7th July Quiz

1. On 7 July 1985, a 17-year-old German became the youngest man and the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon singles title. Who was he?

2. On 7 July 2013, Andy Murray became the first British man to win the Wimbledon singles since Fred Perry. How many years had it been?

3. Edward I died on 7 July 1307 near Carlisle, on his way to fight Robert the Bruce. What nickname is carved on his tomb?

4. On 7 July 1456, a Church court overturned the conviction of Joan of Arc, 25 years after her execution. In which year was she made a saint?

5. On 7 July 1928, a bakery in Chillicothe, Missouri, became the first to sell a new kind of product, giving rise to a well-known phrase for any great invention. What was it?

6. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on 7 July 1930. In his later years he championed photographs taken by two girls in a Yorkshire village, supposedly showing fairies. Which village?

7. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7 July 1937, a clash near Beijing, is usually seen as the start of which war?

8. On 7 July 1981, Ronald Reagan nominated the first woman to sit on the US Supreme Court. Who was she?

9. On 7 July 1974, West Germany beat the Netherlands 2-1 in the World Cup final in Munich. Who scored the winning goal?

10. On 7 July 1898, President McKinley signed the resolution annexing Hawaii. Who had been Hawaii's last reigning monarch?

11. On 7 July 2007, the "New Seven Wonders of the World" were announced in Lisbon. Which surviving ancient wonder was given honorary status?

12. A musician born in Liverpool on 7 July 1940 is better known as Ringo Starr. What is his real name?

13. An Austrian composer born on 7 July 1860 wrote a symphony nicknamed the "Symphony of a Thousand". Which number symphony is it?

14. An artist born in Vitebsk on 7 July 1887 painted the ceiling of which Paris opera house in 1964?

15. A science-fiction writer born on 7 July 1907 coined the word "grok" in which 1961 novel?

16. A French weaver born in Lyon on 7 July 1752 invented a loom controlled by a chain of punched cards. Who was he?

17. A cricketer born on 7 July 1981, nicknamed "Captain Cool", hit a six to win the 2011 World Cup final. Name him and his country.

18. An English golfer born in Scunthorpe on 7 July 1944 won the Open in 1969 and the US Open in 1970. Who is he?

19. An American actress born on 7 July 1949 played Wendy Torrance, trapped in a snowbound hotel, in which 1980 Stanley Kubrick film?

20. An Italian director born on 7 July 1901 made which 1948 neorealist classic about a poor man searching Rome for his stolen bicycle?

ANSWERS

1. Boris Becker

2. 77 years (Perry won in 1936)

3. "Hammer of the Scots" (Latin "Scottorum Malleus")

The Latin inscription on his tomb in Westminster Abbey was added in the 16th century, long after his death.

4. 1920

5. Sliced bread ("the best thing since sliced bread")

6. Cottingley

In the 1980s, the cousins Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths admitted that the fairies were paper cut-outs, though Frances insisted to the end that the last photograph was genuine.

7. The Second Sino-Japanese War

8. Sandra Day O'Connor

9. Gerd Müller

10. Queen Liliuokalani

11. The Great Pyramid of Giza

12. Richard Starkey

13. No. 8 (the Eighth) (Gustav Mahler)

The nickname came from the promoter of the 1910 premiere in Munich, which did have over a thousand performers. Mahler did not like it.

14. The Palais Garnier (Opéra Garnier) (Marc Chagall)

15. Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)

16. Joseph Marie Jacquard

17. MS Dhoni; India

18. Tony Jacklin

19. The Shining (Shelley Duvall)

20. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica)

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