Q 01/05

On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in which Pakistani city?

A) Peshawar

B) Quetta

C) Abbottabad

D) Rawalpindi

Answer · why

C) Abbottabad

Abbottabad is a garrison city north of Islamabad; bin Laden's compound stood roughly a mile from the Pakistan Military Academy. The Navy SEAL raid was...

Q 02/05

How many Chilean miners were rescued in October 2010 after 69 days trapped at the San José mine?

A) 33

B) 38

C) 45

D) 52

Answer · why

A) 33

All 33 miners were winched out one at a time on 13 October 2010, 69 days after the 5 August collapse, with an estimated billion people watching live.

Q 03/05

What was the name of the steel capsule that lifted the Chilean miners to the surface one at a time?

A) Fénix

B) Cóndor

C) Esperanza

D) Ángel

Answer · why

A) Fénix

Fénix means phoenix; the Fénix 2 capsule was just 54 centimetres across.

Q 04/05

What maximum rating did the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident receive on the International Nuclear Event Scale?

A) 4

B) 5

C) 6

D) 7

Answer · why

D) 7

Only Chernobyl in 1986 had previously been rated a Level 7 major accident.

Q 05/05

In the June 2016 referendum, what share of UK voters chose to leave the European Union?

A) 55.4%

B) 51.9%

C) 53.7%

D) 50.6%

Answer · why

B) 51.9%

Leave took 51.9% of the vote, about 17.4 million ballots, against 48.1% for Remain; David Cameron, who had called the referendum, announced his resign...