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All questions relate to events that happened in an October.

 

The Belgian Revolution started in October 1830 which lead to the Kingdom of Belgium being formed. From which country did they secede?
United Kingdom of the Netherlands

 

Gutzon Borglum began carving which giant iconic sculpture in 1927?
Mount Rushmore

 

Which war began in 1853 when the Ottoman Empire declared war on the Russian Empire?
Crimean War

 

Which long distance train had its first run in October 1883?
Orient Express

 

Born in October 1973, which British actress starred as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones?
Lena Headey

 

In 1854 a series of fires and explosions killed 54 people and injured hundreds more in which two north east towns?
Newcastle and Gateshead.

 

Tom Petty who died in October 2017 formed which group in 1976?
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

 

In Oct 1930 which aircraft crashed in France on its way to India on its maiden voyage?
R101

 

Which march, protesting about unemployment and poverty, set off for London on 5th Oct 1936?
Jarrow March

 

The first televised address from the Oval Office was made in 1947 by which President?
President Truman