The fireworks and sparklers are fun but always remember, remember...
What is the 5th of November?
You aren't gaining if you don't feel any of this.
What is pain?
He survived the Battle of the Somme, became a professor and wrote perhaps the most influential fantasy series of all time.
Who is J.R.R Tolkien?
Justin Bieber caused controversy after he wrote that this famous diarist would have been a belieber in the visitors book of her museum.
Who is Anne Frank?
Okay, he only (probably) killed 5, but he was never caught!
Who was Jack the Ripper?
Over 2 billion people celebrate a famous prophet's birthday every year, which takes place on this date.
What is December 25th
Avatar Aang gets his iconic blue arrow tattoos to signify he has mastered the control of which of the 4 elements?
Born on a small island speaking only Italian, became a general at 24, lead his country at 30, became emperor at 35, won over 50 battles, 4 wars, exiled, came back, became ruler again, exiled a second time and died before reaching 52.
Who is Napoleon Buonaparte?
Kate Winslet learned how to hold her breath for 7 mins and 15s while training for the underwater scenes of this long awaited, multi-billion dollar sequel
What is Avatar the Way of Water
He did not take his art school rejection well...
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Beware Beware this famous date, especially if your name is Julius Ceaser.
What is the Ides of March
The rapid expansion and use of this invention in the 19th century led to Britain scrapping its multiple time zones in favour of a simpler, single time zone.
Better for scheduling!
What is a train?
He was an actual spy in the war but became famous for writing about a different spy...
He also found time to write Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Who is Ian Fleming?
The former Prime Minister of this country notoriously shat himself in a McDonalds after watching his Rugby team lose.
What is Australia?
Between 45m-70m kills to 1 death.
You can still go see his body to this day. It's in a pretty famous square.
Who is Mao Zedong?
What is the JFK assassination?
In the British House of Commons if you do not enter into Aye or No lobby when a vote is called, you are officially recorded as having done this.
What is abstained?
After being rained in all summer, she wrote her first novel, about a mad professor trying to build a lifeform out of bits of corpses, at 18- as part of a casual competition with her friends.
Who is Mary Shelley?
A German soldier stationed in occupied Paris in WW2 apparently shot himself after being informed he was being redeployed to this country.
What is Russia?
20-30m to 1.
There's a great comedy film about his death. I wouldn't say living under him was all that fun though...
Who is Joseph Stalin?
October 3rd is not only my birthday but the birthday of this country that came into being after two countries joined together in the early 1990s.
What is the Federal Republic of Germany
It is the only mainland U.S state to share a border with only one other state. Its other border does border Canada though.
What is Maine?
This person was born a peasant before going onto become a notorious holy man. He became a controversial confidant of royalty, was rumoured to possess supernatural powers, survived an assassination attempt involving poison and multiple gunshots, and was ultimately dumped into a freezing river.
His life was also immortalised in a hit song in the 70s
Who is Rasputin
At 72, this famous astronaut punched a guy in the face who came up to him and told him the moon landing was fake
Who is Buzz Aldrin?
40m to 1.
This guy did put a shift into repopulation, even to this day over 16m males allegedly descend from him
Who is Genghis Khan?