Q1) Who was elected as Labour Party leader, today , in 1994?
Q2) More to the point, which British constituency did he represent?
Q3) July 21st, 1970, saw the completion of which dam?
Q4) And in 1831, Leopold 1st became the first king of which European country?
Q5) And finally, the James-Younger gang — led by Jesse James — pull off the first successful what, in the USA?
Q1) 20th July, 1969, saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon; 20th July, 1994, saw fragments of the Shoemaker-Levy comet strike which planet?
A1) Jupiter.
Q2) 20th July, 1976 saw the first human spacecraft land on which planet?
A2) Mars. (It was the Viking landing.)
Q3) July 20th, 1960, saw Sirimavo Bandaranaike become the first elected female Prime Minister; but of which country?
A3) Sri Lanka. (Or Ceylon, as it was called, at the time …)
Q4) Which famous car company shipped its first car, on July 20th, 1903?
A4) Ford.
Q5) July 20th, 1881, saw the last of Lakota Sioux surrender to US forces, in North Dakota; which holy man ordered that surrender?
A5) Chief Sitting Bull.
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