FiveWire five questions, once a day

No. 17

Friday, August 21, 2026

World

Which country has the most time zones?

• United States
• China
• France
• Russia

Counting overseas territories, France spans 12 — more than Russia's 11. China uses a single zone despite its width.

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Business

The Bretton Woods conference of 1944 created which institution?

• The World Trade Organization
• The International Monetary Fund
• The European Central Bank
• The Bank for International Settlements

It established the IMF and the World Bank, and pegged currencies to the dollar until the system ended in 1971.

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Science

Which scientist proposed the three laws of planetary motion?

• Isaac Newton
• Johannes Kepler
• Galileo Galilei
• Tycho Brahe

Kepler derived them from Brahe's observations between 1609 and 1619, decades before Newton explained why they held.

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Sports

In tennis, what term describes a score of 40-40?

• Break point
• Love all
• Deuce
• Advantage

From the French "a deux de jeu" — two points needed to win. A player must then lead by two clear points.

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Culture

Who wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?

• Mario Vargas Llosa
• Julio Cortazar
• Jorge Luis Borges
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Colombian author published it in 1967; it became the defining novel of Latin American magical realism.

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