28th April Quiz (Questions only)

1. On 28 April 1789, sailors on a Royal Navy ship mutinied in the Pacific and cast their captain adrift in a small boat. Name the ship, the captain and the leader of the mutiny.

2. What was the Bounty carrying from Tahiti, intended as cheap food for slaves in the Caribbean?

3. On 28 April 1945, Italian partisans executed the dictator from your 25 October round and his mistress. Who was he?

4. On 28 April 1947, a Norwegian explorer set off from Peru on a balsa-wood raft to prove that South Americans could have reached Polynesia. Name the explorer and the raft.

5. On 28 April 1952, which country regained its full independence when the peace treaty signed in San Francisco came into force?

6. On 28 April 1967, the boxer from your 6 March round refused to be drafted into the US Army. What happened to his world title as a result?

7. On 28 April 2001, an American businessman became the first paying space tourist. Who was he?

8. In 1932, scientists announced a vaccine against a deadly tropical disease. Its developer, Max Theiler, won the 1951 Nobel Prize. Which disease?

9. Which US state, home of the city of Baltimore, became the seventh state on 28 April 1788?

10. On 28 April 1969, the French president from your 8 January round resigned after losing a referendum. Who was he?

11. The US president from your 26 July and 2 December rounds was born on 28 April 1758. Who was he?

12. A German industrialist born on 28 April 1908 saved more than a thousand Jews during the Holocaust. Name him and the film about him from your 31 August round.

13. The author from your 11 July round was born on 28 April 1926. Who was she?

14. An American comedian born on 28 April 1950 hosted "The Tonight Show" for over 20 years. Who is he?

15. A Spanish actress born on 28 April 1974 won an Oscar in a Woody Allen film. Name her and the film.

16. An Austrian-born logician born in Brno on 28 April 1906 proved his famous "incompleteness theorems" and was a close friend of Einstein at Princeton. Who was he?

17. An English author born on 28 April 1948 wrote over 40 novels set on a flat world carried on the backs of four elephants standing on a giant turtle. Name him and the series.

18. An American actor born on 28 April 1878 played the villainous Mr Potter in the film from your 20 December round. Who was he?

19. An Irish-born British painter, a namesake of the philosopher from your 9 April round, died in Madrid on 28 April 1992. He is famous for his "screaming popes". Who was he?

20. A Swedish-American actress born on 28 April 1941 starred opposite Elvis Presley in "Viva Las Vegas". Who is she?