ANSWERS

1. John Hancock

Most delegates actually signed the engrossed copy on 2 August 1776, not on 4 July.

2. The 50th

Adams's last words are said to have been "Thomas Jefferson survives", but Jefferson had died a few hours earlier. James Monroe also died on 4 July, in 1831.

3. Calvin Coolidge

4. The Crab Nebula

5. The True Cross (a relic believed to be part of it)

6. Liddell

The storyteller was Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. The boat trip went from Folly Bridge in Oxford to Godstow.

7. Meat (and bacon)

8. Hungary

Hungary had beaten West Germany 8-3 in the group stage, but lost the final 3-2 after leading 2-0.

9. Polonium and radium

10. Sojourner

11. Geneva

12. ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), known in the UK as motor neurone disease

13. A

14. Stephen Foster

15. Nice

16. Satchmo also accept Pops

Armstrong was actually born on 4 August 1901, as his baptism record, found after his death, showed.

17. The Odd Couple (Neil Simon)

18. Bill Withers

19. Thomas Barnardo (Dr Barnardo)

20. Entebbe

The raid took place on the night of 3-4 July. The only Israeli soldier killed was the commander, Yonatan Netanyahu.