Q 01/05

Which world, named by an 11-year-old English schoolgirl in 1930, was stripped of full planet status in 2006?

A) Neptune

B) Mercury

C) Pluto

D) Uranus

Answer · why

C) Pluto

Pluto failed the astronomers' new test because it has not cleared other objects from the neighbourhood of its orbit. The vote left the solar system wi...

Q 02/05

Which social network launched in 2006 with every post capped at 140 characters, a limit doubled in 2017?

A) Twitter

B) Tumblr

C) Reddit

D) Myspace

Answer · why

A) Twitter

Twitter was first called twttr, a vowel-free name inspired by the photo site Flickr and five-character text short codes. It was rebranded as X in 2023...

Q 03/05

Which video-sharing site did Google agree to buy in October 2006 for $1.65 billion in stock?

A) Break.com

B) Dailymotion

C) Metacafe

D) YouTube

Answer · why

D) YouTube

YouTube had been founded only in February 2005, by three former PayPal employees. They had already grown wealthy once, when eBay bought that company.

Q 04/05

Which Nintendo console, codenamed Revolution during development, went on sale in North America in November 2006?

A) N64

B) Wii

C) SNES

D) Switch

Answer · why

B) Wii

Wii owners got Wii Sports in the box, with a bowling game played by swinging the remote like a real ball. The console launched in the United States at...

Q 05/05

Which French captain was sent off in the 2006 World Cup final for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest?

A) Thierry Henry

B) Patrick Vieira

C) Zinedine Zidane

D) Mikaël Silvestre

Answer · why

C) Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane was still awarded the Golden Ball as player of the tournament the day after the final. He had announced beforehand that he would retir...