Q 01/05

Which soft drink did John Pemberton create in 1886 after Atlanta went dry, as a booze-free take on his wine tonic?

A) Coca-Cola

B) Pepsi

C) Dr Pepper

D) Fanta

Answer · why

A) Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola was Pemberton's answer to local prohibition, and its recipe kept cocaine from fresh coca leaves until 1903. The company switched to 'spent' ...

Q 02/05

Which amendment, the only one ratified by state conventions rather than legislatures, repealed US Prohibition in 1933?

A) 18th

B) 19th

C) 21st

D) 22nd

Answer · why

C) 21st

The 21st is also the only amendment ever to repeal another, wiping out the 18th after nearly 14 dry years. Utah cast the deciding ratification on 5 De...

Q 03/05

Which stimulant, legal and largely unregulated almost everywhere, is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug?

A) Nicotine

B) Caffeine

C) Cocaine

D) Ephedrine

Answer · why

B) Caffeine

Caffeine has an average half-life of about five hours in healthy adults, so half of an afternoon coffee's dose is still in the blood at bedtime.

Q 04/05

Which First Lady's answer to an Oakland schoolgirl asking what to do if offered drugs became a 1980s anti-drug slogan?

A) Barbara Bush

B) Betty Ford

C) Rosalynn Carter

D) Nancy Reagan

Answer · why

D) Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan's reply, 'just say no', gave her anti-drug campaign its name after pupils in Oakland started a club under the slogan. Betty Ford's name w...

Q 05/05

Which October campaign began in DEA agent Enrique Camarena's California hometown after his 1985 murder in Mexico?

A) Red Ribbon Week

B) Above the Influence

C) Just Say No

D) Recovery Month

Answer · why

A) Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week began as people in Camarena's hometown wore ribbons in his honour, and it is now observed every October in schools across the United S...