ANSWERS

1. Isaac Singer

2. Asaph Hall discovered Deimos. The other moon is Phobos.

3. Echo 1

4. IBM. It used Microsoft's operating system (MS-DOS).

5. Sue. It is displayed in Chicago (at the Field Museum).

6. The quagga

7. It is the start of the grouse-shooting season.

8. George IV built the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.

9. Robert Southey. In his original version, the visitor was an old woman.

10. Erwin Schrödinger

11. Pete Sampras

12. Mark Knopfler

13. Cleopatra, with an asp (a venomous snake)

14. Ian Fleming. His house was called Goldeneye.

15. Thomas Mann, "Buddenbrooks"