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Significant Events and Figures of 2005

This quiz tests your knowledge of significant events and notable figures from the year 2005, covering various fields such as science, sports, and humanitarian efforts.

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1 ________ – John Ziman, English-New Zealand physicist (b.

2 February 25 – Peter Benenson, lawyer and founder of ________ (b.

3 ________ – NASA's "Copper bullet" from the Deep Impact spacecraft hits Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.

4 September 18 – Michael Park, English Rally Co-Driver of ________ (b.

5 ________ – The 43rd Mersenne prime is found.

6 March 8 – The Pakistan Army opens fire on insurgents in Baluchistan, in the first armed uprising since General Rahimuddin Khan's stabilization of the province in ________.

7 April 27 – The Superjumbo jet aircraft ________ makes its first flight from Toulouse.

8 May 15 – A passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in ________, leaving 200 people missing.

9 November 13 – ________, Mexican-American professional wrestler (b.

10 ________ – Shakidor Dam fails in Pakistan due to heavy rain.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in 2005, Ghatam player Ghatam Udupa became the first Indian to perform at the Krakow International Percussion Festival.
  • director Fei Mu's 1948 film Spring in a Small Town was named the best Chinese-language film ever made, by the Hong Kong Film Association awards in 2005.
  • reopening of the Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów (pictured) in 2005 marked a major improvement of Polish-Ukrainian relations.
  • the 1984 Murray Head hit "One Night In Bangkok," from the musical Chess, gained newfound popularity in 2005 due to a remix by the dance act Vinylshakerz.
  • the UK Government Decontamination Service was set up in 2005 after increased threats of terrorism to help the United Kingdom resist and recover from biological, chemical and nuclear incidents.
  • the Mifflin Street Block Party, which attracted around 20,000 participants in 2005, began as a street dance in protest against the Vietnam War.
  • That Summer Day is the first television drama for children about the bombings of the London public transport system on July 7, 2005.
  • Simone Niggli-Luder from Switzerland won all four women's competitions at the orienteering world championships 2005 in Aichi, Japan, repeating her performance of 2003.
  • Bangalore Gayana Samaja, which celebrated its centenary in 2005, is one of the oldest cultural organisations in Bangalore.
  • professor Malcolm Grant, the Provost and President of University College London, agreed to shave off his moustache if UCL students raised £1500 for Comic Relief, on Red Nose Day in 2005.
  • Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, the national library of Québec, and the public library of the city of Montréal, will share a facility beginning in 2005.
  • Kermit Roosevelt III, author of the 2005 legal thriller In the Shadow of the Law, is the great-great-grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • Luis Ramirez was the 15th person executed in 2005 in the U.S. state of Texas.
  • "truthiness," a word made by Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, was selected as the 2005 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society.
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