Super quiz

Subject: HISTORY: 1984-1999

(e.g., 1999: This computer bug threatened disaster at year’s end. Answer: Y2K.)

Freshman level

1. 1998: A pope visited this Caribbean island for the first time.

2. 1997: Britain returned this territory to China.

3. 1996: This famous painting by Edvard Munch was stolen.

Graduate level

4. 1993: She became the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general.

5. 1992: He lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton.

6. 1991. What was the name of the operation that launched the Gulf War?

Ph.D. level

7. 1988: A disaster took place on Piper Alpha. What was Piper Alpha?

8. 1987: What name was given to Oct. 19, 1987, in the U.S.?

9. 1986: What was the name for the arms-for-hostages scandal?

Answers:

1. Cuba.

2. Hong Kong.

3. “The Scream.”

4. Janet Reno.

5. George H.W. Bush.

6. Desert Storm.

7. An oil rig.

8. Black Monday.

9. Irangate (Iran-Contra affair).