Q 01/05

Rudy Giuliani was mayor of which city from 1994 to 2001?

A) New York

B) Chicago

C) Philadelphia

D) Boston

Answer · why

A) New York

He was the city's 108th mayor and its first Republican mayor in nearly three decades.

Q 02/05

For his leadership after the September 11 attacks, Giuliani was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for which year?

A) 2001

B) 2003

C) 2005

D) 2008

Answer · why

A) 2001

Time noted his image had shifted from rigid and self-righteous to a man who could unite a city in crisis.

Q 03/05

Giuliani was widely nicknamed what after 9/11?

A) The Iron Mayor

B) America's mayor

C) Mr. New York

D) The Comeback Kid

Answer · why

B) America's mayor

Queen Elizabeth II honoured him in February 2002 for the same leadership.

Q 04/05

Giuliani was born in 1944 in which Brooklyn neighbourhood?

A) Bensonhurst

B) Bay Ridge

C) Williamsburg

D) East Flatbush

Answer · why

D) East Flatbush

It was then a largely Italian American enclave; his parents were both children of Italian immigrants.

Q 05/05

Giuliani's father Harold served prison time in which New York prison?

A) Attica

B) Rikers Island

C) Auburn

D) Sing Sing

Answer · why

D) Sing Sing

He was convicted of felony assault and robbery and later worked as an enforcer for a loan-sharking ring.