ANSWERS

1. A total solar eclipse

2. 500 career home runs

3. Alcatraz

4. The Weimar Republic. Its first president was Friedrich Ebert.

5. Ronald Reagan

6. Hedy Lamarr

7. Hip hop. The DJ was DJ Kool Herc.

8. Steve Wozniak

9. Chris Hemsworth, playing Thor

10. Enid Blyton

11. About 90 per cent

12. Jackson Pollock

13. John Henry Newman

14. 3114 BC

15. Alcatraz. The gangster was Al Capone.