As Clear As Day

2008 Indy Japan 300.
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All of the questions today relate to the date, April 20th. 

One

In 1968, Pierre Trudeau became prime minister of Canada. What political party did he represent?


Two

In 2008, the IndyCar Japan race was won by a female driver, the first time a woman had won an IndyCar event. Who was this driver?


Three

In 1968, the Conservative Member of Parliament and Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Enoch Powell, made a speech which was about immigration. He referred to it as his ‘Birmingham Speech’, but it came to be known by what three words?


Four

Who, on 20 April 1534, sailed from France with a Royal Commission to find a western passage to India?


Five

In 1152, after an eight-year conflict, Baldwin III of … won sole control of the Kingdom of … from his mother Melisandre. What one word fills both the gaps in the preceding sentence? 


Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.


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