Q1) 28th July, 1988, saw which MP elected as the leader of the Liberal Democrats? (And if Councillor Chilvers is reading this and gets it wrong … !)
Q2) One hundred and twenty years earlier saw the amendment to the US constitution that granted citizenship to former Afro-American slaves; which amendment was it?
Q3) July 28th, 2000, saw 80 terrorists released from which Northern Irish prison?
Q4) 28th July is Independence Day; in which South American country?
Q5) Today in 1942 saw the death of archæologist, Professor William Flinders Petrie; which country’s history was he most associated with?
Q1) Today in 1694 saw a Royal Charter granted to which financial institution?
A1) The Bank of England.
Q2) Over a hundred and fifty years earlier, 27th July, 1549, Frances Xavier reached Japan on his first mission to convert the Japanese; which Roman Catholic was he one of the co-founders of?
A2) The Jesuits. (Or The Society of Jesus, if you want to be picky.)
Q3) Today in 1866 saw the completion of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, between Ireland and Canada; which famous ship laid it?
A3) The SS Great Eastern.
Q4) “A Wild Hare” — the first cartoon to feature Bugs Bunny — débuted, today; in which year of the 1940s?
A4) 1940.
Q5) And finally, today in 1949, saw the first flight of a passenger jetliner; what model was it?
A5) The de Havilland Comet.
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