Q1) 3rd October, 52 BC, saw Vercingetorex of Gaul surrender to which Roman General?
Q2) Ten years later, October 3rd, 42 BC, saw that general’s assassins — Brutus and Cassius — fight the indecisive First Battle of Phillippi; name either of the generals who led the opposing army.
Q3) October 3rd, 1849, saw which writer found gibbering incoherently in a Baltimore street?
Q4) Continuing the literary theme, 3rd October, 1908, saw Leon Trotsky and friends found which newspaper?
Q5) October 3rd, 1952, saw the UK successfully test what?
Q6) Three years later, 3rd October, 1955, saw which children’s show début on ABC?
Q7) 3rd, October, 1990, saw the re-unification of which European country?
Q8) And finally, 3rd, October, 1995, saw who acquitted of murder?
Q1) 2nd October, 1187, saw which Arabic general capture Jerusalem?
A1) Saladin. (Or Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, to give him his Arabic name.)
Q2) October 2nd, 1924, saw the final ratification of the Geneva Protocols, which banned two types of weapon; name either.
A2) Chemical or Biological.
Q3) One year later, October 2nd saw who complete the first practical test of a television system; John Logie Baird, or Philo T. Farnsworth?
A3) John Logie Baird.
Q4) October 2nd is — according to the United Nations — International Non-Violence Day. Which Indian politician’s birthday does this commemorate?
A4) Mohandas K. Gandhi. (otherwise known, of course, as Mahatma Ganhdi.)
Q5) And finally, Charles Darwin returned from his legendary trip on the HMS Beagle; how many years did that trip take?
A5) Five years.
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