Trivial Pursuit: America Plays
Time: 2008
Place: U.S.
Details: A syndicated version entitled Trivial Pursuit: America Plays aired from 2008 to 2009 and hosted by Christopher Knight.
‹ Earlier in historyMusk's sons2000s Later in history ›The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 was enactedWednesday Jul 30, 2008
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Robin Williams-26-City tour
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Richard Branson-Virgin Healthcare announced that it would open a chain of health care clinics
Thursday Jan 10, 2008 - United Kingdom
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Friday Jan 11, 2008 - U.S.
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Francesco Totti-200th goal for Roma
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2008 - United States
Diego Maradona-Coach Alfio Basile resigned
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Johan Cruyff-The New Technical director at his boyhood club Ajax
Wednesday Feb 20, 2008 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Raúl Castro-16th President of Cuba
Sunday Feb 24, 2008 - Havana, Cuba
Fidel Castro-Retirement
Sunday Feb 24, 2008 - Havana, Cuba
Visa Inc.-Visa announced it would go ahead with an IPO of half its shares
Monday Feb 25, 2008 - U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi was named Permanent Chair
2008 - Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Microsoft-EU Imposed Fine
Wednesday Feb 27, 2008 - Brussels, Belgium
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Atari, Inc.-Infogrames acquisition
Thursday Mar 6, 2008 - New York, U.S.
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Thursday Mar 6, 2008 - Cupertino, California, U.S.
Margaret Thatcher-Collapsing at a House of Lords dinner
Friday Mar 7, 2008 - London, England
Francesco Totti-500th overall appearance for Roma
Sunday Mar 9, 2008 - Rome, Italy
Bank of America-Federal Bureau of Investigation report
Mar, 2008 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Qasem Soleimani-Soleimani helped arrange a ceasefire
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Jimmy Hoffa-Barbara Retired as an Associate Circuit Judge
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Monday Mar 17, 2008 - U.S.
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2008 - Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
Galileo Galilei-Nicola Cabibbo announced a plan to honor Galileo by erecting a statue of him inside the Vatican walls
Mar, 2008 - Vatican City
Visa Inc.-Visa sold 406 million shares at US$44 per share ($2 above the high end of the expected $37–42 pricing range), raising US$17.9 billion in the largest initial public offering in U.S. history
Tuesday Mar 18, 2008 - U.S.
Visa Inc.-the IPO underwriters exercised their overallotment option
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 - U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth attended the first Maundy service
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 - Dublin, Ireland
Visa Inc.-Honor All Cards
Wednesday Mar 26, 2008 - Europe
Dwayne Johnson-Non-Wrestling Appearances
Saturday Mar 29, 2008 - U.S.
KFC-First in Cambodia
Apr, 2008 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
YouTube-YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000
Monday Apr 7, 2008 - London, England, United Kingdom
Black Friday-Several major Canadian retailers ran Black Friday deals of their own to discourage shoppers from leaving Canada
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Prince William-William deployment
Thursday Apr 10, 2008 - Afghanistan
Prince Harry-The Lieutenant
Sunday Apr 13, 2008 - England
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital
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Francesco Totti-Season-ending injury
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Accra Conference
Monday Apr 21, 2008 - Accra, Ghana
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Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 - U.S.
Best Buy-U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined the company $280,000
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Huawei-Establishing a Technology research facility in Sydney
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May, 2008 - U.S.
Leaning Tower of Pisa-The Tower stopped moving for the first time in its History
2008 - Pisa, Italy
Bank of America-LaSalle Bank and LaSalle Bank Midwest branches adopted the Bank of America
Monday May 5, 2008 - U.S.
Vladimir Putin-Second premiership
Thursday May 8, 2008 - Moscow, Russia
Vodafone-Vodafone in Chile
Sunday May 11, 2008 - Santiago, Chile
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Monday May 12, 2008 at 02:28:00 PM - Chengdu, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Tremors in Vietnam
Monday May 12, 2008 - Vitnam
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Russia
Monday May 12, 2008 - Tuva, Russia
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Start of rescue operations
Monday May 12, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Unaccepted offer
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - Beijing, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Ministry of Civil Affairs stated that 10.7 billion yuan had been donated by the Chinese public
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-15 Special Operations Troops parachuted into inaccessible Mao County
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - Mao County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-UNICEF reported that China formally requested the support of the international community to respond to the needs of affected families
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - New York City, New York, U.S.
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Largest non-combat airlifting operation in People's Liberation Army history
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
Angelina Jolie-Kung Fu Panda
Thursday May 15, 2008 - United States
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Rescue groups from several countries
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Praising
Saturday May 17, 2008 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Sunday May 18, 2008 - Beijing, China