Q 01/05

Which Queen frontman confirmed he had AIDS in a statement issued the day before he died in 1991?

A) David Bowie

B) George Michael

C) Freddie Mercury

D) Rob Halford

Answer · why

C) Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury died of bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS on 24 November 1991, and the next April his bandmates staged a Wembley tribute concert...

Q 02/05

Which NBA star announced he was HIV-positive and retired in November 1991, then won Olympic gold in 1992?

A) Michael Jordan

B) Larry Bird

C) Charles Barkley

D) Magic Johnson

Answer · why

D) Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson's announcement triggered a surge in AIDS diagnoses among heterosexual men who came forward for testing, which researchers call the 'Magi...

Q 03/05

Timothy Ray Brown, the first person cured of HIV after a 2007 stem-cell transplant, was known by what nickname?

A) The Berlin Patient

B) The London Patient

C) The Düsseldorf Patient

D) The New York Patient

Answer · why

A) The Berlin Patient

The Berlin Patient got his name at a 2008 conference to protect his anonymity; his donor carried a rare inherited variant that stops HIV attaching to ...

Q 04/05

Which of these body fluids does not transmit HIV, despite a persistent myth that it does?

A) Semen

B) Breast milk

C) Saliva

D) Blood

Answer · why

C) Saliva

Saliva, sweat and tears carry no risk unless visibly contaminated with blood, and no insect can transmit the virus either; the routes that matter are ...

Q 05/05

Which Foundation novelist's 1992 death from HIV, caught via a 1983 transfusion, stayed a family secret until 2002?

A) Arthur C. Clarke

B) Robert A. Heinlein

C) Ray Bradbury

D) Isaac Asimov

Answer · why

D) Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov's family hid the cause of his death for fear that anti-AIDS prejudice would extend to them; the virus came from a blood transfusion durin...