The 2000 TIME Current Events Quiz

What happened in 2000? Test your knowledge of the news and trends as reported in the pages of TIME FACES IN THE NEWS/THE YEAR IN ARTS/WHO SAID IT?/AROUND THE WORLD/NAMES & NUMBERS/SIGNS OF THE TIMES

FACES IN THE NEWS Match each numbered description to the photograph of the newsmaker who fits it best.

1 First black president of an Ivy League institution

2 Scientist accused of stealing the "crown jewels" of America's nuclear arsenal

3 Harvard-educated citrus heir, chicken dancer, Florida secretary of state

4 Her literary offspring owns the best-seller lists

5 George W. Bush described this person as a "major-league a__hole"

6 Olympic gold-medal winner and symbol of her people's pride

7 Missouri widow who inherited her late husband's Senate seat

8 M.C. of history's largest heads-of-state meeting

9 Most downloaded woman on the...

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