Q 01/05

Into which river did Air Florida Flight 90 fall after hitting a Washington bridge?

A) The Potomac

B) The Anacostia

C) The Delaware

D) The Susquehanna

Answer · why

A) The Potomac

The Potomac swallowed the jet, and bystander Lenny Skutnik dove into the icy river to pull a survivor to shore.

Q 02/05

Which rocker bit the head off a bat on stage in Des Moines in January 1982?

A) Alice Cooper

B) Ozzy Osbourne

C) Gene Simmons

D) Iggy Pop

Answer · why

B) Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne thought the bat was a rubber toy, and afterward he needed medical care over the risk of rabies.

Q 03/05

Who won Super Bowl XVI in January 1982?

A) Cincinnati Bengals

B) Dallas Cowboys

C) San Francisco 49ers

D) Los Angeles Raiders

Answer · why

C) San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers won 26–21, helped by a third-quarter goal-line stand that kept the Bengals out of the end zone.

Q 04/05

Elk Cloner, one of the first computer viruses to spread in the wild, infected which machines?

A) IBM PC

B) Commodore 64

C) ZX Spectrum

D) Apple II

Answer · why

D) Apple II

High school student Rich Skrenta wrote Elk Cloner for the Apple II as a prank, slipping it onto game disks to trick his friends.

Q 05/05

Which country formed a confederation with Senegal in February 1982?

A) Guinea-Bissau

B) The Gambia

C) Mali

D) Mauritania

Answer · why

B) The Gambia

The Gambia's President Dawda Jawara had called in Senegalese troops to crush a 1981 coup attempt, and the confederation followed months later.