Q1) Today in 1677, saw the future Mary 2nd of England marry which colourful Prince?
Q2) November 4th, 1956, saw the Soviet Union invade … where ?
Q3) 34 years earlier, 4th November, 1922, saw a famous Egyptologist discover whose tomb?
Q4) More to the point, which Egyptologist are we talking about?
Q5) November 4th, 1979, saw 90 US hostages taken in which Middle Eastern country?
Q6) And finally … Today in 1995 saw the assassination of which Middle Eastern politician?
Q1) 3rd November is independence Day in three countries; name one of them.
A1) Panama, Dominica, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
Q2) Today in 1817, saw the opening of the Bank of Montreal, Canada’s oldest chartered Bank; in which Canadian Province is Montreal? (Trevor, I’m expecting you to do well, with this … !)
A2) Québec.
Q3) 3rd November, 1838, saw the founding of the widest-circulated English language broadsheet newspaper; what’s it called?
A3) The Times Of India.
Q4) 3rd November, 1971, saw the birth of footballer, Dwight Yorke; what’s his nickname?
A4) The Smiling Assasin.
Q5) More to the point, which national side does he play for?
A5) Trinidad and Tobago.
Q6) 3rd November, 1783, saw John Austin become the last person publicly hanged at which London spot?
A6) Tyburn Gallows. (The site is now on a traffic island on the junction of Edgeware Road with Bayswater Road.)
Q7) 3rd November saw the launch — by the Soviet Union — of the first dog in space; but in which year of the 1950s?
A7) 1957.
Q8) And finally … what was the name of that dog?
A8) Laika.
4 comments:
Q1 William Prince of Orange
Q2 Hungary (Magyarország)
Q3 Tutankhamun original name Tutankhaten
Q4 Howard Carter
Q5 US embassy Tehran, Iran
Q6 Yitzhak Rabin
Trevor
q1 prince william 2nd of nassau
q2 poland
q3 king tut
q4 howard carter
q5 iran
q6 rabin
Re UK languages:
In Scotland, you also have Doric which is spoken in the North East (Aberdeen, etc)
Some folk say its a dialect but if you actually go up there and try to converse with them, it's obvious that its a completely separate language.
THAT’S what I had in mind!
Cheers, Paul!
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