Q1) Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female PM, on May the 4th; in which year of the 1970s?
Q2) More to the point, which constituency was she MP for; Finchley, Grantham, or Henley?
Q3) She got nicknamed ‘The Milk Snatcher’, whilst Education Secretary in the early 1970s; who was PM, when she was Education Secretary?
Q4) Leaders of which country gave Margaret Thatcher the nickname, ‘The Iron Lady’; Russia, Germany, or France?
Q5) Finally, on the Thatcher front, who replaced her as PM, in 1990?
Q6) Talking of elections, who became the first Mayor of London, on this day, in 2000?
Q7) May 4th, 1932, saw which gangster start an eleven year sentence for tax evasion?
Q8) This day in 1859 saw the first rail connection between two English counties; name either.
Q9) May 4th, 1953, saw which American writer win the Pulitzer, for “The Old Man and The Sea”?
Q10) And finally; today’s the day that Charles the 2nd ordered the construction of what; The Royal Naval College, the Royal Greenwich Observatory, or The British Library?
And here’s yesterdays questions and answers …
Q1) The famously scheming Nicolò Machiavelli — from where we get the word ‘Machiavellian’ — was born today in 1469; in which Italian city was he a politician?
A1) Florence.
Q2) Machiavelli’s most famous book — which gave him a reputation for scheming and deviousness — was called what; The Prince, The Patrician, or The Servant?
A2) The Prince.
Q3) Talking of books, which windy Margaret Mitchell novel won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1937?
A3) “Gone With the Wind”
Q4) The Godfather of Soul was born on 3rd May, 1933; how was he better known?
A4) James Brown.
Q5) And finally … which English boxer was born on 3rd May, 1934?
A5) Henry Cooper.
1 comment:
Pointless extra info, for you, you do know it’s International Star Wars Day?
May the Fouth Be With You …
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