From Monarch Mishaps to Cosmic Capers! (with some grave robbing in between.)

All the events referred to are related to 2 March.

Queen Victoria
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  1. On March 2, 1872, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. During her reign, how many such attempts were made on her life?
    • Four
    • Six
    • Eight
  2. Which film, which premiered on this day in the early 20th century, ended with the line “It was Beauty that killed the Beast”?
    • Frankenstein
    • King Kong
    • The Island of Dr. Moreau 
  3. On this day in 1969, the first test flight of the supersonic Concorde took place at…
    • Bristol, England
    • Prestwick, Scotland
    • Toulouse, France.

    Screenshot of Charlie Chaplin in Kid Auto Races at Venice, (1914)
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  4. Overnight from the 1st to the 2nd of March, 1978, the coffin of the comic actor Charlie Chaplin, containing his body, was stolen from his grave in…
    • California, USA
    • Vaud, Switzerland
    • Cornwall, England.
  5. On 2 March 1978, an astronaut or cosmonaut made history by becoming the first person of neither American nor Russian nationality to travel in space. What nationality was he?
    • Chinese
    • Canadian
    • Czech

Good luck, the answers will be posted later today.

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