Q 01/05

In Finding Nemo, a diver's mask marked 42 Wallaby Way sends Marlin and Dory to which Australian city?

A) Melbourne

B) Sydney

C) Brisbane

D) Perth

Answer · why

B) Sydney

Sydney is where the dentist Philip Sherman keeps Nemo in a fish tank. Dory reads the address on the mask by the glow of an anglerfish that is hunting ...

Q 02/05

Which detective lodges at 221B Baker Street, a number that did not exist when the stories were published?

A) Hercule Poirot

B) Father Brown

C) Sherlock Holmes

D) Lord Peter Wimsey

Answer · why

C) Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes received so much real mail that the Abbey National building society, whose premises later covered the site, employed a full-time secre...

Q 03/05

Which London address has a famous black front door that cannot be opened from the outside?

A) 10 Downing Street

B) 221B Baker Street

C) 50 Berkeley Square

D) 48 Doughty Street

Answer · why

A) 10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street always has someone inside to grant entry. Its bricks are really yellow: two centuries of pollution turned the house black.

Q 04/05

Which Washington landmark at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was rebuilt after British troops burned it in 1814?

A) The Capitol

B) The Treasury Building

C) The Supreme Court

D) The White House

Answer · why

D) The White House

The White House has been home to every US president since John Adams in 1800. The 1814 fire destroyed the interior and charred much of the exterior.

Q 05/05

Which animated family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace, a street named after the creator's childhood road in Portland?

A) The Flintstones

B) The Simpsons

C) The Jetsons

D) The Incredibles

Answer · why

B) The Simpsons

The Simpsons were given several other house numbers in early seasons before 742 stuck. Matt Groening grew up on an Evergreen Terrace in Oregon.