1. On 3 November 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first animal to orbit the Earth. Name the dog and the spacecraft.

2. Which Central American country declared independence from Colombia on 3 November 1903, with US support, shortly before work began on a famous canal?

3. A French playwright and early feminist was guillotined on 3 November 1793. She had written a "Declaration of the Rights of Woman". Who was she?

4. On 3 November 1918, a sailors' revolt in a German naval port turned into the uprising that started the German Revolution. Which port?

5. On 3 November 1954, a giant monster first stomped onto cinema screens in Japan. Name the monster and the film studio that made the film.

6. On 3 November 1973, NASA launched the first spacecraft to visit the planet Mercury. It was also the first to use another planet's gravity to change course. Name the spacecraft, and the planet it swung past.

7. Two famous people were born on 3 November 1801: an Italian opera composer from Catania and a German publisher whose name became a word for a travel guide. Name both.

8. Which British-born magazine editor, born on 3 November 1949, has edited American Vogue since 1988?

9. Two US presidential elections were held on 3 November, 28 years apart. Name both winners.

10. India's biggest English-language daily newspaper was founded on 3 November 1838 under a different name. Name the newspaper, and the city it first came from.