Q 01/05

Which European landmark did con man Victor Lustig 'sell' to a scrap metal dealer in 1925?

A) Crystal Palace

B) Eiffel Tower

C) Brandenburg Gate

D) Blackpool Tower

Answer · why

B) Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower was 'for sale' because Lustig posed as a ministry official and claimed Paris could no longer afford its upkeep. His mark, André Poiss...

Q 02/05

Malaysian investigators alleged that money stolen from the 1MDB state fund financed which Martin Scorsese film?

A) Killers of the Flower Moon

B) Gangs of New York

C) Shutter Island

D) The Wolf of Wall Street

Answer · why

D) The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street, a film about a stock swindler, was itself allegedly paid for with looted public money. Its producer Riza Aziz was arrested in...

Q 03/05

Which country's basketball team lost a 2000 Paralympic title after a journalist exposed players with no disability?

A) Italy

B) Brazil

C) Spain

D) Russia

Answer · why

C) Spain

Spain entered the intellectual-disability tournament with a squad that included reporter Carlos Ribagorda, who then revealed that most of his teammate...

Q 04/05

Which pop duo lost the 1990 Best New Artist Grammy after other singers were revealed to have made the records?

A) Milli Vanilli

B) Tears for Fears

C) Roxette

D) Indigo Girls

Answer · why

A) Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli were two dancers who lip-synced to session vocalists hired by their producer. He fired them and confirmed the secret days before the awa...

Q 05/05

An ex-policeman known as 'Uncle Jerry' stole winning pieces from which fast-food chain's Monopoly game?

A) Burger King

B) Wendy's

C) Taco Bell

D) McDonald's

Answer · why

D) McDonald's

McDonald's had outsourced the game to a marketing firm whose security chief, Jerome Jacobson, passed the top pieces to friends, family and a mob assoc...