ANSWERS

1. Howland Island

2. York

3. John Adams

Adams was right about the celebrations but wrong about the date. Americans celebrate 4 July, when Congress adopted the wording of the Declaration of Independence.

4. Lake Constance (the Bodensee)

5. Lyndon B. Johnson

6. Pink Floyd (with Roger Waters)

7. The Miner's Friend

8. "Bobbies" and "Peelers"

Peel set up the Metropolitan Police in 1829 as Home Secretary. Earlier, as Chief Secretary for Ireland, he had set up the Peace Preservation Force there.

9. The Social Contract

10. Ho Chi Minh City

11. Moruroa (Mururoa)

12. Quatrains

13. It's a Wonderful Life

14. Hermann Hesse

Hesse was born in Calw in Württemberg and later became a Swiss citizen.

15. The Book of Common Prayer (Thomas Cranmer)

16. Christoph Willibald Gluck

17. The Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) (Patrice Lumumba)

18. Polish (Wisława Szymborska)

19. Neighbours (Margot Robbie)

20. Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry David)