ANSWERS

1. Virginia Dare, at Roanoke. The word was "CROATOAN".

2. Genghis Khan

The exact date and cause of Genghis Khan's death are uncertain; 18 August 1227 is the date traditionally given. His burial place has never been found.

3. Helium. Its name comes from "helios", the Greek word for the Sun.

Pierre Janssen observed the yellow line in 1868, and Norman Lockyer also observed it that year. Lockyer and the chemist Edward Frankland named the element. Helium was not found on Earth until 1895.

4. Tennessee. Harry Burn changed his vote after a letter from his mother.

5. Jimi Hendrix

6. James Meredith

7. South Africa

8. Meriwether Lewis

9. Antonio Salieri

10. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria

11. Robert Redford. The festival is the Sundance Film Festival.

12. Patrick Swayze

13. Edward Norton and Christian Slater

14. Honoré de Balzac. His series is "La Comédie humaine" ("The Human Comedy").

15. The St Bartholomew's Day Massacre

16. Vladimir Nabokov, "Lolita"

17. Mao Zedong. Its members were the Red Guards.

18. Karl Jatho

Karl Jatho's flight on 18 August 1903 was a short powered hop rather than a controlled flight. That's why it's usually called a claim, and the Wright brothers are still credited with the first controlled powered flight.

19. Pendle Hill (the Pendle witches)

20. Auguste Piccard. He inspired Professor Calculus in the Tintin books.