Q 01/05

Which group wrote and performed the biggest hits on the 1977 Saturday Night Fever soundtrack?

A) Village People

B) Chic

C) Earth, Wind & Fire

D) Bee Gees

Answer · why

D) Bee Gees

Bee Gees songs for the film were written in a matter of days after manager Robert Stigwood phoned asking for music, before the brothers knew the plot;...

Q 02/05

Who directed The French Connection in 1971 and the horror hit The Exorcist two years later?

A) William Friedkin

B) Sidney Lumet

C) Martin Scorsese

D) Francis Ford Coppola

Answer · why

A) William Friedkin

William Friedkin won the Best Director Oscar for The French Connection, whose hero Popeye Doyle was modelled on real New York detective Eddie Egan; Eg...

Q 03/05

Which newspaper employed Watergate reporters Woodward and Bernstein?

A) New York Times

B) Washington Post

C) Los Angeles Times

D) Boston Globe

Answer · why

B) Washington Post

The Washington Post pair relied on a secret informant known as Deep Throat, whose identity stayed hidden until 2005, when former senior FBI official M...

Q 04/05

What message to extraterrestrials did the 1977 Voyager probes carry?

A) Golden record

B) Film reel

C) Microchip

D) Star atlas

Answer · why

A) Golden record

A golden record on each probe carries greetings in 55 languages plus music and natural sounds, chosen by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan; diagrams o...

Q 05/05

Which hit toy did a Hungarian architecture professor invent in 1974?

A) Mastermind

B) Rubik's Cube

C) Connect Four

D) Simon

Answer · why

B) Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube was first called the 'Magic Cube'; after a toy agent pitched it to Ideal Toy, the American firm renamed it after its inventor for a world...