11th May Quiz (Answers only)
ANSWERS
1. Constantine the Great. The city was Constantinople (now Istanbul).
2. Spencer Perceval, shot by John Bellingham
3. Minnesota
4. Thailand
Siam first changed its name to Thailand in 1939, switched back to Siam in 1945, and finally became Thailand again in 1949.
5. Deep Blue, against Garry Kasparov
6. Bob Marley, of the Wailers (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
7. "Cats"
8. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
9. David Cameron, with Nick Clegg as deputy
10. Salvador DalĂ. The painting is famous for its melting clocks.
11. Irving Berlin. He was born in the Russian Empire.
Irving Berlin was born in the Russian Empire, probably in what is now Belarus. Sources disagree on the exact town, so "Russia" or "the Russian Empire" is the safest answer.
12. Richard Feynman
13. Margaret Rutherford
14. Eric Burdon
15. Chang and Eng Bunker
16. William Pitt the Elder
17. Sir John Herschel
18. Martha Graham
19. His fourth
20. Glacier National Park
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