Q1) 14th July is the French national day, Bastille Day and celebrates the original Storming of the Bastille. In which year was that … ?
Q2) The Bastille famously held political prisoners. How many did it hold at the time: five, six or seven … ?
Q3) Who was French king at the time?
Q4) The Bastille Day Military Parade — celebrating the day — is held in which French city … ?
Q5) In which year did that Parade start: 1879, 1880 or 1881 … ?
Q6) Name any of the years Jean Michel Jarre has held a Bastille Day concert, in Paris.
Q7) Finally … which Belgian town — and holder of the Légion d’Honneur — celebrates Bastille Day … ?
Q1) Saturday, 13th July, saw the Live Aid benefit gig performed. The money earned was use to help the people of which African country … ?A1) Ethiopia.
Q2) The concert was held in Wembley Stadium in London: and the JFK Stadium in which Pennsylvanian city … ?A2) Philadelphia.
Q3) Which band opened Live Aid … ?A3) The Band of The Coldstream Guards.
Q4) Which rock band were first on stage … ?A4) Status Quo.
Q5) Which rap band performed Jam Master Jay and King Of Rock at the US gig … ?A5) Run DMC.
Q6) Who was the only member of The Beatles to perform at Wembley … ?A6) Paul McCartney.
Q7) Who was the only person to appear, on the day, both at Wembley and JFK stadiums … ?A7) Drummer and Genesis member, Phil Collins.
Q8) Which US rocker famously declined to appear, stating, afterwards, that he “simply did not realise how big the whole thing was going to be” … ?A8) Bruce Springsteen. (The TWIT … !)
Q9) Which Cars song had a famously heartbreaking video made for the concert … ?A9) Drive.
Q10) Finally … Live Aid and Band Aid were organized by Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats, and Midge Ure: of which band was Ure the lead singer … ?A10) Ultravox.
“How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!”Letter to Mr. Fitzpatrick (30 July 1789) on the fall of the Bastille, printed in J. Russell (ed.), Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James Fox.
Q1) 14th July is Bastille Day, in France. One French name for the day is La Fête Nationale: what does La Fête Nationale translate into English as … ?Q2) The Bastille itself was earlier known — during the Hundred Years War — as what … ?Q3) Who was the first French king to send prisoners to the Bastille … ?Q4) The French President traditionally pardons prisoners on Bastille Day, under Article 17 of the French Constitution: who’s the current President of France?Q5) As a quirk of French history, the President of France is also the world’s only elected monarch: he’s Co-Prince of where … ?Q6) And finally … for roughly the past 15 years, Bastille Day has been celebrated in which small South African town … ?
Q1) 13th July, 1944, saw the birth saw the birth of Professor Ernö Rubik, inventor of the Rubik’s Cube: the medical condition, Rubik’s Thumb, named after him, and it, is a version of which condition … ?A1) Repetitive Strain Injury: which covers a whole host of both terms, and conditions. Just not EULA’s …Q2) 13th July, 1955, saw the hanging of Ruth Ellis, for the killing of her then lover: in which prison … ?Q2) HMP Holloway.Q3) 13th July, 1863, saw riots in New York protesting against what … ?A3) The Draft: conscription, in other words.Q4) 13th July, 1919, saw the completion of the first return journey by airship, across the Atlantic: by which British airship … ?A4) The R34.Q5) More to the point, in which English county did it land … ?A5) Norfolk. (Back in the day, I saw a huge number of pub quiz teams called something along the lines of Norfolk and Chance. Gosh, it was so funny … )Q6) And finally … 13th July, 100BC, saw the birth of Julius Cæsar: what was his first name … ?A6) Gaius.
