Q 01/05

Which 12-year-old won a record third Grand National at Aintree under jockey Tommy Stack?

A) L'Escargot

B) Rag Trade

C) Aldaniti

D) Red Rum

Answer · why

D) Red Rum

Red Rum had an incurable bone disease in his foot, yet car dealer Ginger McCain trained him on Southport beach, where galloping through seawater is sa...

Q 02/05

Which Briton won the Wimbledon women's singles in the championships' centenary year, as Elizabeth II watched on?

A) Sue Barker

B) Virginia Wade

C) Ann Jones

D) Angela Mortimer

Answer · why

B) Virginia Wade

Virginia Wade lost the first set to Betty Stöve, then won 6–3, 6–1, and recalls the Centre Court crowd singing 'For She's a Jolly Good Fellow'.

Q 03/05

Which Wings single, backed by the Campbeltown Pipe Band, was the first to sell two million copies in Britain?

A) Band on the Run

B) With a Little Luck

C) Listen to What the Man Said

D) Mull of Kintyre

Answer · why

D) Mull of Kintyre

Mull of Kintyre, named for the headland near McCartney's High Park Farm, broke the UK sales record held by the Beatles' 'She Loves You' and kept it un...

Q 04/05

Which Sex Pistols single stalled at number two in June despite a BBC ban, amid claims the chart was fixed?

A) God Save the Queen

B) Anarchy in the U.K.

C) Pretty Vacant

D) Holidays in the Sun

Answer · why

A) God Save the Queen

God Save the Queen was refused by shops including Boots and WH Smith, and on Jubilee Day the band played from a boat on the Thames, a stunt that ended...

Q 05/05

Which Florida city saw snow flurries on 19 January for the only time in its recorded history?

A) Tallahassee

B) Tampa

C) Jacksonville

D) Miami

Answer · why

D) Miami

Miami's flakes melted on landing, yet local papers ran headlines sized for a declaration of war, and the freeze behind them devastated South Florida's...