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 went up in one of the largest peacetime fire-fighting operations in modern British history, and four days later the ...

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 repeated the feat a year later and remain the only non-US team to have won it, since the Montreal Expos became the Washington Na...

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 was officially recorded as 'Did Not Finish' because his father Jim had barged past security to help him, yet the crowd gave the pair a s...

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...