Q 01/05

Since 2012, which company has shown rainbow-coloured patterns on LGBTQ-related search results every June?

A) Yahoo

B) Google

C) Bing

D) DuckDuckGo

Answer · why

B) Google

In 2017 the same company also painted rainbow-coloured streets onto its maps along Pride march routes around the world.

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

Three members of the Genovese family had spent $3,500 in 1966 to turn the former restaurant into a gay bar.

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

Three mafiosi had invested $3,500 in 1966 to turn the former restaurant into a gay bar, which operated without a liquor licence.

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

The parade permit arrived only two hours before the start, and the marchers covered the 51 blocks to Central Park in less than half the scheduled time...

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 New York Times put the march on its front page, reporting that it stretched for about fifteen city blocks.