Q 01/05

Which watch model did Buzz Aldrin wear on the Moon during Apollo 11, earning the nickname Moonwatch?

A) Navitimer

B) Constellation

C) Speedmaster

D) Daytona

Answer · why

C) Speedmaster

The Speedmaster became the first watch worn on the Moon after surviving NASA's 1965 trials within about five seconds a day. It had been launched in 19...

Q 02/05

Which singer wore the asymmetrical Hamilton Ventura, an early electric watch, in the film Blue Hawaii?

A) Elvis Presley

B) Frank Sinatra

C) Dean Martin

D) Buddy Holly

Answer · why

A) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley wore the Ventura, a case designed by Richard Arbib. Hamilton had introduced the world's first electric watch, the Electric 500, in 1957.

Q 03/05

Which cartoon character's 1933 Ingersoll watch became a million-dollar line and saved its maker from ruin?

A) Betty Boop

B) Donald Duck

C) Felix the Cat

D) Mickey Mouse

Answer · why

D) Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse watches were unveiled at the Chicago World's Fair in June 1933. Their maker, Waterbury Clock, had been struggling through the Great Depre...

Q 04/05

Which radioactive element made early watch dials glow and poisoned the women who painted them?

A) Uranium

B) Radium

C) Polonium

D) Thorium

Answer · why

B) Radium

Radium paint went on with fine brushes that workers were told to point between their lips. The lawsuits brought by the Radium Girls left a lasting mar...

Q 05/05

Which mineral, vibrating thousands of times a second, has kept battery watches on time since the 1969 Seiko Astron?

A) Quartz

B) Diamond

C) Topaz

D) Garnet

Answer · why

A) Quartz

Quartz in most watches is cut into a tiny tuning fork that vibrates 32,768 times a second. The first Astron, unveiled in Tokyo on Christmas Day 1969, ...