Q 01/05

Which royal residence burned in November after a spotlight set a curtain alight in the Private Chapel?

A) Windsor Castle

B) Hampton Court Palace

C) Sandringham House

D) Balmoral Castle

Answer · why

A) Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle's State Apartments burned for 15 hours, and four days later the Queen called the year her 'annus horribilis'.

Q 02/05

Which capital's siege began in April and ran for 1,425 days, the longest of any capital city in modern warfare?

A) Beirut

B) Grozny

C) Sarajevo

D) Vukovar

Answer · why

C) Sarajevo

Sarajevo stayed encircled until 29 February 1996, a siege three times longer than the Battle of Stalingrad and more than a year longer than the siege ...

Q 03/05

Which team beat Atlanta in six games to become the first World Series winner from outside the United States?

A) Montreal Expos

B) Seattle Mariners

C) Minnesota Twins

D) Toronto Blue Jays

Answer · why

D) Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays won it in the 11th inning of Game 6, when 41-year-old Dave Winfield drove in two runs with the first extra-base hit of his World...

Q 04/05

Which British 400 m runner tore a hamstring in his Barcelona semi-final and finished the lap leaning on his father?

A) Roger Black

B) Kriss Akabusi

C) Derek Redmond

D) John Regis

Answer · why

C) Derek Redmond

Derek Redmond's father Jim dodged the security guards to reach him on the track, and the crowd of 65,000 rose to cheer the pair all the way to the lin...

Q 05/05

Which country, invited only after Yugoslavia was expelled, beat Germany 2–0 to win the European Championship in Sweden?

A) Netherlands

B) Denmark

C) Scotland

D) France

Answer · why

B) Denmark

Denmark had finished second to Yugoslavia in qualifying and got the call-up as the Yugoslav Wars tore that country apart; goals from John Jensen and K...