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)