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

1 / 10 | On November 23, 534 BC, Thespis of Icaria became the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage rather than speaking as himself. This incident was recorded by Aristotle and led to his name becoming synonymous with ‘actor’. Which word brought his name into the English language?

2 /10 | William Pratt, born November 23, 1887, was an English actor who became an icon on screen for his portrayal of horror characters. He took his stage name ‘Boris Karloff’, which became synonymous with some names. The most famous is the iconic character from The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Shelley. Which character?

3 / 10 | On November 23, 1889, the Palais Royale Salon in San Francisco installed a brand new machine. It was a coin-operated modified version of the Edison Electric Phonograph. It contained several wax cylinders and customers could choose a tune and listen to it. This was the first example of which machine?

4 /10 | On November 23, 1897, African-American inventor John Lee Love received a patent for a portable hand-crank machine that made life easier for many writers and students. People used knives, which were neither safe nor convenient, and machine tools sat on desks. what did he invent?

5 /10 | On November 23, 1924, Edwin ______ discovered that the Andromeda “nebula” is actually another island galaxy far away from our own galaxy. He used a 100-inch telescope in an observatory. Later, the 2.4-meter space telescope was named after him. Who was this astronomer?

6 /10 | On November 23, 1963, ‘An Unearthly Child’, the first episode of the long-running science-fiction series, was broadcast by the BBC. John F. The show, which aired the day after Kennedy’s assassination, received poor reviews but received reruns. What show is this that follows the adventures of the title character’s time-traveling telephone box?

7 /10 | Born on this day in 1967, this South African cricketer once batted for 14 hours, 38 minutes to score 275 runs and was the first player from his country to score a century against all other Test playing nations. Who was it whose commitment to team dynamics helped India win the 2011 ICC World Cup?

8/10 | Born on November 23, 1992, this singer and actress first came to fame as a teenager, leading a double life as a famous pop singer and a normal teenager. She eventually became a bona fide pop star, making the transition from TV to the concert stage. Name the singer who had the best of both worlds.

9/10 | 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. This makes IBM Simon the first example of what?

10 / 10 | Released on November 23, 2004, WoW is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), which quickly became the world’s most subscribed game. Players can create an avatar and explore an open game world, fight monsters, and interact with other players. What does WoW mean?