All about August

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1. After whom is the month of August named? Caesar Augustus Dame May Whitty Avril Lavigne June Brown

2. After the failure of the 1991 coup in the Soviet Union, which state took advantage of the situation to claim independence from the USSR on 21 August 1991? Lithuania Latvia Georgia Estonia

3. In August 1942, the first amphibious landing of WWII was undertaken on Guadalcanal, an island in which Pacific Island chain? North Mariana Islands Marshall Islands Solomon Islands Midway Islands

4. On August 21st 1940 Leon Trotsky died of injuries inflicted with an ice pick the day before. In which country was he killed? USA Brazil Russia Mexico

5. Which punk rocker was born in Turkey in August 1952 as John Graham Mellor? Joe Strummer Tom Verlaine Sid Vicious Johnny Thunders

6. Which British middle-distance runner won two gold medals in August 2004 at the Athens Olympics? Sebastian Coe Kelly Holmes Paula Radcliffe Steve Cram

7. In August 1959, which state became the 50th state of the USA? Hawaii Texas Alaska Oregon

8. In which year did the Edinburgh festival, traditionally held in August, begin? 1957 1947 1967 1977

9. Which film director born on 21st August 1944 directed "The Truman Show", "Master and Commander" and "Picnic at Hanging Rock"? John Frankenheimer Francis Ford Coppola Peter Weir Peter Bogdanovich

10. The Panama Canal was opened to traffic in August 1914. In which year did Panama finally take control of it? 1968 1981 1999 2005