ANSWERS

1. The Bhagavad Gita

2. Saturn V

3. Uruguay

The 1950 tournament ended with a final group stage rather than a final, but this match decided it. Uruguay won 2-1.

4. From Mecca to Medina

5. Yekaterinburg

6. Holden Caulfield (J.D. Salinger)

7. Oklahoma City

8. Banknotes (paper money)

16 July 1661 is often given as the date of the first notes, though sources vary. China had used paper money centuries earlier.

9. Jupiter

10. The Potomac

11. France and Italy

12. Sir Joshua Reynolds

13. Fred Astaire (Ginger Rogers)

14. Double Indemnity (Barbara Stanwyck)

15. Christian Science; The Christian Science Monitor (Mary Baker Eddy)

16. Michael Flatley

17. Elf (Will Ferrell)

18. The Police (Stewart Copeland)

19. The Berlin Philharmonic (Herbert von Karajan)

20. Matilda (Hilaire Belloc)