Q 01/05

In 2012, which search engine began decorating LGBTQ-related searches with rainbow patterns each June?

A) Yahoo

B) Google

C) Bing

D) DuckDuckGo

Answer · why

B) Google

Google began showing rainbow-coloured bars on LGBTQ-related searches each June in 2012, and in 2017 it also painted rainbow routes onto Google Maps al...

Q 02/05

What slang term named the weekly cash envelopes the Stonewall Inn's Mafia owners handed police?

A) Badge rent

B) Gayola

C) Pink tax

D) Hush money

Answer · why

B) Gayola

Gayola was the slang for such police payoffs; the Stonewall Inn, run by the Mafia without a liquor licence, handed the Sixth Precinct cash envelopes w...

Q 03/05

In 1969 the Stonewall Inn was owned by which New York crime family?

A) Gambino

B) Lucchese

C) Genovese

D) Bonanno

Answer · why

C) Genovese

The Genovese family's 'Fat Tony' Lauria and two partners had put up $3,500 in 1966 to turn the former restaurant into a gay bar run without a liquor l...

Q 04/05

The first New York Pride event, held on 28 June 1970, was promoted under what name?

A) Stonewall Remembrance Day

B) Gay Freedom Day

C) Christopher Street Liberation Day

D) Homophile Unity Day

Answer · why

C) Christopher Street Liberation Day

Christopher Street Liberation Day, named for the Stonewall Inn's street, was the banner of the 28 June 1970 march; its permit arrived only two hours b...

Q 05/05

The first New York Pride march in 1970 ran 51 blocks from Sheridan Square to where?

A) Washington Square Park

B) Bryant Park

C) Central Park

D) Battery Park

Answer · why

C) Central Park

The marchers reached Central Park's Sheep Meadow for a 'gay-in'; The New York Times reported on its front page that the procession stretched about fif...