Pub Quiz - Literature + Crime

Last excursion of the week into my trivia filled mind. Answers in the message body please and no googling. Will post results about 9.00pm.

Literature
1) Whose autobiographies were 'The Moon's a Balloon' and 'Bring on the Empty Horses'?

2) Which Charles Dickens novel was set during the French Revolution?

3) Which book went on trial for obscenity in 1960 but was acquitted?

4) Who wrote the Science Fiction novel 'Brave New World'?

5) Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect. Characters in which book?

Crime
6) To 1 year e/w, when was the death penalty abolished in the UK?

7) 'Hawley Harvey' were the Christian names of which criminal?

8) When Ronnie Biggs did a runner, which country did run to hide in?

9) Who did Sirhan Sirhan assasinate on 6th June 1968?

10) What was the nickname of George Smith, sentenced to death in London in 1915 for the murders of several women?

Posted By: Saucerer, Apr 24, 19:22:44