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These questions all have a connection to today’s date, March 11th.

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
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One

Born in 1952, Douglas Adams is known for writing a ’trilogy in five parts’. One of these parts mentions creatures in its title. What creatures?

Two

In what city was media mogul Rupert Murdoch born in 1931?

Ms Gish & Ms Gish.
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Three

Born in 1898, Miss Gish, pictured on the right with her sister, who both became major movie stars during the silent era. What were the sisters’ names?

Four

In 1995, Russian athlete Yolanda Chen, appearing at the World Indoor Championships in Barcelona, Spain, set a new world indoor record of 15.03 metres and won the gold medal. In what event was Ms Chen competing?

Five

The Daily Courant was Britain’s first national daily newspaper. In what decade was it published?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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