Q 01/05

Israeli commandos freed 102 hostages from a hijacked Air France jet at Entebbe airport in which country?

A) Kenya

B) Uganda

C) Tanzania

D) Ethiopia

Answer · why

B) Uganda

The hijackers were welcomed to Uganda by its president and backed by over 100 Ugandan soldiers, 45 of whom died in the raid along with every hijacker....

Q 02/05

Which city's American Legion convention gave its name to a new pneumonia that killed 29 of the delegates?

A) Philadelphia

B) Pittsburgh

C) San Francisco

D) Baltimore

Answer · why

A) Philadelphia

Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford Hotel hosted the three-day convention in July, and the bacterium behind Legionnaires' disease was only identified mo...

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

Apple's first product, a pre-assembled board for hobbyists, went on sale at what price chosen for its repeating digits?

A) $99.99

B) $333.33

C) $555.55

D) $666.66

Answer · why

D) $666.66

The Apple I cost $666.66 because Steve Wozniak liked repeating digits and it was a one-third markup on the $500 wholesale price; he said he had no ide...

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 blocked the view between a UN checkpoint and an observation post, and three days later Operation Paul Bunyan felled it under a massive s...