Q 01/05

In which Australian city was Rupert Murdoch born in 1931?

A) Adelaide

B) Sydney

C) Perth

D) Melbourne

Answer · why

D) Melbourne

Rupert Murdoch was born in Melbourne on 11 March 1931; his mother, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, remained a Melbourne philanthropist until her death in 2012...

Q 02/05

What was Rupert Murdoch's actual first name at birth?

A) John

B) Patrick

C) Arthur

D) Keith

Answer · why

D) Keith

He was christened Keith Rupert Murdoch after his father, the newspaper executive Sir Keith Murdoch, but has always been known by his middle name, Rupe...

Q 03/05

What nickname did Murdoch acquire as an undergraduate at Oxford in the early 1950s?

A) Red Rupert

B) Citizen Rupert

C) Rupert the Bear

D) The Colonial

Answer · why

A) Red Rupert

Oxford contemporaries called him 'Red Rupert': he kept a bust of Lenin in his rooms at Worcester College, where he read PPE, and was active in the uni...

Q 04/05

For which London newspaper did Murdoch work as a sub-editor after leaving Oxford?

A) The Evening Standard

B) The Daily Mirror

C) The Daily Express

D) The Daily Mail

Answer · why

C) The Daily Express

Lord Beaverbrook gave Murdoch a sub-editor's job on the Daily Express after Oxford; he returned to Australia in 1953 to take charge of the family comp...

Q 05/05

In which city was the small newspaper, The News, that Murdoch took over from his late father in 1952?

A) Brisbane

B) Canberra

C) Hobart

D) Adelaide

Answer · why

D) Adelaide

The News was an afternoon paper in Adelaide, the one title left after death duties forced his father's estate to sell its other holdings; Adelaide bec...