Q 01/05

Which kitchen appliance did Raytheon first sell in 1947 as the Radarange, standing nearly six feet tall?

A) Microwave oven

B) Dishwasher

C) Chest freezer

D) Pressure cooker

Answer · why

A) Microwave oven

The microwave oven came from Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer, who discovered by accident that a microwave beam could heat food. The first model weighe...

Q 02/05

Which National League team started Jackie Robinson at first base in April 1947, breaking baseball's color line?

A) New York Giants

B) Brooklyn Dodgers

C) Pittsburgh Pirates

D) Boston Braves

Answer · why

B) Brooklyn Dodgers

The Brooklyn Dodgers had scouted the Negro leagues under general manager Branch Rickey. Robinson ended 1947 as the first winner of baseball's Rookie o...

Q 03/05

Which New Mexico town made headlines in July 1947 when its Army air base announced it had recovered a flying disc?

A) Los Alamos

B) Alamogordo

C) Roswell

D) Santa Fe

Answer · why

C) Roswell

Roswell's flying disc was only a weather balloon, an Army general in Texas told reporters within a day. The debris actually came from a secret balloon...

Q 04/05

Which new country came into being alongside independent India when British India was partitioned in August 1947?

A) Bangladesh

B) Burma

C) Ceylon

D) Pakistan

Answer · why

D) Pakistan

Pakistan was created in two wings on either side of India, with Muhammad Ali Jinnah sworn in as governor-general in Karachi. The eastern wing later be...

Q 05/05

Which test pilot became the first person to break the sound barrier, flying the Bell X-1 in October 1947?

A) Chuck Yeager

B) Scott Crossfield

C) John Glenn

D) Gus Grissom

Answer · why

A) Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager flew with two ribs broken in a riding fall two nights earlier, an injury he kept from his superiors. He had named the rocket plane Glamor...