Q 01/05

Who became Secretary-General of the United Nations on January 1, 1972?

A) Kurt Waldheim

B) U Thant

C) Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

D) Trygve Lie

Answer · why

A) Kurt Waldheim

The Austrian diplomat held the post for ten years.

Q 02/05

Who succeeded King Frederik IX on the Danish throne in January 1972?

A) Olav V

B) Carl XVI Gustaf

C) Margrethe II

D) Christian XI

Answer · why

C) Margrethe II

She was Denmark's first queen regnant since 1412.

Q 03/05

Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in January 1972 after 28 years hiding on which island?

A) Luzon

B) Guam

C) Okinawa

D) Saipan

Answer · why

B) Guam

He had never surrendered after World War II.

Q 04/05

Vesna Vulović survived a 10,160-metre fall in January 1972 — what was her job?

A) Ski instructor

B) Military nurse

C) Trapeze artist

D) Flight attendant

Answer · why

D) Flight attendant

She came down in the tail section of a plane that broke apart over Czechoslovakia.

Q 05/05

In which Northern Ireland city did Bloody Sunday take place on January 30, 1972?

A) Belfast

B) Armagh

C) Newry

D) Derry

Answer · why

D) Derry

Fourteen unarmed civil rights marchers were killed by the British Army.