Q 01/05

Someone turning 80 in 2026 was born in which year?

A) 1946

B) 1947

C) 1948

D) 1949

Answer · why

A) 1946

That makes them a first-year baby boomer, the generation usually dated from 1946 to 1964.

Q 02/05

Which US president was in office throughout 1946?

A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

B) Harry S. Truman

C) Dwight D. Eisenhower

D) Herbert Hoover

Answer · why

B) Harry S. Truman

On December 31 he issued the proclamation officially ending hostilities in World War II.

Q 03/05

Where did Winston Churchill give his famous 'Iron Curtain' speech in March 1946?

A) Washington, D.C.

B) Zurich, Switzerland

C) Fulton, Missouri

D) Oxford, England

Answer · why

C) Fulton, Missouri

Later that year in Zurich he floated the idea of a Council of Europe.

Q 04/05

Which swimsuit was first modelled in Paris on July 5, 1946?

A) The one-piece

B) The monokini

C) The tankini

D) The bikini

Answer · why

D) The bikini

Louis Réard named it after the atoll where the US had tested an atomic bomb four days earlier.

Q 05/05

Which early electronic computer was unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946?

A) UNIVAC

B) ENIAC

C) Colossus

D) EDSAC

Answer · why

B) ENIAC

It weighed about 30 tons and filled a large room.