Q 01/05

In which English city was Olivia Newton-John born in 1948?

A) Oxford

B) Norwich

C) Brighton

D) Cambridge

Answer · why

D) Cambridge

Cambridge, where her Welsh father Brin was headmaster of the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys; the family left for Australia when she was five.

Q 02/05

Olivia Newton-John's maternal grandfather, Max Born, won a Nobel Prize in which field?

A) Chemistry

B) Medicine

C) Physics

D) Literature

Answer · why

C) Physics

Physics: Max Born won the 1954 prize for his work on quantum mechanics, having left Germany for Britain when the Nazis took power in 1933.

Q 03/05

At which secret British wartime site did Olivia Newton-John's father work as an intelligence officer?

A) Porton Down

B) Cabinet War Rooms

C) Bawdsey Manor

D) Bletchley Park

Answer · why

D) Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park: a fluent German speaker, Brin Newton-John was drafted into RAF intelligence and joined the top-secret project that broke the Enigma co...

Q 04/05

To which Australian city did Olivia Newton-John's family emigrate in 1954?

A) Sydney

B) Adelaide

C) Perth

D) Melbourne

Answer · why

D) Melbourne

Melbourne: her father had been appointed master of Ormond College at the city's university, and a cancer centre she raised funds for there now carries...

Q 05/05

What career did Olivia Newton-John originally want before she chose to perform?

A) Solicitor

B) Schoolteacher

C) Pharmacist

D) Veterinarian

Answer · why

D) Veterinarian

Veterinarian: she gave up the idea because she doubted she could pass the science exams, and turned instead to her other interest, singing on Australi...