Stage Struck

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

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?

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Two

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

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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?

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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?

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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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