Q 01/05

Which sports car, shown at Frankfurt in 1963 as the 901, was renamed after Peugeot objected to the zero in the middle?

A) Jaguar E-Type

B) Porsche 911

C) Alfa Romeo Giulia

D) Mercedes 230 SL

Answer · why

B) Porsche 911

The Porsche 911 kept its 901 name for just 82 cars before Peugeot claimed exclusive French rights to three-digit names with a middle zero; internally ...

Q 02/05

Which earl renounced his peerage to become prime minister on 19 October, after Macmillan resigned citing ill health?

A) Rab Butler

B) Quintin Hogg

C) Alec Douglas-Home

D) Reginald Maudling

Answer · why

C) Alec Douglas-Home

Alec Douglas-Home was the last prime minister to take office while sitting in the House of Lords; two of Macmillan's cabinet ministers refused to serv...

Q 03/05

Who became the first honorary citizen of the United States on 9 April, under an Act of Congress signed by Kennedy?

A) Winston Churchill

B) Charles de Gaulle

C) Albert Schweitzer

D) Haile Selassie

Answer · why

A) Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill and Mother Teresa are the only people given the honour in their lifetimes; Lafayette, widely assumed to have come first, was not mad...

Q 04/05

Which Worcester graphic artist drew the yellow smiley face for an insurance company in 1963 and was paid $45?

A) Harvey Ball

B) Milton Glaser

C) Saul Bass

D) Paul Rand

Answer · why

A) Harvey Ball

Harvey Ball never trademarked his smiley, designed for State Mutual Life Assurance of Worcester, Massachusetts, so he earned nothing from the billions...

Q 05/05

Which diet drink, Coca-Cola's first, took its name from a list of four-letter words generated by an IBM computer?

A) Fresca

B) Like

C) Tab

D) Sprite

Answer · why

C) Tab

Tab was picked from about twenty finalists after an IBM 1401 spat out over 185,000 one-vowel, four-letter words; Coca-Cola was chasing Royal Crown's D...