The following quiz questions were submitted by Perry Bartlett. Perry runs a quiz night at Floyd's Bar, Cerro Branco, Albufeira in Portugal every Saturday & Wednesday night at 10pm. Many thanks Perry.

1. Who was knighted today in 1581, after becoming the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world?

2. 44 today (2007), by what name do we know the comedian and presenter born Graham Walker?

3. The man credited with designing the first petrol driven car died today in 1929, who was he?

4. 12 nations signed a treaty which led to the establishing of which international organization today in 1949?

5. Born today in 1973, who suspended himself 30 feet up in the air, in a plexiglas case in London for 44 days in 2003?

6. Which TV and radio personality, who died today in 1995, created the characters Cupid Stunt, Gizzard Puke and Marcel Wave?

7. Which American civil rights leader was murdered in Memphis today in 1968?

8. 42 today (2007), who played Chaplin in the film of the same name, released in 1992?

9. Who effectively became the first Prime Minister of the UK today in 1721?

10. How old is Slade?s Dave Hill today (2007)?

ANSWERS 

1. Francis Drake

2. Graham Norton

3. Karl Benz

4. NATO

5. David Blaine

6. Kenny Everett

7. Martin Luther King

8. Robert Downey Jr

9. Robert Walpole

10. 61

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