Q 01/05

Which fast-food chain did Dave Thomas open in Columbus, Ohio, in 1969?

A) Arby's

B) Wendy's

C) Denny's

D) Hardee's

Answer · why

B) Wendy's

Wendy's took its name from the nickname of eight-year-old Melinda Lou Thomas, and her father later wrote that he regretted costing her some of her pri...

Q 02/05

David Bowie, born David Jones, changed his surname in the 1960s to avoid confusion with a singer in which band?

A) The Hollies

B) The Turtles

C) The Tremeloes

D) The Monkees

Answer · why

D) The Monkees

The Monkees already had a Davy Jones, so the future star borrowed the surname of American pioneer James Bowie, the man behind the Bowie knife.

Q 03/05

Dave Grohl, who started Foo Fighters as a one-man project, first became famous as the drummer of which grunge band?

A) Nirvana

B) Pearl Jam

C) Soundgarden

D) Mudhoney

Answer · why

A) Nirvana

Nirvana ended after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994, and Grohl then recorded the first Foo Fighters album almost alone, playing nearly every instrument hi...

Q 04/05

Which artist carved the 17-foot marble David that has stood in Florence's Accademia Gallery since 1873?

A) Donatello

B) Brunelleschi

C) Michelangelo

D) Verrocchio

Answer · why

C) Michelangelo

Michelangelo was 26 when he won the commission, and his David stood outdoors in a Florence square for more than three centuries before it was moved in...

Q 05/05

A 2016 public poll to name the polar ship later christened RRS Sir David Attenborough was won by which name?

A) Boaty McBoatface

B) Catalina de Aragon

C) Boatimus Prime

D) Usain Boat

Answer · why

A) Boaty McBoatface

Boaty McBoatface, a radio presenter's joke entry, won with 124,109 votes, but officials overruled the poll and gave the name to one of the ship's robo...