ANSWERS

1. Jørn Utzon

Utzon resigned from the project in 1966 after rows with the New South Wales government and never saw the finished building in person. He won the Pritzker Prize in 2003.

2. The Greek War of Independence

3. The 49th parallel

4. Skorpios

5. Archibald Cox

The Attorney General, Elliot Richardson, and his deputy, William Ruckelshaus, both resigned rather than carry out the order. Robert Bork, next in line, fired Cox.

6. Sirte

7. Lynyrd Skynyrd; Ronnie Van Zant

8. "I have returned"

9. $15 million

The usual figure is $15 million, including about $3.75 million of American citizens' claims against France that the US agreed to take on. With interest, the final cost was over $23 million.

10. Hanover

11. Maria Theresa; the War of the Austrian Succession

12. Bigfoot (Sasquatch)

13. Sir Christopher Wren

Wren was born on 20 October 1632 by the Julian calendar then used in England (30 October by the Gregorian calendar). He is buried in St Paul's Cathedral; the Latin is "Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice".

14. Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine

15. Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi)

16. The Traveling Wilburys (Tom Petty)

17. Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen)

18. The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games (Danny Boyle)

19. Ian Rush (five goals)

20. Snoop Dogg