1. On 3 December 1967, the world's first human-to-human heart transplant was carried out in Cape Town. Name the surgeon, the hospital, and the patient.

2. On 3 December 1992, a British engineer sent the world's first text message (SMS), from a computer to a mobile phone. What did the message say?

3. Which American state, now nicknamed the "Land of Lincoln", joined the Union as the 21st state on 3 December 1818?

4. A Tennessee Williams play opened on Broadway on 3 December 1947 and made a young actor a star. Name the play, the actor, and his character.

5. On 3 December 1973, the NASA probe Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to fly past which planet?

6. Which games console was first released in Japan on 3 December 1994?

7. On 2 and 3 December 1989, George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev held a summit that is often seen as marking the end of the Cold War. In which country was it held, and what unusual meeting place was used?

8. Which novelist, born on 3 December 1857 in what is now Ukraine, wrote "Heart of Darkness" in English, even though it was his third language? What was his first language?

9. Which figure skater, born on 3 December 1965, won Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988, and which country did she represent?

10. Which heavy metal singer, born in Birmingham on 3 December 1948, was the frontman of Black Sabbath and later starred in a reality TV show about his family?