Q 01/05

In which year did the 21st century officially begin?

A) 1999

B) 2000

C) 2001

D) 2002

Answer · why

C) 2001

Because there was no year zero, each century runs from year 1 to year 100. The famous millennium parties on New Year's Eve 1999 were technically a yea...

Q 02/05

Roughly how many people were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks?

A) Nearly 1,000

B) Nearly 3,000

C) Nearly 5,000

D) Nearly 10,000

Answer · why

B) Nearly 3,000

Nineteen al-Qaeda hijackers seized four airliners: two hit the World Trade Center, one the Pentagon, and one came down in a field at Shanksville, Penn...

Q 03/05

Dennis Tito made headlines in 2001 by becoming the world's first what?

A) Space tourist

B) Bitcoin billionaire

C) Full-face transplant recipient

D) Person to run a sub-two-hour marathon

Answer · why

A) Space tourist

The American businessman paid to fly to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz, opening the era of commercial spaceflight.

Q 04/05

Which website, launched on January 15, 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, became the go-to reference?

A) Quora

B) Wikipedia

C) Google

D) Encarta Online

Answer · why

B) Wikipedia

It has been run since 2003 by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit funded mainly by reader donations.

Q 05/05

Euro banknotes and coins first entered circulation in which year?

A) 2002

B) 2004

C) 2007

D) 2010

Answer · why

A) 2002

The euro had existed as an accounting currency since 1999. There are seven banknote denominations, from €5 to €500.