1. On 20 November 1945, the trials of leading Nazi war criminals began before an international military tribunal. In which German city were they held?

2. On 20 November 1947, Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. In which church did the wedding take place?

3. On 20 November 1992, the couple's 45th wedding anniversary, a fire badly damaged one of the royal residences. Which one? And what Latin phrase did the Queen use a few days later to describe the year?

4. On 20 November 1995, the BBC broadcast a famous interview with Diana, Princess of Wales. On which programme was it shown, and who was the interviewer?

5. On 20 November 1985, Microsoft released the first version of a product that would come to dominate personal computers. What was it?

6. On 20 November 1998, the first module of the International Space Station was launched. What was it called, what does its name mean in English, and from which cosmodrome was it launched?

7. Which great Russian novelist died on 20 November 1910, after falling ill on a train while running away from home at the age of 82? What kind of place did he die in?

8. On 20 November 1820, an American whaling ship was rammed and sunk by a sperm whale in the Pacific. The disaster later inspired a famous novel. Name the ship, the novel and its author.

9. A Swedish author born on 20 November 1858 became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Who was she, and which book about a boy who flies across Sweden on the back of a goose did she write?

10. Which American astronomer, born on 20 November 1889, showed that the universe is expanding and has a famous space telescope named after him?