Q 01/05

Which gemstone names the 60th wedding anniversary, the first to earn Commonwealth couples a royal message?

A) Ruby

B) Sapphire

C) Diamond

D) Emerald

Answer · why

C) Diamond

Diamond follows ruby at 40 years and gold at 50, and the same gem names a jubilee held after 60 years on a throne or in business.

Q 02/05

Which ancient people inherited base-60 counting from the Sumerians and handed down our 60-minute hour?

A) Egyptians

B) Babylonians

C) Carthaginians

D) Etruscans

Answer · why

B) Babylonians

Babylonians worked in base 60, a good fit for clocks: 60 is the smallest number that divides evenly by every number from one to six.

Q 03/05

Which Los Angeles Lakers star scored 60 points against the Utah Jazz in the final game of his career?

A) Magic Johnson

B) Kobe Bryant

C) Jerry West

D) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Answer · why

B) Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant took a career-high 50 shots that night and outscored the whole Jazz team 23–21 in the fourth quarter of a 101–96 win.

Q 04/05

Which party game became a hit after Eva Gabor played it with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in 1966?

A) Twister

B) Operation

C) Mouse Trap

D) Yahtzee

Answer · why

A) Twister

Twister was the first popular American game to use the players' own bodies as playing pieces, and rival toy firms attacked Milton Bradley for selling ...

Q 05/05

Which fast-food founder was 65 and living on Social Security when he took to the road selling franchises?

A) Colonel Sanders

B) Maurice McDonald

C) Dave Thomas

D) Ray Kroc

Answer · why

A) Colonel Sanders

Colonel Sanders sold his Kentucky restaurant after a new interstate drained its traffic, then collected a few cents for every chicken his franchise pa...