1. On 12 November 1918, after the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy, a new republic was proclaimed in Vienna. What official name did it give itself at first, showing that it hoped to join Germany?

2. Also on 12 November 1918, Germany's new revolutionary government announced a major change to voting rights. What was it?

3. On 12 November 1912, a search party found a tent in Antarctica containing the frozen bodies of a British polar explorer and two of his companions. Who was the explorer, and what was the name of his expedition's ship?

4. On 12 November 1954, the immigration station through which around 12 million people had entered the United States closed its doors. What was it called?

5. On 12 November 1990, a British computer scientist and a Belgian colleague published a formal proposal for the "WorldWideWeb". Name both men, and the research centre where they worked.

6. On 12 November 2014, the robotic lander Philae made the first ever soft landing on a comet. Which European space mission carried it there, and what is the comet's designation?

7. On 12 November 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia set a spaceflight first when it launched on mission STS-2. What was the first?

8. Two very different famous people were born on 12 November 1929: an American film star who became a European princess, and a German author whose most famous novel features a boy called Bastian and a land called Fantastica. Name both.

9. The French sculptor Auguste Rodin was born on 12 November 1840. His statue "The Thinker" was first designed as part of which much larger work, inspired by Dante's "Inferno"?

10. Which Canadian singer-songwriter, born in Toronto on 12 November 1945, joined a famous trio to turn it into a quartet in 1969?