An assassin, an invader, mutineers, mountaineers and religious revolutionaries walk into a bar

Here are a few questions which are related to today’s date, June 8th.

  1. On 8 June 1968, James Earl Ray, who was later convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King, was arrested at…
    • London Heathrow Airport, UK
    • Mexico City International Airport
    • Salisbury Airport, Rhodesia (now Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, Zimbabwe)
  2. Today in 452, an invasion heading towards Rome, devastated the northern provinces of Italy. The invasion was lead by…
    • Attila the Hun
    • Ivan the Terrible
    • Vlad the Impaler
  3. On 8 June 1794, during the French Revolution, a new religion was inaugurated which was celebrated with festivals across France. It was called the Cult of the…
    • Cathars
    • Huguenots
    • Supreme Being
  4. On this date in 1924, British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory went missing. Which expedition were they on?
    • British Mount Everest Expedition
    • International Expedition to Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
    • Lost World Expedition to Mount Roraima, Guyana
  5. On 8 June 1856, a group of people arrived on Norfolk Island to be resettled from Pitcairn Island. These were descendants of the mutineers from the…
    • Amistad
    • Bounty—
    • Caine

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

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Author: Scott F

As a retired trivia writer, editor and quiz compiler, I wholeheartedly agree with Bertrand Russell’s quote: “There’s much pleasure to be gained in useless knowledge.” Trivia of all sorts has always fascinated me, and for many years, I’ve written and compiled trivia for various media, including traditional TV and radio quiz shows, newspapers and magazines, apps, and other digital platforms.

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