February 28
What two walls were built across ancient Britain by the Romans, with work commencing in AD122 and AD142?
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ANSWER: Hadrian's Wall & Antonine Wall
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February 21
Who, on 18th March 1965, became the first person to walk in space?
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ANSWER: Alexey Leonov (in full Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov)
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February 20
Whose mythical run from Marathon to Athens was the inspiration for the modern marathon?
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ANSWER: Pheidippides
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February 14
In what year, in what city and in what type of premises did the the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre take place?
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ANSWER: 1929; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.; in a garage
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February 13
By what English name is La Légion Étrangère known?
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ANSWER: French Foreign Legion
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February 11
Who created Sherlock Holmes, and when did he, Holmes, first appear in a publication?
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ANSWER: Arthur Conan Doyle; 1887
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February 10
In what year did a spacecraft first land on the Moon?
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ANSWER: 1959
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February 08
After what animal are the Faeroe Islands named?
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ANSWER: Sheep
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February 06
Who, in a song, jumped off Tallahatchie Bridge?
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ANSWER: Billie Joe McAllister ('Ode to Billie Joe' written by Bobbie Gentry)
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February 05
What, in Roman numerals, is the result of this sum: MCMLIV + MCMXLV?
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ANSWER: MMMDCCCXCIX (i.e. 1954 + 1945 = 3899)
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February 04
Identify ten U.S. presidents from the past 200+ years from these anagrams of their names:
Hairball Conman
Bugger Whose
Fed Jenny Honk
Segregating Nohow
A Churlish Dioxin Norm
Larded Frog
Blond Son Johnny
Redesigned With Who
Major Offset Hens
Snarly Gussets
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ANSWER:
Hairball Conman ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Bugger Whose GEORGE W BUSH
Fed Jenny Honk JOHN F KENNEDY
Segregating Nohow GEORGE WASHINGTON
A Churlish Dioxin Norm RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON
Larded Frog GERALD FORD
Blond Son Johnny LYNDON B JOHNSON
Redesigned With Who DWIGHT D EISENHOWER
Major Offset Hens THOMAS JEFFERSON
Snarly Gussets ULYSSES S GRANT
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February 03
What song contains these lines, and what singer first recorded it in 1968:
"Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again"
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ANSWER: MacArthur Park; Richard Harris (lyrics by Jimmy Webb)
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February 01
Which of these European countries were monarchies at the start of 2008: Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia or Sweden?
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ANSWER: Denmark, Norway and Sweden
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