Q 01/05

Roger Federer, once a ball boy in his hometown of Basel, won eight men's singles titles at which Grand Slam tournament?

A) U.S. Open

B) Wimbledon

C) French Open

D) Australian Open

Answer · why

B) Wimbledon

Wimbledon was also where Federer won the junior title in 1998, five years before he took his first major there at the age of 21.

Q 02/05

Roger Moore's seven James Bond films began in 1973 with which adventure, which has a Paul McCartney theme song?

A) Live and Let Die

B) Diamonds Are Forever

C) The Spy Who Loved Me

D) For Your Eyes Only

Answer · why

A) Live and Let Die

Live and Let Die made Moore the third actor to play Bond in the Eon series, after his 1960s television run as Simon Templar in The Saint.

Q 03/05

Which British actor plays private detective Eddie Valiant in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

A) Michael Caine

B) Tim Curry

C) Bob Hoskins

D) Ian Holm

Answer · why

C) Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins played the detective for director Robert Zemeckis, who was hired on the strength of Romancing the Stone and Back to the Future.

Q 04/05

Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile in May 1954 on the Iffley Road track in which English city?

A) Cambridge

B) London

C) Birmingham

D) Oxford

Answer · why

D) Oxford

Oxford hosted the run, with two fellow athletes setting the pace for him, and Bannister went on to a career as a neurologist.

Q 05/05

Roger Waters was the bassist and main lyricist of which band behind The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall?

A) Pink Floyd

B) Led Zeppelin

C) King Crimson

D) Genesis

Answer · why

A) Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd was co-founded by Waters in 1965, and he became its conceptual leader after songwriter Syd Barrett left in 1968.