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Today’s questions all relate to this date, 2 October, but have nothing else in common. Although numbered one to five there are seven answers.
One
On this day, Charles Darwin returned to the United Kingdom after his five-year voyage making observations and gathering specimens, which led to his theory of evolution. In what decade did he return to the UK; and what connects this voyage to Charlie Brown’s dog?
Two
Mummy brown, a shade of brown which appeared in the news on this day in 1964 was a colour which was named so because it was:
- The mother of all shades of brown
- The colour of habit worn by the Superior Mother Superior of the Carmelite Order
- A pigment made from the flesh of mummies
Three
In 1954, Elvis Presley appeared on the radio show the Grand Ole Opry On how many occasions in total did he appear on this show?
- Once
- Twice
- Three Times
Four
In 1937, a speech by the Dominican Republic’s Dictator, Rafael Trujillo, led attacks by Dominican soldiers that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Haitians. By what name is this known?
- Parsley Massacre
- Poppy Pogrom
- Pot Genocide
Five
On this day in 1957, a classic war film had it premiere. The film which featured the River Kwai in its title went on to win the Academy Award for the Best Picture. What was the film’s full title; and who starred as Colonel Nicholson, the senior British officer in the prisoner of war camp?
Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.
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