Q 01/05

Which famous scholarship sent author Wes Moore to Oxford just as the other Wes Moore went to prison?

A) Fulbright

B) Rhodes

C) Marshall

D) Truman

Answer · why

B) Rhodes

Rhodes scholars study at Oxford, where Moore earned a master's degree in international relations. The mayor he interned for, a past winner himself, pu...

Q 02/05

What kind of business do four armed men rob in the crime at the center of The Other Wes Moore?

A) A bank branch

B) A pawn shop

C) A jewelry store

D) A check-cashing shop

Answer · why

C) A jewelry store

A jewelry store was the target, hit in February 2000 by four men carrying mallets and guns. An off-duty police sergeant chased them outside and was sh...

Q 03/05

Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore, later became the first Black governor of which state?

A) Maryland

B) Virginia

C) New York

D) Massachusetts

Answer · why

A) Maryland

Maryland elected him in 2022, making Moore only the third Black person ever elected governor of any US state. He was sworn in the following January.

Q 04/05

What sentence did the other Wes Moore receive after a jury convicted him of felony murder?

A) Thirty years

B) Life without parole

C) Fifty years

D) Life plus twenty years

Answer · why

B) Life without parole

Life without parole was the sentence, and he was the last of the four robbers to receive one. His lawyer had asked the judge to leave him a chance of ...

Q 05/05

Which NBA star's company, Unanimous Media, announced plans in 2021 to film The Other Wes Moore?

A) LeBron James

B) Kevin Durant

C) Carmelo Anthony

D) Stephen Curry

Answer · why

D) Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry signed on as executive producer when his Unanimous Media took up the book. It was the second attempt: a film version backed by a media m...