Q 01/05

Which British singer named her 2011 album 21 after her age while she was making it?

A) Lily Allen

B) Adele

C) Duffy

D) Jessie J

Answer · why

B) Adele

Adele followed her debut 19 with 21, which topped charts in more than 30 countries and won the 2012 Grammy for Album of the Year.

Q 02/05

Which casino card game, the most widely played banking game in the world, is also known as twenty-one?

A) Baccarat

B) Pai gow poker

C) Caribbean stud

D) Blackjack

Answer · why

D) Blackjack

Blackjack players try to get closer to 21 than the dealer without going over; its British cousin, pontoon, probably takes its name from a garbled ving...

Q 03/05

At which Arlington National Cemetery monument does a sentinel march exactly 21 steps, then pause for 21 seconds?

A) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

B) John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame

C) Arlington Memorial Amphitheater

D) USS Maine Mast Memorial

Answer · why

A) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guards count in 21s to echo the 21-gun salute, the highest military honour, and the round-the-clock watch has not stopped ...

Q 04/05

Which future queen marked her 21st birthday in 1947 with a radio pledge of lifelong service from southern Africa?

A) Margrethe II

B) Beatrix

C) Elizabeth II

D) Juliana

Answer · why

C) Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II was on her first overseas tour, travelling with her parents, when she promised the Commonwealth that her whole life would be given to its...

Q 05/05

In which city was Atlanta rapper 21 Savage born, years before US immigration agents detained him in 2019?

A) Kingston

B) Lagos

C) Toronto

D) London

Answer · why

D) London

London is where he was born Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, to British parents, in the Plaistow district; he moved to Atlanta with his mother at the age of...