Q 01/05

Under which name was Sony's portable cassette player first sold in the United States instead of Walkman?

A) Stowaway

B) Freestyle

C) Tune-along

D) Sound-about

Answer · why

D) Sound-about

Overseas sales teams disliked the made-up Japanese-English name, so it was Stowaway in the UK and Freestyle in Australia and Sweden before Walkman won...

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

The team captain's shot made it 4-3, the Americans' first lead of the game; two days later they beat Finland 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

She was picked from more than 11,000 applicants and had planned to teach two lessons from orbit, including a tour of the shuttle.

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

He had missed the meeting where the rules were discussed and improvised; crowds took him at his word and were at the Berlin Wall crossings that same n...

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

The line came from Wendy's 'Fluffy Bun' ad, in which Clara Peller inspects a huge bun with a tiny patty and demands to know where the beef is.