Roanoke

The first question refers to the colony where Virginia Dare, the first child born in the Americas to European parents, was born on 18 August 1587. The other questions are random and have no connection to the date.

Baptism of Virginia Dare, wood engraving 1880.
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One

The person who sent ships and colonists to set up a fort at Roanoke in what is now North Carolina, US is described by Wikipedia as an ‘English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer’. Who is he?

Two

Which Elton John song, released in 1997, remained in the Canadian Singles Charts for three years. What was that song?

Three

Zupaysaurus, meaning ‘devil lizard’ from the Queshua word supay meaning ‘devil’ and the Greek sauros meaning ‘lizard’, is an early theropod dinosaur. In which country was it discovered?

Four

Tasmania, an island state of Australia, is named after Dutch seafarer and explorer Abel Tasman. In 1642, Tasman became the first reported European to sight the island. What name did Tasman give the island?

Five

An ibex is any of several species of wild…

What is the next word in the above quote from the Wikipedia article on the ibex?

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

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