Ask HN: Can you answer these?

2 points

10 years ago

I was given these quirky but interesting questions as part of interviewing for an engineering position in 2014. I did get most of them correct after some serious search and sleuthing a la this [1].

Test your search skills for fun, and see how many you can get right. I will post the answers as an edit later.

i. Who was top of the UK single charts the day that man first landed on the moon?

ii. Who shot JR?

iii. Refer to [2]. Who painted this picture, when and what is it called?

iv. What was the price of the French newspaper "Le Figaro" in 1938?

v. Husband and Wife: One of this pair appeared in each of these films. Who are they? The lion king, Footloose, Pursuit, Beach lane, Tale of Desperaux, Flight of the navigator

vi. Refer to [3]. What does this Chinese word mean in English?

vii. What was the name of the film that was shown by Channel 5 (UK television channel) on 7th July 2005 between 9pm and 12:10am:

viii. What is the make and model of the UK car that bears the registration "A1EXS":

[1] http://www.johntedesco.net/blog/2012/06/21/how-to-solve-impossible-problems-daniel-russells-awesome-google-search-techniques/

[2] http://imgur.com/GxTTgMb

[3] http://imgur.com/zfOHGax