8th August Quiz: multiple choice

3 of the 10 questions have four options to choose from; the others stay as normal questions, because no fair wrong answers could be found for them. Tap an option to see if you are right.

1. On 8 August 1963, a gang stopped a Royal Mail train in Buckinghamshire and stole about £2.6 million. Name the crime. Which gang member later escaped from prison and lived openly in Brazil for decades?

2. On 8 August 1969, a photographer stood on a stepladder in north London to photograph four musicians walking over a zebra crossing. Name the album the photo became the cover of.

3. On 8 August 1974, which US president announced in a television address that he would resign the next day?

4. The 2008 Olympic Games opened in Beijing on 8 August 2008. What was special about the exact time the ceremony started?

5. On 8 August 1918, the Allies launched a surprise attack that German commander Erich Ludendorff called "the black day of the German Army". Name the battle.

6. On 8 August 1786, two men from Chamonix became the first to climb the highest mountain in the Alps. Which mountain?

7. On 8 August 1908, one of the Wright brothers gave his first public flight in Europe, at a racecourse in France, and amazed the doubting French. Which brother? Near which French town?

8. A Swiss tennis player born in Basel on 8 August 1981 won a record eight men's singles titles at Wimbledon. Who is he?

9. An American actor born on 8 August 1937 starred in "The Graduate", "Rain Man" and "Tootsie". Who is he?

10. Which kind of pet has its own international day on 8 August?

ANSWERS

1. The Great Train Robbery. The gang member was Ronnie Biggs.

2. "Abbey Road" (by The Beatles)

3. C Richard Nixon

4. It started at 8:08 pm on 8/8/08, as eight is a lucky number in China.

5. The Battle of Amiens

6. D Mont Blanc

7. Wilbur Wright, near Le Mans

8. Roger Federer

9. A Dustin Hoffman

10. The cat (International Cat Day)