Q 01/05

On which day is National Donut Day, when US doughnut shops give away freebies, observed each year?

A) First Friday of June

B) June 8

C) Second Sunday of October

D) Last Monday of May

Answer · why

A) First Friday of June

First Friday of June: the day honours the Salvation Army women who fried doughnuts for American soldiers in World War I, and it began as a fundraiser ...

Q 02/05

Which US president's line 'Ich bin ein Berliner' is often wrongly said to mean 'I am a jelly doughnut'?

A) John F. Kennedy

B) Ronald Reagan

C) Dwight D. Eisenhower

D) Richard Nixon

Answer · why

A) John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy: the tale is a legend that surfaced about twenty years after his 1963 West Berlin speech; his German was correct, and the crowd took t...

Q 03/05

In data graphics, a 'doughnut chart' is a variation on which chart, with the centre cut out?

A) Venn diagram

B) Pie chart

C) Radar chart

D) Bubble chart

Answer · why

B) Pie chart

Pie chart: the doughnut version shows the same shares of a whole as a ring, and the blank centre earns its keep by leaving room for extra information,...

Q 04/05

What sets apart The Donut Hole, a doughnut shop in La Puente, California?

A) Cars drive through giant doughnuts

B) Its roof is a revolving doughnut

C) It floats on a lake

D) It is built underground

Answer · why

A) Cars drive through giant doughnuts

Cars drive through giant doughnuts: customers enter one huge ring, order at the bakery in the middle and leave by the other, and by local tradition ne...

Q 05/05

Which relief organisation still hears veterans' grumbles for briefly charging American soldiers for doughnuts in World War II?

A) The Red Cross

B) The USO

C) The YMCA

D) The Knights of Columbus

Answer · why

A) The Red Cross

The Red Cross: it began charging in 1942 only because the US Secretary of War asked it to, after free snacks for Americans upset British troops who ha...