Quizzical August

1. What event on this day in 1485 has made cautious English monarchs avoid the name Richard?

2. To whom did then minister for communications Dermot Ahern indicate at this time last year that Fianna Fáil would give "unadulterated support"?

3. Whose review of a new play ran: "The only thing I didn't like about The Barretts Of Wimpole Street was the play."? (The critic, born today in 1893, was also reputed to have said, when told that the famously taciturn US president Calvin Coolidge was dead, "How could they tell?")

4.What famous painting was stolen from a gallery - again - a year ago today?

5. Michael Collins was assassinated in 1922. Where?

Friday's answers: 1. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel; 2. A redundancy package; 3. Len Hutton;

4. Carl Barat; and 5. Irving Berlin.