Meet Your Waterloo

These questions all relate to today’s date, February 26th.

Napoleon’s Return from … 1815 by Charles de Steuben.
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One

On this day in 1815, Napoleon escaping from captivity ushered in the Hundred Days. From where had he escaped?

Two

Who, born in Arkansas in 1932, often sang railroad songs such as Orange Blossom Special; Hey, Porter and Rock Island Line?

Three

On this day in 1914, less than two years since Titanic sank, her sister ship was launched in Belfast. What was the name of the sister ship?

Four

Born in Besançon, eastern France, in 1802, this novelist, poet and dramatist was one of France’s foremost Romantic writers. His characters include Oliver Cromwell, Archdeacon Claude Frollo and Bishop Muriel. Who is he?

Five

The first non-stop circumnavigation of the globe began on this day in what decade?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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