Q 01/05

Which Sony product was first sold in the United States under the name Sound-about?

A) Discman

B) Walkman

C) Watchman

D) Betamax

Answer · why

B) Walkman

Walkman was the Japanese-English coinage Sony's overseas teams resisted, so the US got the Sound-about and Britain the Stowaway before Walkman won out...

Q 02/05

Who scored the go-ahead goal with exactly 10:00 left in the 1980 Miracle on Ice game?

A) Mark Johnson

B) Jim Craig

C) Mike Eruzione

D) Ken Morrow

Answer · why

C) Mike Eruzione

Captain Mike Eruzione's shot made it 4-3, the Americans' first lead of the game, and two days later they beat Finland 4-2 for the gold medal.

Q 03/05

Which subject did Challenger's Christa McAuliffe teach at Concord High School?

A) Physics

B) Social studies

C) English literature

D) Mathematics

Answer · why

B) Social studies

Christa McAuliffe taught social studies at Concord High School in New Hampshire; picked from more than 11,000 applicants, she had planned two lessons ...

Q 04/05

On 9 November 1989, what did Günter Schabowski answer when asked when new travel rules would take effect?

A) From the first of December

B) Once the Politburo had voted

C) After exit visas were issued

D) Immediately, without delay

Answer · why

D) Immediately, without delay

Schabowski answered 'immediately, without delay' (sofort, unverzüglich); he had missed the meeting where the rules were drafted and improvised, and cr...

Q 05/05

Whose 'new ideas' did Mondale attack with a fast-food catchphrase in a 1984 primary debate?

A) Jesse Jackson

B) John Glenn

C) Alan Cranston

D) Gary Hart

Answer · why

D) Gary Hart

Mondale told Gary Hart that his 'new ideas' reminded him of the Wendy's ad 'Where's the beef?', in which Clara Peller finds a tiny patty in a huge bun...