Q 01/05

In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

A) 1982

B) 1983

C) 1986

D) 1989

Answer · why

D) 1989

It came down on 9 November during the Peaceful Revolution, after East Berlin's transit restrictions were simply overwhelmed.

Q 02/05

In which year did the Titanic sink?

A) 1913

B) 1912

C) 1914

D) 1924

Answer · why

B) 1912

She struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York and went down in the early hours of 15 April.

Q 03/05

In which year was the first iPhone released?

A) 2007

B) 2005

C) 2006

D) 2008

Answer · why

A) 2007

Steve Jobs announced it on 9 January and it went on sale in the US on 29 June.

Q 04/05

In which year did Apollo 11 land the first humans on the Moon?

A) 1957

B) 1962

C) 1969

D) 1967

Answer · why

C) 1969

It was the fifth crewed Apollo mission, flying from 16 to 24 July.

Q 05/05

In which year did reactor 4 explode at the Chernobyl nuclear plant?

A) 1986

B) 1979

C) 1984

D) 1988

Answer · why

A) 1986

It happened on 26 April near the town of Pripyat in what is now Ukraine.