Q1) April 22nd was declared to be Earth Day, the day that saw the start of the green movement; but in which year of the 1970’s?
Q2) In the year 2000, April 22nd was the Big Number Change Day. It’s when Britain changed what; dialling codes, house numbers, or Lottery numbers?
Q3) Footballer Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite was born today, in 1982; how’s he better known?
Q4) Today also saw the death of Linda Lovelace; what was her best known — or most notorious — film?
Q5) In an issue published today in 1983, German magazine, ‘Der Stern’ claimed who’s diaries had been found?
Q6) Which communist newspaper first saw publication in Saint Petersburg, on 22nd April, 1912; Pravda, or Isvestia?
Q7) While we’re at it, April 22nd 1870 saw the birth of which Russian leader?
Q8) Today also saw the first blockade of Cuba, by the US; in which year of the 1890s?
Q9) Digging back in history; 22nd April, 1500, Pedro Álvarez Cabral became the first European to sight which South American country?
Q10) And finally … today, in 1994, saw the death of which former tricky US president?
Q1) Today in 753 BC is the traditional date for the founder of Rome; name either of the twin brothers who founded it.
A1) Romulus and Remus.
Q2) Today in 1918 saw the death of which notorious German fighter pilot?
A2) Manfred von Richhoven; otherwise known as the Red Baron.
Q3) Today also saw the death of Samuel Longhorne Clemens; he was better known as which US writer?
A3) Mark Twain.
Q4) Today in 1944 saw French women given the right to do what; vote, stand as MP’s, or appear on TV?
A4) Vote.
Q5) April 21st, 1959 saw the birth of singer, Robert Smith; which band was he the singer for; The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, or The Sex Pistols?
A5) The Cure.
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