Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: What has November 23 ever given us?

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On November 23, 534 BC, Thespis of Icaria became the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage instead of speaking as himself. This event was recorded by Aristotle and led to his name becoming a synonym for ‘actor’. What word did his name bring to the English language?

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Born on November 23, 1887, William Pratt was an English actor who became an icon on screen for the portrayal of horror characters. He took on the stage name ‘Boris Karloff’, which became synonymous with certain names. The most famous being the iconic character from The Modern Prometheus (1818) created by Mary Shelley. Which character?

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On November 23, 1889, the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco installed a brand new machine. It was a coin-operated modified version of the Edison Electric phonograph. It had multiple wax cylinders and customers could choose a tune and listen to it. This was the first ever example of what machine?

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On November 23, 1897, African-American inventor John Lee Love obtained a patent for a portable hand-cranked machine which made life easy for many writers and students. People had used knives, which were neither safe nor convenient, and machined tools bolted to the desk. What did he invent?

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On November 23, 1924, Edwin ______ discovered that the Andromeda “nebula” is actually another island galaxy far outside our own Milky Way. He used a 100-inch telescope at an observatory. Later, a 2.4-m space telescope was named after him. Who was this astronomer?

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On November 23, 1963, ‘An Unearthly Child’, the first episode of a long-running science-fiction series was broadcast by the BBC. Airing the day after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, it had poor views but was re-run to much acclaim. What show is this that follows the adventures of the title character in his time-travelling telephone box?

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Born this date in 1967, this South African cricketer once batted 14 hours, 38 minutes to score 275 runs and was the first from his country to score a century against all other Test-playing nations. Who was this, whose commitment to team dynamics helped India win the 2011 ICC World Cup?

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Born on November 23, 1992, this singer and actress first came to prominence as an adolescent living a double life as a famous pop singer and a typical teenager. She eventually became a bona fide pop star, transitioning from TV to concert stages. Name the singer who had the best of both worlds.

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On November 23, 1992, IBM launched the IBM Simon Personal Communicator at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. It had a modem for faxing and email, and was the first handheld device with the ability to make phone calls through a cellular network. What does this make the IBM Simon the first ever example of?

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Released on November 23, 2004, WoW is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), which soon became the world’s most subscribed game. Players could create an avatar and explore an open game world, fight monsters and interact with other players. What does WoW stand for?