Misc: What U S state is the golden state?

Questions

What was the first trade mark to be registered in 1875?

Which MP was knocked down and killed by a train during the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester railway in 1830?

In greek legend which hero waas attacked by the monsters Scylla and Charybdis in the Straits of Messina?

After which governor of the Dutch East India company was Tasmania first named?

Original name for Tasmania?