Q 01/05

At the Wodaabe people's Gerewol in Niger, who judges the line of painted, eye-rolling young men?

A) Marriageable women

B) Clan elders

C) Visiting chieftains

D) Rival dancers

Answer · why

A) Marriageable women

Marriageable women pick the winners of this week-long courtship contest, where the male beauty ideal prizes tallness, white eyes and white teeth.

Q 02/05

Cannes's first film festival opened on 31 August 1939 and was halted a day later because of what?

A) A general strike across France

B) Germany's invasion of Poland

C) A storm on the Riviera

D) The death of its founder

Answer · why

B) Germany's invasion of Poland

Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 stopped the festival after a single gala screening of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Q 03/05

At which 1967 festival, a template for Woodstock, did Jimi Hendrix set his guitar alight on stage?

A) Altamont

B) Isle of Wight

C) Monterey Pop

D) Fantasy Fair

Answer · why

C) Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop saw Hendrix close 'Wild Thing' by burning his guitar, then smashing it seven times and throwing the remains into the crowd.

Q 04/05

Which Deep Purple song recalls the Montreux Jazz Festival's casino burning down at a Zappa gig?

A) Highway Star

B) Perfect Strangers

C) Knocking at Your Back Door

D) Smoke on the Water

Answer · why

D) Smoke on the Water

Smoke on the Water chronicles the December 1971 blaze; Deep Purple had come to Montreux to record there and had to scout the town for another venue.

Q 05/05

Which New Mexico city fills its October dawns with mass ascensions of 500-plus hot-air balloons?

A) Santa Fe

B) Albuquerque

C) Las Cruces

D) Truth or Consequences

Answer · why

B) Albuquerque

Albuquerque's Balloon Fiesta is the largest in the world and is billed as the most photographed annual event anywhere; it began in 1972 with just 13 b...