26th April Quiz

1. On 26 April 1986, a reactor exploded at a nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union. Name the plant. Which nearby town was abandoned, and in which present-day country is it?

2. On 26 April 1937, a Basque town was bombed by German and Italian aircraft during the Spanish Civil War. Name the town, and the artist from your 8 April round who painted a famous picture of it.

3. On 26 April 1923, the future King George VI married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. What did she do with her bouquet, starting the tradition from your Remembrance round?

4. On 26 April 1865, the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln was cornered in a barn in Virginia and killed. Who was he?

5. On 26 April 1478, during Easter Mass in Florence Cathedral, plotters attacked the city's most powerful family. Which family? What was the plot called?

6. England's most famous playwright was baptised on 26 April 1564. In which town, and in which church?

7. On 26 April 1964, Tanganyika and Zanzibar united. What was the new country named?

8. A Roman emperor born on 26 April 121 wrote a famous book of private philosophical thoughts and was played by Richard Harris in "Gladiator". Name him and his book.

9. A philosopher born into one of Vienna's richest families on 26 April 1889 wrote that "whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent". Who was he?

10. A French painter born on 26 April 1798 painted "Liberty Leading the People". Who was he?

11. An American naturalist and artist born on 26 April 1785 painted every bird he could find for a huge book. Name him and the book.

12. An American landscape architect born on 26 April 1822 co-designed New York's largest and most famous park. Name him and the park.

13. An American seismologist born on 26 April 1900 gave his name to a famous scale for measuring earthquakes. Who was he?

14. The star of "I Love Lucy", from your 15 October round, died on 26 April 1989. Who was she?

15. On 26 April 1962, a NASA probe became the first American spacecraft to hit the Moon, though it sent back no data. What was it called?

ANSWERS

1. Chernobyl. The abandoned town was Pripyat, in Ukraine.

2. Guernica, painted by Pablo Picasso

3. She laid it on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.

4. John Wilkes Booth

5. The Medici. It was the Pazzi Conspiracy.

6. Stratford-upon-Avon, in Holy Trinity Church (the playwright was William Shakespeare)

7. Tanzania (at first called the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar)

8. Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"

9. Ludwig Wittgenstein

10. Eugène Delacroix

11. John James Audubon, "The Birds of America"

12. Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park

13. Charles Richter

14. Lucille Ball

15. Ranger 4

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