ANSWERS

1. Plymouth Hoe

The bowls story first appears in print over a century later and is probably a legend. The date is by the Julian calendar used in England; the Spanish used the Gregorian calendar, in which it was 29 July.

2. The Christians

3. Berwick-upon-Tweed

4. Isambard Kingdom Brunel

5. New York

6. Ems (Bad Ems; the "Ems Dispatch")

7. Hector Guimard

8. The Cenotaph (designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens)

9. The invasion of Afghanistan

10. Nine days (the "Nine Days' Queen")

She was proclaimed queen on 10 July, though Edward VI had died on 6 July, so the count depends on where you start; 9 days is the traditional figure.

11. Aung San; Aung San Suu Kyi

12. Pius XII

13. The Red Special (Brian May)

14. Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch)

15. Dr Finlay (A.J. Cronin)

16. Romanian (Ilie Năstase)

17. Fall River (Lizzie Borden)

18. Dame Evelyn Glennie

19. George McGovern

20. Goose (Anthony Edwards)