ANSWERS

1. John Burgoyne, at Saratoga

2. The London Beer Flood

3. Tax evasion (the gangster was Al Capone)

4. Albert Einstein

5. Calder Hall

6. OPEC

Strictly, the embargo was organised by the Arab members of OPEC (OAPEC), not by OPEC as a whole, but OPEC is the answer usually given.

7. The Nobel Peace Prize

8. The Loma Prieta earthquake

9. Clifden

10. Prestwick

11. Arthur Miller, "Death of a Salesman"

12. Rita Hayworth

13. Evel Knievel

14. Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers

15. Georg Büchner

16. Margot Kidder

17. Ernie Els

18. Mae Jemison

19. Frédéric Chopin

20. Sir Philip Sidney