Historical Milestones and Cultural Icons: From Bach’s Birth to Twitter’s First Tweet

All questions relate to today, 21 March.

1. Johann Sebastian Bach, the composer of the Brandenburg Concertos and The Well-Tempered Clavier, was born this day in…
   • 1685
   • 1745
   • 1815
2. Twitter, now X, was founded today in 2006 and Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder, sent the first public tweet, “just setting up my twttr.” Fifteen years later Dorsey auctioned this tweet as a nonfungible token (NFT) with the proceeds going to charity. It was bought using ether cryptocurrency for the equivalent of…
   • $1.4m
   • $2.9m
   • $5.8m
3. 21 March saw the last time a serving UK Prime Minister fought a duel. Who was the Prime Minister?
   • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
   • William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
   • William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
4. A Comic-Con held its inaugural event on this date in 1970 and is now described by Forbes magazine as being “the largest pop and culture festival in the world”: it is held in…
   • Red Rock, Arizona
   • San Diego, California
   • Las Vegas, Nevada
5. Henry Morton Stanley set out to find Dr David Livingstone today in 1871. His expedition was successful, finding Livingstone after trekking through tropical forest for…
   • 300 miles (482 km)
   • 450 miles (725 km)
   • 700 miles (1,125 km)