr played his college basketball at this university.
What is the University of Arizona?
This phrase from the beginning of FDR’s speech describes December 7, 1941, that he uses to describe the attacks on Pearl Harbor.
What is "a date which will live in infamy"?
In the 1980 Supreme Court case United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, what was the outcome of the ruling?
Bonus 100 if you know how much they were offered.
What is that the Black Hills had been illegally seized, but the US government was only willing to pay 106 million in compensation for the territory?
The title of the Magazine where Steve Jobs first read the quote, "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish."
What is Whole Earth Catalog?
What is the name of one of Ms. Sullivan's dogs.
Bonus 100 if you can get both.
What is JameO and Roscoe.