ANSWERS

1. It is the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death (in 1896). The Peace Prize is presented in Oslo.

2. Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross (he shared the prize with Frédéric Passy)

3. Paris. The committee was chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt.

4. Wittenberg

5. It was gas-powered, and it exploded weeks later, injuring the police officer operating it.

6. Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines (any two)

7. HMS Prince of Wales or HMS Repulse

8. Ada Lovelace. Her father was Lord Byron, and the machine was Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.

9. Emily Dickinson

10. Kenneth Branagh ("Belfast")