Q 01/05

Which cosmonaut became the first human in space on 12 April, ejecting from Vostok 1 to parachute down separately?

A) Yuri Gagarin

B) Gherman Titov

C) Alexei Leonov

D) Valentina Tereshkova

Answer · why

A) Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin was promoted to major by a special order issued while he was still in flight; the whole trip from launch to landing took 108 minutes.

Q 02/05

Which club completed the first League and FA Cup double of the 20th century on 6 May, beating Leicester 2–0 at Wembley?

A) Manchester United

B) Sheffield Wednesday

C) Aston Villa

D) Tottenham Hotspur

Answer · why

D) Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur were the first to do the double since Aston Villa in 1897; Bobby Smith and Terry Dyson scored after Leicester full-back Len Chalmers...

Q 03/05

Which 150 mph sports car, launched in Geneva on 15 March, did Enzo Ferrari reputedly call the most beautiful ever made?

A) Aston Martin DB4

B) Austin-Healey 3000

C) Jaguar E-Type

D) Triumph TR4

Answer · why

C) Jaguar E-Type

The Jaguar E-Type made its racing debut by winning at Oulton Park on 3 April, and in 2008 it topped the Daily Telegraph's list of the world's 100 most...

Q 04/05

Which Yankees outfielder broke Babe Ruth's home-run record with his 61st on the last day of a newly lengthened season?

A) Mickey Mantle

B) Roger Maris

C) Yogi Berra

D) Whitey Ford

Answer · why

B) Roger Maris

Roger Maris's mark was shadowed by commissioner Ford Frick's ruling that a record set beyond 154 games needed a 'distinctive mark', the asterisk sugge...

Q 05/05

Which musical, released in October and inspired by Romeo and Juliet, was the highest-grossing film of 1961?

A) The Music Man

B) The Sound of Music

C) My Fair Lady

D) West Side Story

Answer · why

D) West Side Story

West Side Story won ten Academy Awards from eleven nominations, a record for a musical, and Natalie Wood's songs were dubbed by Marni Nixon, who had t...