ANSWERS

1. Egypt and Syria

2. Menachem Begin

3. Al Jolson

4. "...the King of England's eyes"

Tyndale, the translator of the Bible into English, was strangled and his body burned at Vilvoorde. The exact date is not certain; 6 October is the traditional date.

5. Krefeld

6. The Tuileries Palace

7. The Austrian Empire

Arad is now in Romania. 6 October is a national day of mourning in Hungary.

8. A planet orbiting a Sun-like star (51 Pegasi b), the first found

Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced it at a conference in Florence. Planets had been found in 1992 orbiting a pulsar, which is not a Sun-like star.

9. Switzerland (La Chaux-de-Fonds) (Le Corbusier)

10. Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)

11. The Swedish Nightingale (Jenny Lind)

12. Alternating current (AC) (George Westinghouse)

13. Clark Gable (Carole Lombard)

14. Peter Sellers (Britt Ekland)

15. Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd)

16. Richie Benaud

17. "...of the French"

18. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

19. Ivy (Ivy Day)

20. Nicolas Cage (Elisabeth Shue)