Time Magazine Person of the Year Quiz

Answer: Charles Lindbergh

On May 20-21, 1927 Lindbergh made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic prior to him but Lindbergh was the first to do it alone. Lindbergh's feat resulted in immediate international fame. During his life, Lindbergh served as an advisor in the aviation industry.

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

FDR was elected as president in 1932 during a time of global economic crisis. He was credited with leading the USA out of depression during the dirty thirties through a complex set of programs called the New Deal. Roosevelt was in office during WW2 working closely with Churchill and Stalin in leading the allies against Germany and Japan.

Answer: Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and George Marshall

Churchill received his in 1940 and 1949. Truman received his in 1945 and 1948. Marshall received his in 1943 and 1947. This trio of famous leaders were recipients of the award due to their political accomplishments for the nations they represented during WW2 and thereafter. In 1949, Churchill was also named "Man of the Half-Century".

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev

With the launch of the Sputnik, the Soviet Union took man into a new era of space exploration. This also, however, was an advance in missilery which posed the United States the most dramatic military threat that it had ever faced.

Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.

King was an American clergyman and activist in the African American civil rights movement. He was also the youngest 20th century winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial discrimination. In 1968 he was assassinated while refocusing his efforts on stopping poverty and ending the Vietnam War.

Answer: John Sirica

The Watergate affair was the worst political scandal in U.S. history, dominating the news in 1973. Judge Sirica insisted that Nixon did not have the right to withhold material evidence from the Watergate prosecutors, resulting in the disclosure of the White House tapes and documents.

Answer: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

Reagan got it in 1980 and 1983 (shared with Andropov). Gorbachev got it in 1987 and 1989. Both Reagan and Gorbachev were instrumental in leading their respective nations through the trials and tribulations of the Cold War.

Answer: David Ho

Ho had been a leading scientist in AIDS research from the early 1980s. Born in Taiwan, he emigrated to the United States at the age of twelve. He has a physics degree from the California Institute of Technology and completed his doctorate in Health Sciences at Harvard.

Answer: Rudy Giuliani

Giuliani was instrumental in stabilizing New York City after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. For those actions he also received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 2002. He served as mayor from 1994 to 2001.

Answer: You

You because you control the information age. It is about what 'Time' magazine described as the "cosmic compendium of knowledge [such as] Wikipedia, YouTube and MySpace" and about the expansion of the Web in general.