Groups of Five in History
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Q 01The Jackson 5 achieved their first number-one hit in 1970 with which song?
- AI Want You Back
- BThe Love You Save
- CABC
- DMama's Pearl
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I Want You Back
It was the group's first Motown single, and the four singles that followed it, including 'ABC' and 'The Love You Save', all reached number one too.
Q 02Which of these was NOT one of the Five Civilized Tribes relocated under the 1830s Indian Removal Act?
- ACherokee
- BShawnee
- CSeminole
- DChickasaw
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Shawnee
The name reflected their adoption of European-style governance and farming, which did nothing to spare them: the Cherokee removal became the Trail of Tears.
Q 03Which of the Five Great Lakes is the only one entirely within the United States?
- ALake Michigan
- BLake Ontario
- CLake Superior
- DLake Erie
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Lake Michigan
Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario all form the water boundary with Canada. Together the five hold about a fifth of the world's surface fresh water.
Q 04Who was NOT a member of Rome's Second Triumvirate (43 BCE)?
- AMark Antony
- BOctavian
- CMarcus Brutus
- DLepidus
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Marcus Brutus
The trio's proscriptions put Cicero on the death lists, and Octavian eventually forced Lepidus out in 36 BC. Brutus, one of Caesar's assassins, was the enemy: he was defeated by the triumvirs at Philippi.
Q 05Pierre de Coubertin designed the five interlocking Olympic rings. In which year?
- A1896
- B1913
- C1924
- D1936
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1913
The rings arrived 17 years after the first modern Games. Coubertin said the five stood for the parts of the world won over to Olympism, and that the six colours (counting the white field) covered every national flag then in existence.
Q 06The 'Big Five' game animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and buffalo of which continent?
- ASouth America
- BAustralia
- CAfrica
- DAsia
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Africa
The term comes from big-game hunters, who ranked these as the five most difficult and dangerous animals to hunt on foot, not the five largest.
Q 07Which company launched the first Pixel and Pixel XL phones in October 2016, replacing the Nexus line?
- ASamsung
- BApple
- COnePlus
- DGoogle
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Google
The Pixel line replaced the Nexus phones Google had built with partners such as LG and Huawei; the originals were succeeded by the Pixel 2 exactly one year later.
Q 08Chinese five spice powder contains star anise, cloves, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper and which fifth ingredient?
- ABlack pepper
- BWhite pepper
- CCardamom
- DFennel seeds
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Fennel seeds
Despite the name, some blends run to six or more spices. The mix is meant to hit all five flavours of Chinese cooking: sweet, sour, bitter, salty and savoury.
Q 09Which Cambridge Five spy, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, was publicly named by Thatcher in 1979?
- AKim Philby
- BGuy Burgess
- CAnthony Blunt
- DDonald Maclean
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Anthony Blunt
Blunt had secretly confessed in 1964 in exchange for immunity and kept curating the royal art collection for years. Philby had fled to Moscow aboard a Soviet freighter in 1963.
Q 10Canada's 'Famous Five' won a 1929 ruling that women are 'persons' eligible for which institution?
- AThe Senate
- BThe Supreme Court
- CThe Cabinet
- DThe Bar
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The Senate
The Supreme Court of Canada had said no; the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London overturned it. One of the five, Emily Murphy, was already the British Empire's first female judge.
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