general knowledge

[jane mark 2]

In the Harry Potter Books how many children do Mr. & Mrs. Weasley have?
Which Beatles UK studio album spent the most weeks at the top of the album chart?
What was the name of the first monkey successfuly sent into space?
Thank you for any help on these.

[carrust]

Monkey..Laika (sp)

[booknerd]

There are seven Weasley children - Percy, Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny.

[John Fox]

Wasn't Laike the first dog? I think the first monkey was Gordo.
The Weasley's have seven children a ccording to my wife who's Potter mad.
Please Please me was the album.

[dr pop]

http://www.answers.com/topic/monkeys-in-space

[booknerd]

Able, a seven-pound female rhesus monkey, and Baker, a one-pound female squirrel monkey, were fired 300 miles into space in the nose-cone of a Jupiter missile AM-18 from Cape Canaveral in Florida in 1959. They became the first living creatures to survive space flight.

The first monkey astronaut was Albert, a rhesus monkey, who on June 11, 1948 rode to over 63 km (39 miles) on a V2 rocket. Albert died of suffocation during the flight.

Albert was followed by Albert II who survived the V2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949. Albert II became the first monkey in space as his flight reached 134 km (83 miles). Albert III died at 35,000 feet (10.7 km) in an explosion of his V2 on September 16, 1949.

Albert IV on the last monkey V2 flight died on impact on December 8 that year.

[jane mark 2]

Thank you to everyone for replies. I have checked on Laika and it was the first dog. These replies are a great help, very near the end of this quiz now! J.

[jane mark 2]

Thanks for the quoted web sites for the monkeys!