16th July Quiz (Questions only)

1. The first atomic bomb was tested in the New Mexico desert on 16 July 1945. Robert Oppenheimer later recalled the words "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds". From which Hindu scripture?

2. Apollo 11 was launched on 16 July 1969. On which type of rocket?

3. On 16 July 1950, nearly 200,000 spectators in the Maracanã watched Brazil lose the deciding World Cup match, a defeat still called the "Maracanazo". Who beat them?

4. The Islamic calendar counts from the year of the Hijra, traditionally starting on 16 July 622. From which city to which city did Muhammad migrate?

5. Tsar Nicholas II and his family were shot by the Bolsheviks on the night of 16-17 July 1918. In which city?

6. "The Catcher in the Rye" was published on 16 July 1951. Who is its teenage narrator?

7. On 16 July 1935, the world's first parking meter was installed. In which US city?

8. In 1661, Stockholms Banco issued Europe's first what?

9. On 16 July 1994, the first fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into which planet?

10. On 16 July 1790, the Residence Act set up a new capital district for the United States beside which river?

11. The Mont Blanc Tunnel was opened on 16 July 1965. It links Chamonix with Courmayeur. In which two countries are they?

12. A portrait painter born on 16 July 1723 in Devon became the first president of the Royal Academy. Who was he?

13. An American actress and dancer born on 16 July 1911 made ten films with which dancing partner?

14. An American actress born on 16 July 1907 starred as the scheming Phyllis Dietrichson in which 1944 film noir?

15. An American religious leader born on 16 July 1821 founded which movement, and a famous newspaper with its name?

16. An American-born dancer born on 16 July 1958 starred in the Riverdance interval act at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Who is he?

17. An American comedian born on 16 July 1967 played Buddy, a human raised by Santa's helpers, in which 2003 film?

18. An American drummer born on 16 July 1952 played with Sting and Andy Summers in which band?

19. An Austrian conductor died on 16 July 1989. He had been principal conductor of which orchestra for 34 years?

20. A writer who died on 16 July 1953 wrote "Cautionary Tales for Children". Which girl in one of them "told such Dreadful Lies" that nobody believed her when her house caught fire?