All the following questions relate to events that happened in the month of November

 

Questions
1) November was the month in which this British heroine was born. She famously rescued survivors from a shipwreck off Northumbria in 1838. Who was she?
 

2) Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in November 1865. What was the writer's real name?
 

3) In Nov 1990 who became the first female President of Ireland.
 

All questions relate to events that happened in the month of October. Good luck

 

Questions

1) In October 1926 this book was published and written by A.A.Milne. What was the book?
 

2) In Oct 1915 the man often regarded as the greatest cricketer of all time died, what was his name?
 

3) In 1936 which man was named as the Head of State in Spain?
 

4) In 1936 200 men marched from their home town to Westminster to highlight the poverty caused by the closure of their shipyard. What was the march known as?
 

 

 

Questions

1) What was the name of the Bronze Age civilization which grew up on and around the island of Crete in the Mediterranean?

 

2) Saint Petersburg, Stockholm, Helsinki and Riga are all cities situated on which sea?

 

3) Which film has the following as its last line - "I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye."
 

4) Shirley Crabtree Jr was a huge presence on the UK wrestling scene under what name?

 

5) What was the Manhattan Project?

 

 

 

Here are a series of clues to famous people whose birthday is in September. I’ve given their birthday along with the answers below.

 

1) Former racing driver who along with Nico Rosberg is one of only two drivers to follow in their father’s footsteps and win the F1 world championship title

 

2) Cuban-American singer who was the lead singer in the Miami Sound Machine.

 

3) Welsh goalkeeper who started at Winsford United and ended at Torquay, but best remembered at Everton

 

 

The following are all anagrams of English Counties, but can you untangle them.

 

Clues

1) Fresher Do Bid

 

2) Ghostlier Rescue

 

3) Tenk

 

4) Mixed Sled

 

5) Starfish Of Red

 

6) Rickshaw Wire

 

7) Hips Or Hers

 

8) Nightmarish Note

 

9) Prime Hash

 

10) Hybrid Seer

 

 

Answers

1) Fresher Do Bid

Bedfordshire

 

2) Ghostlier Rescue