Q 01/05

Who created Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson?

A) Agatha Christie

B) Edgar Allan Poe

C) Arthur Conan Doyle

D) Raymond Chandler

Answer · why

C) Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle drew Holmes from Joseph Bell, his medical-school teacher, who could tell a stranger's occupation and recent movements just by looki...

Q 02/05

Which two Cambridge scientists worked out the double-helix structure of DNA?

A) Franklin and Wilkins

B) Hershey and Chase

C) Watson and Crick

D) Meselson and Stahl

Answer · why

C) Watson and Crick

Watson and Crick shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with Maurice Wilkins; Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray Photo 51 was key to their model, had died in 1958, s...

Q 03/05

Which Disney star do Chip 'n Dale torment in most of their cartoon shorts?

A) Mickey Mouse

B) Donald Duck

C) Goofy

D) Pluto

Answer · why

B) Donald Duck

Donald Duck became their regular victim from 1947, though they first appeared, still unnamed, pestering Pluto in 1943; their names are a pun on the fu...

Q 04/05

Which two comedians starred as Jake and Elwood in The Blues Brothers?

A) Chris Farley and David Spade

B) John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd

C) Steve Martin and Martin Short

D) Bill Murray and Chevy Chase

Answer · why

B) John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd created Jake and Elwood as a musical act on Saturday Night Live; the 1980 film sends them across Chicago on a 'mission fr...

Q 05/05

What do lab mice Pinky and The Brain try to do every night?

A) To take over the world

B) To turn themselves human

C) To escape the lab

D) To become famous scientists

Answer · why

A) To take over the world

To take over the world is The Brain's answer whenever Pinky asks what they will do tonight; the mice began as a segment on Animaniacs and were spun of...