I’d Hate to Die on That Dung Heap

All of today’s questions are date-specific, relating in one way or another to April 26th.

One

Akira Kurosawa‘s 1954 film is set in a village plagued by bandits, and a 1960 American western is a remake of this story.

1. What was the title of Kurosawa’s 1954 film?
2. What was the 1960 American film?
3. What actors played the title characters in the American film?

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Two

The country represented by the above flag was founded in 1964.

1. What is the full, official name of the new country founded?
2. This new country was formed by the union of a sovereign state with a semi-autonomous region, what were this state and region?

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Three

In 1933, Hermann Göring established the Geheime Staatspolizei. What was it commonly known as?

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Four

American artist and ornithologist James Audubon was born in 1785. In what present day country was he born?

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Five

On 26 April 1986, a nuclear disaster occurred in which Soviet Socialist Republic?

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Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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