Q 01/05

Which Paul formed the band Wings with his wife Linda and guitarist Denny Laine in the early 1970s?

A) Weller

B) McCartney

C) Rodgers

D) Westerberg

Answer · why

B) McCartney

Paul McCartney had already written Yesterday for the Beatles, one of the most covered songs in history with more than 2,200 recorded versions.

Q 02/05

Paul Revere, famous for his 1775 midnight ride, made his living in Boston in which trade?

A) Blacksmith

B) Cabinetmaker

C) Silversmith

D) Shipwright

Answer · why

C) Silversmith

Silversmith Paul Revere was also an engraver, and his best-known print shows the Boston Massacre of 1770. In 1800 he became the first American to roll...

Q 03/05

Which Paul, the star of Cool Hand Luke, co-founded a food company that gives its profits to charity?

A) Newman

B) Scofield

C) Henreid

D) Muni

Answer · why

A) Newman

Paul Newman started Newman's Own in 1982 with the writer A. E. Hotchner, beginning with a homemade salad dressing.

Q 04/05

In American folklore, the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan is accompanied by Babe, which kind of blue animal?

A) A bear

B) A mule

C) A moose

D) An ox

Answer · why

D) An ox

An ox named Babe is Paul Bunyan's pet and working animal, and one tall tale says the pair's footprints created the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota.

Q 05/05

Which Paul played Phoebe's husband Mike Hannigan in Friends before becoming Marvel's Ant-Man?

A) Bettany

B) Dano

C) Rudd

D) Wesley

Answer · why

C) Rudd

Paul Rudd first played the shrinking hero Scott Lang in Ant-Man in 2015, and he co-wrote the sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp.

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