Space Debris

Today’s questions all relate to February 8th.

Skylab.
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One

The US space station launched in 1973 and operational until 1974 ceased operations on this date. What was its name and how many weeks was it occupied?

Two

Who was executed on this date in 1587, as a suspect in the Babington Plot to murder England’s Queen Elizabeth I?

Three

What film, which premiered in 1915, was hailed for its technical and dramatic innovations but condemned for its overt racism and positive portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan?

Four

In what decade did Sandford Fleming propose at the Royal Canadian Institute the adoption of Universal Standard Time?

Five

In the biographical film Iris, both Kate Winslet and Judith Dench portrayed the title character. Who was the real Iris?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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