Egypt witnesses a change in leadership thanks to protests, Disney opens a new park to play in and a future Oscar-winner transfixes audiences. Do you remember what was going on 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week? Find out in this week’s decades of trivia quiz!
In the News
Feb. 11, 2011
In the midst of the wave of protests known as the Arab Spring, what Egyptian president announced his resignation?
Fun and Games
Feb. 8, 2001
After moving on to build other resorts in Florida, Paris and Tokyo, Disney returned to Anaheim, opening a brand new sister park to Disneyland called what?
At the Movies
Feb. 14, 1991
What film that would go on to win the “Big 5” Oscars — Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor and Actress — opened, weirdly, just in time for Valentine’s Day date nights?
Answers up after the trailer for “It Happened One Night,” the first film to win the Big 5.
Answers:
- In the News: Hosni Mubarak
- Fun and Games: Disney’s California Adventure
- At the Movies: “The Silence of the Lambs”
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