Today’s miscellany

Here are a few questions which are related to today’s date, May 24th.

1. 24 May 1840, saw the maiden journey of Peter Cooper’s Tom Thumb locomotive. On which of these did this take place?
   • Albany and Pennsylvania Railroad
   • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
   • Cambridge and Connecticut Railroad
2. Today in 1956, the first Eurovision Song Contest took place. Which of these cities hosted it?
   • London, UK
   • Lugano, Switzerland
   • Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
3. Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819, when did she become Queen?
   • 20 June 1837
   • 21 May 1838
   • 22 July 1839
4. Born this day in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, which singer-songwriter penned the lines “You don’t need a weatherman / To know which way the wind blows”?
   • Bob Dylan
   • James Taylor
   • Neil Young
5. Aldersgate Day, May 24th, is observed by which of these faith groups?
   • Baptists
   • Methodists
   • Quakers

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.