Q1) Today in 1239, saw the birth of Edward the 1st of England; tell us either of his nicknames.
Q2) June 17th, 1885, saw what famous inhabitant arrive in New York Harbour?
Q3) June 17th, 1974, saw the IRA bomb where?
Q4) June 17th, 1994, saw which American football player arrested for murder, after a dramatic car chase?
Q5) And finally; June 17th sees the birthday of Director Ken Loach. What’s the name of the film he’s released, this year?
Q1) Yesterday was Bloomsday; it’s traditionally the day to celebrate the work of which Irish author?
A1) James Joyce. (June 16th is also the day that his novel, “Ulysses” is set.)
Q2) June 16th, 1858, saw Abraham Lincoln deliver his famous ‘House Divided’ speech; in which Illinois town?
A2) Springfield.
Q3) June 16th, 1963, saw Valenytina Tereshkova becoma the first woman to go where?
A3) Space.
Q4) In 1903, June the 16th saw the formal incorporation of which motor company?
A4) Ford.
Q5) And June 16th, 1915, saw which famously stark naked institute first form?
A5) The Woman’s Institute. (The film, “Calendar Girls” is about the Yorkshire branch who famously did that calendar …)
Q6) June 16th, 1976 saw the Soweto Uprising; what is Soweto short for?
A6) South West Township.
Q7) June 16th also saw a famous biography about Princess Diana, by Andrew Morton; but in which year of the 1990’s?
A7) 1992.
Q8) June 16th, 1846, saw the election of Pope Pius 9th, the longest reigning since Saint Paul; was his reign 22 years, 32 years or 42 years?
A8) 32 years.
Q9) June 16th also saw the start of the Monterey Pop Festival, general agreed to have kick-started the ‘Summer of Love’; in which year of the 1960’s was the ‘Summer of Love’?
A9) 1967.
Q10) And finally; June 16th, 1961, saw which famous Russian defect in Paris?
A10) Rudolf Nureyev.
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