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

All the events referred to are related to 2 March.

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.

   

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.