1. The first official land speed record was set on 18 December 1898 near Paris. What kind of power did the record-breaking car use, and roughly how fast did it go?

2. Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" premiered in St Petersburg on 18 December 1892. In which theatre, and which German writer's story is it based on?

3. One of the longest and bloodiest battles of the First World War ended on 18 December 1916, after about ten months. Name the battle.

4. Which famous Italian violin maker died on 18 December 1737, and in which city did he work?

5. A playwright who became his country's president after the Velvet Revolution died on 18 December 2011. Who was he?

6. A German chancellor was born in Lübeck on 18 December 1913. What was his birth name? And for what famous gesture in Warsaw in 1970 is he remembered?

7. Which English clergyman, born on 18 December 1707, wrote thousands of hymns including "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"? Which movement did his brother found?

8. Which British physicist, born on 18 December 1856, discovered the electron?

9. Which Swiss-born painter, born on 18 December 1879, taught at the Bauhaus alongside Wassily Kandinsky?

10. Two famous names in entertainment were born on 18 December: a film director in 1946 who made "Jaws" and "E.T.", and a Rolling Stones guitarist in 1943. Name both.