Timeline Trivia Quiz – 24 October
Enjoy ‘travelling through time’ and learn about people and events, both famous and infamous you share your birthday with.
- Which composer performed his first concert in Berlin on 24 October 1818, at the age of nine?
li - On 24 October 1851, astronomer William Lassell discovered the satellites
Ariel and Umbriel. To which planet do they belong?
li - Which Australian state adopted their constitution on 24 October 1856?
li - Which female American daredevil became the first person to go over Niagara
Falls in a barrel and lived to survive the feat. She performed this stunt on her
63rd birthday, 24 October 1901?
li - Who hit the charts with the song Take Me Outta the Ball Game on
24 October 1908?
li - Which pioneer aviator remained in the air for 9 minutes, 45 seconds on
24 October 1911? It was a record he would hold for 10 years.
li - Which explorer left with his expedition bound for the South Pole on
24 October 1911?
li - What name was given to 24 October 1929? It was the beginning of the
stock market crash, and on that day the Dow Jones Industrial Average was
down 12.8%.
li - Which gangster was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for tax evasion on
24 October 1931?
li - Which item of women’s clothing went on sale for the first time on
24 October 1939? - Which organisation’s charter came into effect on 24 October 1945?
li - Born on 24 October 1947, which actor is known for his performances in the
movies The Big Chill (1983) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
li - Which Australian swimmer won gold in the men’s 200m freestyle, setting an
Olympic record of 1:55.2 at the Mexico City Olympic Games on 24 October 1968?
li - Which Canadian city’s first International Film Festival opened on
24 October 1976?
li - Which former Beatle was presented with a rhodium disc by the Guinness Book of Records on 24 October 1979? It was to recognise him as an all-time
best-selling singer songwriter.
li - Which artist painted Guernica (1937)? On 24 October 1981, it was put on
display in Madrid to celebrate the centenary of his birth.
li - 17. Which German tennis player played their first pro match on
24 October 1982?
li - Which Hungarian Argentine inventor patented the first successful ballpoint
pen in 1943? He died on 24 October 1985.
li - Which aircraft made its last commercial flight on 24 October 2003?
li - Which scientist scribbled his Theory of Happiness on a note for a (Tokyo)
bellboy in lieu of a tip in November 1922? The note sold at auction for
$1.56m on 24 October 2017!