Q 01/05

Which Oscar-winning actor, a William who goes by his middle name, first won notice as a hitchhiker in Thelma & Louise?

A) Ben Affleck

B) Brad Pitt

C) Johnny Depp

D) Matt Damon

Answer · why

B) Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt was born William Bradley Pitt and shares his first name with his father, William Alvin Pitt, who ran a trucking company.

Q 02/05

William Shakespeare was 18 when he married which bride, who was 26 and already expecting their first child?

A) Anne Hathaway

B) Joan Hart

C) Judith Quiney

D) Susanna Hall

Answer · why

A) Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway received only one bequest in her husband's will: his second-best bed with its furniture.

Q 03/05

William Shatner, Star Trek's Captain Kirk, flew to the edge of space in 2021 at age 90 with which company?

A) SpaceX

B) Rocket Lab

C) Axiom Space

D) Blue Origin

Answer · why

D) Blue Origin

Blue Origin's founder Jeff Bezos, a Star Trek fan, invited him aboard a New Shepard capsule for a suborbital flight launched from West Texas.

Q 04/05

Bill Clinton, born William Jefferson Blythe III, played which instrument on The Arsenio Hall Show in 1992?

A) Trumpet

B) Clarinet

C) Saxophone

D) Harmonica

Answer · why

C) Saxophone

Saxophone was his instrument from his school days, when he won first chair in the Arkansas state band's section.

Q 05/05

Billy the Kid, who used the alias William H. Bonney, was shot dead in 1881 by which New Mexico sheriff?

A) Wyatt Earp

B) Pat Garrett

C) Bat Masterson

D) Seth Bullock

Answer · why

B) Pat Garrett

Pat Garrett had already captured the outlaw once, but the prisoner broke out of jail before he could be hanged and stayed free for more than two month...