Category: Brain Teasers

Trivia: Who is the youngest person to win Best New Artist at the Grammys?

Billie Eilish
LeAnn Rimes
Taylor Swift
Justin Bieber

The correct answer is LeAnn Rimes

So why is this answer correct? : On February 26, 1997, 14-year-old singer LeAnn Rimes became the youngest person to ever take home the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. For Rimes, the night was also memorable for some not-so-great reasons, as the young star had the flu and was running a high fever. In fact, she was so sick, she almost skipped the event, thinking she had no chance of winning. Luckily, she stuck it out and took home the golden gramophone.

Trivia: In 1988, Tom Gregory became the youngest to achieve what feat?

Climb the Matterhorn
Swim the English Channel
Run the Boston Marathon
Sail across the Pacific Ocean

The correct answer is Swim the English Channel

So why is this answer correct? : Tom Gregory began swimming at the age of 6 after joining a local club in south London. In September 1988, after several years of dedicated training, Gregory swam the 32-mile path from Cap Gris Nez in France to Dover, England, finishing in just under 12 hours. Gregory’s record will likely remain secure since the Channel Swimming Association later set the age limit for official crossings at 16 years old.

Trivia: Ten-year-old Dimitrios Loundras won an Olympic medal in 1896 in what?

Gymnastics
Diving
Figure skating
Swimming

The correct answer is Gymnastics

So why is this answer correct? : As a pre-teen, gymnast Dimitrios Loundras competed in the parallel bars for the Greek athletic club that captured the team bronze in 1896, at the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens. It was Loundras’ only Olympics, but he later became a member of Greece’s Olympic Committee. The youngest Olympic gold medalist on record is Marjorie Gestring, who won the springboard diving event in 1936 at age 13.

Trivia: How old was William Pitt when he became Britain’s youngest prime minister?

17
24
38
49

The correct answer is 24

So why is this answer correct? : William Pitt the Younger (used to distinguish him from his father William, who also served as Prime Minister) was elected to Parliament at age 21 and became prime minister in 1783 at age 24. During his three terms, he greatly strengthened the powers of the prime minister and led Britain during the early Napoleonic Wars. Poor health forced Pitt to leave office in 1806, months before his death at age 46.

Trivia: Who is the youngest tennis player to win a Grand Slam title?

Jennifer Capriati
Monica Seles
Martina Hingis
Andy Roddick

The correct answer is Martina Hingis

So why is this answer correct? : In January 1997, Swiss phenom Martina Hingis won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, supplanting Monica Seles as the youngest ever champion, at age 16. It was a stellar year for Hingis, who also captured the No. 1 WTA ranking and won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Hingis would go on to collect 25 more Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles in her career.

Trivia: Which musician was the youngest solo artist to top the U.S. charts?

Stevie Wonder
Britney Spears
Michael Jackson
Miley Cyrus

The correct answer is Stevie Wonder

So why is this answer correct? : Stevland Hardaway Judkins, better known as Stevie Wonder, was a musical wunderkind. Signed by Motown Records at age 11, the multi-instrumentalist topped the Billboard Top 100 singles chart in August 1963 with his fourth single, “Fingertips – Part 2,” when he was just 13. Wonder went on to sell over 100 million records, win 25 Grammy Awards, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014.

Trivia: Who is the youngest woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics?

Rachel Carson
Marie Curie
Jane Goodall
Rosalind Franklin

The correct answer is Marie Curie

So why is this answer correct? : In 1903, Polish physicist Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in physics at the age of 36 for her discovery of polonium (named after her home country) and radium. More than a century later, she’s still the youngest woman to win in the category. In 1913, Curie also won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, becoming the first and only scientist to win two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields.

Trivia: Who is the youngest person to be named “TIME’s” Person of the Year?

Mark Zuckerberg
Queen Elizabeth II
Charles Lindbergh
Greta Thunberg

The correct answer is Greta Thunberg

So why is this answer correct? : In 2019, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg became the youngest recipient of “TIME” magazine’s Person of the Year honor, which was created in 1927. The Swedish climate change activist first captured the world’s attention in 2018 with her calls for children to skip school for environmental protests, known as “Fridays for the Future.” Thunberg continues her advocacy work, meeting with political figures and governmental leaders in her campaign to address the growing climate crisis.

Trivia: Who is the youngest person to receive an Academy Award?

Anna Paquin
Shirley Temple
Patty Duke
Haley Joel Osment

The correct answer is Shirley Temple

So why is this answer correct? : In 1935, the Academy’s Board of Governors created a special Juvenile Award to honor the work of 6-year-old Shirley Temple, one of the biggest box office stars of the era. Several other child stars received this honorary award before it was discontinued in 1960. In 1974, 10-year-old Tatum O’Neal made history as the youngest person to win a competitive Oscar, for her role in “Paper Moon.”

Trivia: Mozart wrote his first symphony at what age?

4
8
16
25

The correct answer is 8

So why is this answer correct? : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major in 1764. The 8-year-old was in London as part of a Grand Tour meant to promote the Austrian musical prodigy to audiences and royal courts around Europe. Mozart was a prodigious composer, completing over 600 musical works — including more than 50 additional symphonies — before his death in 1791 at age 35.