ANSWERS

1. Geoffrey Chaucer ("The Parlement of Foules")

Little is known about St Valentine himself. There may have been two or more martyrs of that name, and the romantic legends about him are much later inventions.

2. Choose their mates

3. Dublin

4. George "Bugs" Moran

5. Hawaii (the "Big Island")

6. Spain

7. Elisha Gray

Whose papers arrived first, and what happened at the patent office that day, has been argued about ever since. Bell was granted the patent.

8. The 48th

9. The University of Pennsylvania

10. The Satanic Verses

11. Carl Sagan

12. Boléro (Ravel)

13. The "royal"

The name was so unpopular that the government changed it to the dollar in 1963, before the currency was launched.

14. Pontefract Castle

The date and cause of Richard's death are uncertain. He was held prisoner at Pontefract after being deposed by Henry IV.

15. Shaun of the Dead (Simon Pegg)

16. Hamburger SV (Hamburg) (Kevin Keegan)

17. Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker)

18. 39 (Jack Benny)

19. New York City (Michael Bloomberg)

20. The Teamsters (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) (Jimmy Hoffa)