Q 01/05

Which color did most big US stores recommend for baby boys in a 1927 Time magazine chart?

A) Red

B) Yellow

C) Pink

D) White

Answer · why

C) Pink

Pink was the pick for boys at six of the ten stores Time listed, against four for blue; pink for girls only became the settled rule in the mid-20th ce...

Q 02/05

Which women's fashion staple began with Persian cavalrymen keeping their feet in the stirrups?

A) High heels

B) Ballet flats

C) Platform soles

D) Open-toed sandals

Answer · why

A) High heels

High heels arrived in Europe with Persian envoys in the early 1600s as a sign of masculinity and rank, and France's Louis XIV wore them at court.

Q 03/05

Which sideline activity began as an all-male pursuit at the University of Minnesota in 1898?

A) Baton twirling

B) Cheerleading

C) Marching band

D) Drill team

Answer · why

B) Cheerleading

Cheerleading stayed male for decades: Minnesota first let women join in 1923, and they only took over the sidelines when college men were drafted for ...

Q 04/05

Which tennis champion beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" at the Houston Astrodome?

A) Margaret Court

B) Chris Evert

C) Martina Navratilova

D) Billie Jean King

Answer · why

D) Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King won in straight sets before an estimated 90 million TV viewers worldwide, four months after Riggs had beaten Margaret Court.

Q 05/05

In which small fish does the male carry the eggs in a pouch and give birth to the young?

A) Clownfish

B) Seahorse

C) Guppy

D) Angelfish

Answer · why

B) Seahorse

Seahorse fathers take up to 1,500 eggs from the female, typically give birth at night and are ready for the next batch by morning.