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19th March Quiz

1. 19 March is the feast of St Joseph. In Italy, Spain and Portugal, it is also celebrated as what?

2. Which festival in Valencia reaches its climax on the night of 19 March, when huge papier-mâché figures are burned in the streets?

3. The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened on 19 March 1932. What is its affectionate nickname?

4. The US-led invasion of Iraq began on 19-20 March 2003. What was the code name for the British part of the operation?

5. Alexander III of Scotland died on 19 March 1286 when his horse fell in the dark near Kinghorn. Who was his heir, a small granddaughter?

6. On 19 March 1931, which US state legalised casino gambling?

7. On 19 March 1944, German troops occupied Hungary. Who was the Hungarian regent at the time, an admiral in a country with no coastline?

8. On 19 March 1945, Hitler issued the "Nero Decree", ordering the destruction of Germany's infrastructure. Which minister quietly worked to stop it being carried out?

9. On 19 March 1982, Argentine scrap metal workers raised their country's flag on which British island in the South Atlantic, an early step towards the Falklands War?

10. Swallows are traditionally said to return on 19 March to the old Spanish mission of which Californian town?

11. A Scottish explorer born on 19 March 1813 named a great waterfall after Queen Victoria. What is its local name, meaning "the smoke that thunders"?

12. A lawman born on 19 March 1848 took part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. In which Arizona town did it take place?

13. An American actor born on 19 March 1955, star of "Die Hard", was born in which country?

14. An American actress born on 19 March 1947 played the obsessive Alex Forrest in which 1987 thriller, notorious for its rabbit scene?

15. An American novelist born on 19 March 1933 caused a scandal with his 1969 comic novel about a young man's confession to his psychiatrist. Name the novelist and the novel.

16. A Swiss actress born on 19 March 1936 played Honey Ryder, emerging from the sea in a white bikini, in which James Bond film?

17. An English explorer born on 19 March 1821 translated "The Arabian Nights" and searched for the source of which river with John Hanning Speke?

18. A science-fiction writer died in Sri Lanka on 19 March 2008. He co-wrote the screenplay of which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

19. An American writer who died on 19 March 1950 created which jungle hero, raised by apes?

20. On 19 March 1918, the US Congress passed a law setting up standard time zones and introducing what other change to the clocks?

ANSWERS

1. Father's Day

2. Las Fallas (Les Falles)

3. The Coathanger

At the opening, Francis de Groot of the right-wing New Guard rode up on a horse and slashed the ribbon with his sword before the New South Wales premier, Jack Lang, could cut it.

4. Operation Telic

The air strikes began on the evening of 19 March in Washington, which was early on 20 March in Baghdad, so both dates are given.

5. Margaret, the Maid of Norway

6. Nevada

7. Miklós Horthy

8. Albert Speer

9. South Georgia

10. San Juan Capistrano

11. Mosi-oa-Tunya (David Livingstone)

12. Tombstone (Wyatt Earp)

13. West Germany (he was born in Idar-Oberstein) (Bruce Willis)

14. Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close)

15. Philip Roth; Portnoy's Complaint

16. Dr. No (Ursula Andress)

17. The Nile (Sir Richard Francis Burton)

18. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)

19. Tarzan (Edgar Rice Burroughs)

20. Daylight saving time

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