Q 01/05

Which software giant's $150 million stake in a struggling Apple did Steve Jobs announce at a Macworld Expo keynote?

A) Microsoft

B) Motorola

C) Qualcomm

D) Netscape

Answer · why

A) Microsoft

Microsoft put $150 million into Apple and pledged five more years of Office for the Mac; Jobs told the crowd Apple had to let go of the idea that for ...

Q 02/05

Which DVD-by-post start-up did Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph found in Scotts Valley, California, that August?

A) Blockbuster

B) Netflix

C) Redbox

D) GameFly

Answer · why

B) Netflix

Netflix was founded on 29 August 1997 as a DVD-rental-by-mail service and did not rent its first disc until April 1998; the subscription model only ar...

Q 03/05

Jeanne Calment of Arles, who claimed to have met Van Gogh as a girl, died in August at what record age?

A) 102

B) 112

C) 117

D) 122

Answer · why

D) 122

Jeanne Calment was 122 years and 164 days old when she died on 4 August 1997, still the longest verified human life; she said her future husband intro...

Q 04/05

Which comedy about six jobless Sheffield men forming a striptease act became Britain's highest-grossing film ever?

A) Trainspotting

B) Billy Elliot

C) Brassed Off

D) The Full Monty

Answer · why

D) The Full Monty

The Full Monty took $257 million worldwide on a budget of about $3.5 million and stayed Britain's biggest box-office hit until Titanic overtook it.

Q 05/05

Who replaced Val Kilmer as Batman opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze in the summer's Batman & Robin?

A) George Clooney

B) Ben Affleck

C) Michael Keaton

D) Christian Bale

Answer · why

A) George Clooney

George Clooney later said of Batman & Robin "I think we might have killed the franchise", and Warner Bros. made no Batman film until Batman Begins in ...