1. Although he never received the award, which man was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937, 38, 39, 47 and 48?

2. Which famous athlete broke three track and field world records and tied a fourth within 45 minutes on May 25th, 1935?

3. In December of which year did King Edward VIII abdicate, in order to marry the divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson?

4. Which Christmas tradition, said to have originated in Germany, was banned in the Soviet Union until 1935 ?

5. Why didn't Gustav Holst include Pluto in his 1918 orchestral suite "The Planets"?

6. Based on a famous novel published in 1831, which 1939 film ends with the tragic words "Why was I not made of stone like thee?"?

7. Which planet was located in 1930?

8. Which American writer who could speak Chinese before she learned English won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938 for her great work set in China: ?The Good Earth??

9. Launched as ?Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp? in 1935, it is believed to be inspired by a famous Whig Literary club founded in the eighteenth century by Christopher K, which reached its popularity peak in the 1920s.

10. In the 1933 film 'I'm No Angel' which Hollywood actress says "A gold rush is what happens when a line of chorus girls spot a man with a bank roll"?

11. In 1932, the Australian army fought a "war" in Western Australia against which bird, and lost?

12. Where was the first British sound-film studio built in 1931?

13. Which radio drama caused panic in parts of the USA when it was broadcasted on 31st October 1938? (BQ: who was the producer?)

14. Which 1939 film starred a character called Dorothy and her dog, Toto?

15. Name the two national teams to compete in the first World Cup football competition final in 1930?

16. Which company created the first front wheel drive car in 1934?

17. Which country invaded Abyssinia in 1935?

18. In which decade was Marvin Gaye born?

19. Ras Tafari was better known by which name?

20. What name did Sir Malcolm Campbell christen the car in which he broke the world land speed record in 1928 and 1931?