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1. In the 1830s, the US Government passed laws to forcibly remove Native Americans from their lands in the South East of the country to what is now Oklahoma. They were made to walk 1,000 miles along what became known as "The Trail of Tears". Which of these native nations suffered an estimated 4,000 deaths?

Answer: Cherokee

The Cherokee Nation was not the only one forcibly moved from land the US Government wanted for white settlers, but probably suffered the heaviest casualty rate. The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek, and Seminole people were all to be moved under the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Some did move voluntarily, but the Cherokee did not. Thousands were made to walk, and thousands died of disease and starvation. During the 1830s, almost 50,000 Native Americans were forced off their traditional lands.

2. A 1992 movie urged cinema-goers to "Fire Walk With Me". Upon which of these TV shows was it based?

Answer: Twin Peaks

The "Twin Peaks" show of 1990 and 1991 was probably the most bizarre to appear on US TV. It was nominally the story of an FBI agent's attempt to solve a murder in a small town called Twin Peaks. Where reality ended and fantasy began was never quite clear. "Twin Peaks" was the type of TV drama that made "Lost" look like a reasonable premise. "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me", the big screen follow-up was intended to set the scene for what happened in the TV show, and then continue on from the end of it.

It was a commercial flop in the USA.

3. In 1841, a British force of about 4,500 soldiers and 12,000 civilians was massacred virtually to the last man and woman, when it was attacked as it tried to march to safety after a city it had held fell to enemy forces. Only one man reached his destination and only a handful of others survived, as prisoners. Where did it happen?

Answer: Afghanistan

In the First Afghan War, the British East India Company soldiers took Kabul in 1839, but two years later were forced out by an uprising. In January of that year the soldiers and camp followers began to march towards what they thought would be safety at Jalalalbad, 90 miles away.

They left their wounded behind, but despite promises that the wounded would be well treated, they were all killed. The retreating army was attacked by Afghan forces. Badly outnumbered they were massacred, with the last organised fighting taking place at Gandamak on 13th January. All but nine soldiers were killed, the survivors ending up as prisoners. Just one man, an assistant surgeon called William Brydon, reached Jalalabad, and he had been badly wounded.

4. In 1963, between 200,000 and 300,000 people took part in a march in Washington DC to campaign for Civil Rights in the USA. It culminated in one of the most famous moments in modern American history, the "I have a dream" speech by one of the leaders. Where was that speech made?

Answer: Lincoln Memorial

One portion contained the now famous words "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." and ended in one of the most famous TV clips of the campaign when Dr Martin Luther King said: "When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'" Hundreds of thousands of people travelled to the US capital on August 28th 1963 for a march by the Civil Rights campaign, labor organisations and Church groups from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial for a rally.

The following year, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by the US House of Representatives and Senate.

5. Which beefy former England cricketer raised millions of �s in his sponsored walks for a charity, often, accompanied by volunteers, along routes of hundreds of miles?

Answer: Ian Botham

Ian Botham, known to many as "Beefy" was one of the most exciting all-round cricketers of his generation. He was not, though, universally loved, in fact some followers of the game hated him for his flamboyance and they delighted when he flopped as England cricket captain.

He was noted for his skills as both batsman and bowler and crowds loved to see him hit the ball out of the ground. (Splash's favourite memory is of being in the press box at Taunton during Botham's last County game for Somerset when he appeared intent on smashing every ball in among the hacks, perhaps in frustration at what he believed was unfair media attention at the time). A chance encounter with young Leukaemia patients in hospital led Botham to devote much of his time in retirement to lengthy sponsored walks.

The first was the 900-miles from John O'Groats to Land's End in 1985. He became Sir Ian Botham when he was knighted in 2007 for his cricket and his charity work.

6. Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone, You'll never walk alone..." In 1945, the musical "Carousel" featured a song called "You'll Never Walk Alone", but Rogers and Hammerstein could never have imagined that their composition would find fame as the 'theme tune' of an English football team. Which team was that?

Answer: Liverpool

"When you walk through a storm
Hold your chin up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet, silver song of a lark.
Walk on, through the wind,
Walk on, through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown..."
The beat group Gerry and The Pacemakers had a Number One hit with the song in the UK in October 1963.
Judy Garland also covered it, as did Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell and
Patti Labelle.
The supporters of Liverpool Football Club took it to their hearts, and the sound of 40,000+ spectators singing it at home game could be something of a demoraliser to opponents.

7. Which of these computer games manufacturers marketed an exercise programme called "Walk With Me!"?

Answer: Nintendo

"Walk with me! Do you know your walking routine?" was the name in Europe of "Personal Trainer: Walking" on the Nintendo DS platform. It allowed users to set distance and time goals for themselves and record their progress using wireless pedometers communicating with the handset.

8. "Pray for blood, Pray for the cleansing, Pray for the flood, Pray for the end of this nightmare. This lie of a life can as quickly as it came dissolve. We seek only reprieve and welcome the darkness. The myth of a meaning so lost and forgotten (forgotten). Take hold of my hand, For you are no longer alone. Walk with me in --" These are lyrics by an American heavy metal band. Where did they want people to walk with them?

Answer: Hell

"Walk with Me in Hell" was a DVD of concert and festival performances by the band Lamb of God. The band formed as a five-piece outfit in Richmond Virginia in 1995. "Brutal" and "uncompromising" were just two of the words used to describe their music - and that's by themselves.

As well as headlining their own shows, they played support for the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, and Megadeth.

9. During the long and ultimately successful campaign for Indian Independence from Britain, Mohandas Gandhi led a march in 1930 to protest at the imposition of a new tax. Which of these products was the subject of the tax?

Answer: Salt

The Salt Tax made it illegal for workers to collect salt from the seas around India. On March 12th, 1930, Gandhi and 78 other men set off on the 23-day-long walk from from Sabarmati to Dandi. At their destination, Gandhi addressed a large rally and picked up some sea salt, thus breaking the law. A few weeks later he was arrested and imprisoned.

10. "My name is Geordie McIntyre, An' the Bairns don't even have a fire So the wife says 'Geordie, go to London Town! And if they don't give us half a chance, Don't even give us a second glance Then Geordie, with my blessings, burn them down' Come on follow the Geordie boys, They'll fill your heart with joy They're marching for their freedom now Come on follow the Jarrow lads, They'll make your heart feel glad They're singing now, yes now is the hour These words from the "Jarrow Song" by Alan Price told of a march to London to protest against unemployment and hardship. In which part of Britain is the town of Jarrow located?

Answer: North East

In 1936, 200 people marched from Jarrow the 300 miles to Westminster to lobby MPs for greater assistance. This happened at the height of worldwide Depression, but the North-East of England, with its dependence on heavy industry jobs, suffered particularly badly. The march, ultimately, failed to bring about any improvement.
In 1986, Alan Price, the former Animals keyboards player, took "Jarrow Song" to Number 6 in the UK charts. He faced some criticism, though, for making a peaceful march seem more militant than it actually was.

Source: Author darksplash

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