They Have Stars in Their Eyes

Lady and the Tramp.
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All of these questions are connected to today’s date, 22 June.


One

The largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto was discovered in 1978. Named after a mythological ferryman, what is it called?


Two

The Walt Disney animated musical film Lady and the Tramp was released on 22 June 1955. On their romantic date, Tramp takes Lady to eat at Tony’s Restaurant, where they eat a spaghetti dinner. What song do Tony and Joe serenade them with while they are eating? 


Three

In 1633, Galileo was compelled by the Inquisition to renounce his support for the heliocentric model, which places the Sun as the centre of the solar system. What astronomer had developed and published this model in 1543?


Four

Born in Sucha, Austria (now Poland) on 22 June 1906, this film director work included The Lost Weekend (1945), A Foreign Affair (1948) and Sunset Boulevard (1950). Who is he?


Five

In 1611, this English explorer, who had tried to discover a short route from Europe to Asia by sailing west through the Arctic, was abandoned and set adrift in Arctic Canada by mutineers, including his son. Who was he? 


Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.


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