Q 01/05

Israeli commandos freed hostages taken from a hijacked Air France jet at Entebbe airport in which country?

A) Kenya

B) Uganda

C) Tanzania

D) Ethiopia

Answer · why

B) Uganda

Uganda's president Idi Amin collaborated with the hijackers, and the raid cost the lives of commander Yonatan Netanyahu and three hostages.

Q 02/05

Which city's American Legion convention gave its name to a new pneumonia?

A) Philadelphia

B) Pittsburgh

C) San Francisco

D) Baltimore

Answer · why

A) Philadelphia

Philadelphia's outbreak led to the discovery of Legionella, which also explained an earlier illness among health department workers in Pontiac, Michig...

Q 03/05

Which region's wines beat France's best in a Paris blind tasting judged by French experts, the 'Judgment of Paris'?

A) Australia

B) Chile

C) California

D) South Africa

Answer · why

C) California

A Napa County, California wine was rated best in both the white and the red flight, to the shock of organiser Steven Spurrier, a British merchant who ...

Q 04/05

Who priced the first Apple computer at $666.66 because he liked repeating digits?

A) Ronald Wayne

B) Steve Wozniak

C) Mike Markkula

D) Steve Jobs

Answer · why

B) Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak, not Jobs, chose the price, and he has said it had nothing to do with the number of the beast.

Q 05/05

North Korean soldiers killed two US Army officers at Panmunjom who were leading a work party trimming what?

A) A poplar tree

B) A boundary hedge

C) A camouflage net

D) An overgrown lawn

Answer · why

A) A poplar tree

A poplar tree was the target, and after three days of deliberations the US sent hundreds of men, backed by B-52 bombers, just to cut it down.