The Misfits

Today’s question are all related to January 5th.

The Misfits.
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One

Born in 1969, Brian Hugh Warner is better known as whom?

Two

In 1968, Alexander Dubček rose to power and implemented reforms that led to an invasion by fellow Warsaw Pact members, forcing his resignation. He came to power in which country and what two-word name – both six letters long – has been given to this period of liberalisation and reform?

Three

In Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, besides Vladimir and Estragon, what are the names of the other two characters, the travellers? Furthermore, what has happened to each of these travellers by the time they return in Act II?

Four

The future King Juan Carlos of Spain was born on this date. In what decade did he become king, and who did he replace as head of state?

Five

Italian author Umberto Eco, born in 1932, wrote a novel set in 1970s Milan. It centres on a fictional conspiracy involving the Knights Templar, created by the characters Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi. What was the novel?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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