ANSWERS

1. John II (John the Good)

2. Kate Sheppard

3. Austria and Italy; Bolzano

The mummy, known as Ötzi or the Iceman, was found by Erika and Helmut Simon from Nuremberg. He was found just inside Italy, though this was only confirmed after a survey of the border. He had been killed by an arrow.

4. A sheep, a duck and a cockerel (rooster)

5. Alexander Graham Bell

Bell's metal detector failed, probably because Garfield was lying on a bed with metal springs. Many historians think his doctors' unsterile probing caused the infection that killed him.

6. :-) (a colon, a hyphen and a closing bracket)

Fahlman also suggested :-( to mark posts that were not jokes.

7. The 1986 FIFA World Cup

8. St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (in the King George VI Memorial Chapel)

9. Simon and Garfunkel

10. Michael Eavis; free milk from the farm

The festival was held the day after Jimi Hendrix died. Marc Bolan's Tyrannosaurus Rex headlined, replacing the Kinks.

11. Charles Lindbergh

12. Europe

13. Pirate

14. William Golding; Piggy

15. Jeremy Irons; Reversal of Fortune

16. Twiggy; Lesley Hornby (now Lesley Lawson)

17. Michael Jackson (Jarvis Cocker)

18. Brian Epstein; North End Music Stores

19. Cuba (Italo Calvino)

20. Jamestown (during Bacon's Rebellion)