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1. January 6, 2017 is the 650th anniversary of the birth of a King of England, born in Bordeaux, France, the son of Edward the Black Prince. In 1377, at the age of just ten, he succeeded his grandfather as king. In 1399, England was invaded and the king captured, leading to his death in captivity in early 1400. Which English king is this?
2. January 10, 2017 marks the centenary of the death of one of the great frontiersmen of the American West. Scout, showman, Pony Express rider and a veteran of both the American Civil War and the Indian Wars, he was born in 1846 in the city of Le Claire on the eastern edge of the Iowa Territory. Who is this legendary American?
3. In January 2017, the National Football League celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first Superbowl. Most sports fans will know that the Green Bay Packers won the first two championship games between the AFC and NFC, but which team did they beat 50 years ago this month?
4. Lawrence Sheriff made a fortune selling groceries to Queen Elizabeth I and on his death left an endowment to provide free grammar school education to local boys. As a result, 2017 marks the 450th anniversary of one of England's oldest and most famous schools. It is best-known today for a headmaster and a pupil from the early 19th century. Which school is this?
5. March 4, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of Jeannette Rankin becoming the first female member of the U.S. House of Representatives. From which state was Rankin elected?
6. $7.2 million was an awful lot of money in 1867 (like it's not now!). March 30, 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of what the media of the time dubbed Seward's Folly" (after Secretary of State William H Seward, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from the Russians). Who, though, was the President who signed off on this monumental deal?
7. Although the British North America Act completed its transition through Parliament at the end of March, Canadians officially celebrate the 150th anniversary of "Confederation" on July 1, 2017. Which of these was NOT one of the original three British colonies that joined to form the "Dominion of Canada"?
8. In October 2017, we celebrate the 350th anniversary of the publication of one of the greatest works in English literature. Comprising ten volumes with more than 10,000 lines of verse, the first edition sold out within 18 months. Which work is this?
9. Mississippi celebrates the 200th anniversary of statehood on December 10, 2017. Earlier in the year, though, the region that had previously been known as Mississippi Territory had been divided into two almost-equal parts. The remainder of that original territory had to wait a further two years before becoming which U.S. state, the 22nd?
10. Although the exact date is unknown, 2017 marks the 2,000th anniversary of the unwinding of the mortal coil of one of the great canonical poets of Latin literature. The first of the major poets to begin writing during the reign of Augustus, he is best-known today for the 15-book narrative poem "Metamorphoses". Who is this great Latin writer?
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