Q 01/05

Which Apple co-founder bought the Lucasfilm computer graphics division that became Pixar?

A) Steve Wozniak

B) Steve Jobs

C) Steve Case

D) Steve Chen

Answer · why

B) Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs made the purchase in 1986, a year after he was forced out of Apple. The studio went on to release Toy Story, the first computer-animated fe...

Q 02/05

Which Jaws director finished his college film degree in 2002, more than 30 years after dropping out?

A) Steven Soderbergh

B) Stephen Frears

C) Steven Spielberg

D) Stephen Daldry

Answer · why

C) Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg submitted Schindler's List to complete his degree at Cal State Long Beach. He had dropped out in 1969 to direct television for Univer...

Q 03/05

Which novelist threw the first pages of Carrie in the trash, only for his wife Tabitha to rescue them?

A) Stephen Crane

B) Steve Berry

C) Stephen Coonts

D) Stephen King

Answer · why

D) Stephen King

Stephen King had given up on the story until Tabitha said she wanted to know what happened next. Carrie became his debut novel, and he later published...

Q 04/05

Which physicist, given two years to live at 21, went on to write A Brief History of Time?

A) Stephen Hawking

B) Steven Weinberg

C) Steven Chu

D) Stephen Wolfram

Answer · why

A) Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking outlived that prognosis by more than 50 years, dying in 2018 at the age of 76. His book spent a record 237 weeks on the Sunday Times b...

Q 05/05

Which Golden State Warriors guard was the first player voted NBA MVP unanimously?

A) Steve Francis

B) Stephen Curry

C) Stephen Jackson

D) Steve Blake

Answer · why

B) Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry took every first-place vote in 2016, after the Warriors won a record 73 regular-season games. He is credited with making the three-point...