1. Which French writer and philosopher was born in Paris on 21 November 1694? What was his real name?

2. On 21 November 1783, two men made the first free (untethered) flight by humans, in a hot-air balloon over Paris. Name either pilot, and the brothers who built the balloon.

3. On 21 November 1916, a sister ship of the Titanic sank in the Aegean Sea after hitting a mine. Name the ship, and the stewardess who survived both disasters.

4. On 21 November 1953, the Natural History Museum announced that a famous "missing link" fossil, found in Sussex in 1912, was a forgery. What was the fossil called?

5. Which New York bridge, linking Staten Island and Brooklyn, opened on 21 November 1964 with the longest suspension span in the world at the time?

6. On 21 November 1980, around 80 million Americans tuned in to find out "Who shot J.R.?" in the soap opera "Dallas". Who was the culprit?

7. Which Belgian surrealist painter, born on 21 November 1898, painted a pipe with the words "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe") underneath?

8. An Icelandic singer born in Reykjavík on 21 November 1965 first found international fame as the lead singer of which band?

9. On 21 November 1934, a 17-year-old Ella Fitzgerald won an amateur night contest that launched her career. At which famous Harlem theatre?

10. On 21 November 1877, Thomas Edison announced an invention that could record and play back sound. What did he call it?