Q1) 4th August, 70AD, saw the destruction of the Second Temple, in which Middle Eastern City?
Q2) On 4th August, 1914, and as a result of Belgium being invaded, Britain declared war on which country?
Q3) On this day in 2002, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing; in which Cambridgeshire town?
Q4) August 4th, 1900, saw the birth of which member of the Royal Family?
Q5) 4th August, 1901, saw the birth of which American Jazz musician?
Q6) And finally, August the 4th, 1892, saw the death of which Nursery rhyme character’s parents?
Q1) 3rd August, 1852, saw the first US intercollegiate Boat Race, between Yale and Harvard; who won that?
A1) Harvard.
Q2) August 3rd, 1777, saw the opening of which Italian opera house?
A2) La Scala.
Q3) More to the point, in which city is that opera house?
A3) Milan.
Q4) 3rd August, 1978, saw the Queen open the 11th Commonwealth Games; in which Canadian city was that?
A4) Edmonton.
Q5) The 3rd of August is also the birthday of which Irish Eurovision presenter?
A5) Terry Wogan. (Back in 1938, although he possibly won’t thank us for saying so …)
Q6) Today also marks the birth — in 1811 — of Elisha Gray Otis, the inventor of a revolutionary safety device for what … ?
A6) Lifts. (Or elevators, if you’re of the North American persuasion.)
Q7) 3rd August, 1957, marks the day that Tunku Abdul Rahman was elected as head of state of where?
A7) Malaya.
Q8) The 3rd of August, 1936, saw Jesse Owens win Gold, at the Berlin Olympics; in which distance sprint?
A8) The 100 Meters.
Q9) Today is obviously, the 3rd of August, but what’s the year — in Roman Numerals?
A9) MMIX. (Which means it’s obviously a Unix derivative … Sorry, couldn’t resist that … !)
Q10) And finally, today in 2008, saw the death of which Russian author?
A10) Alexandr Solzhenitsyn.
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