function start() {
  document.date2.q1.focus();
}

function validate() {
 
  if (document.date2.q1.value !="30th April, 1968") {
      alert("try again for 1");
      document.date2.q1.focus();
      document.date2.q1.select();
      return false;
}
  if (document.date2.q2.value !="31st September, 1998") {
      alert("try again for 2");
      document.date2.q2.focus();
      document.date2.q2.select();
      return false;
    }
 
  if (document.date2.q3.value !="23rd February, 1959"){
      alert("try again for 3");
       document.date2.q3.focus();
       document.date2.q3.select();
       return false; 
}
  if (document.date2.q4.value !="17th June, 1944"){
      alert("try again for 4");
      document.date2.q4.focus();
      document.date2.q4.select();
      return false;
  }
  if (document.date2.q5.value !="4th November, 2002"){
      alert("try again for 5");
      document.date2.q5.focus();
      document.date2.q5.select();
      return false;
  }
  if (document.date2.q6.value !="18th December, 1977"){
      alert("try again for 6");
      document.date2.q6.focus();
      document.date2.q6.select();
      return false;
  }
  if (document.date2.q7.value !="25th March, 1956"){
      alert("try again for 7");
      document.date2.q7.focus();
      document.date2.q7.select();
      return false;
  }
  if (document.date2.q8.value !="1st January, 1992"){
      alert("try again for 8");
      document.date2.q8.focus();
      document.date2.q8.select();
      return false;
  }
  if (document.date2.q9.value !="11th October, 1949"){
      alert("try again for 9");
      document.date2.q9.focus();
      document.date2.q9.select();
      return false;
  }
  if (document.date2.q10.value !="7th May, 2001"){
      alert("try again for 10");
      document.date2.q10.focus();
      document.date2.q10.select();
      return false;
  }
     
  if (document.date2.q11.value !="29th August, 1985"){
      alert("try again for 11");
      document.date2.q11.focus();
      document.date2.q11.select();
      return false;
  }
  if (document.date2.q12.value !="2nd June, 1999"){
      alert("try again for 12");
      document.date2.q12.focus();
      document.date2.q12.select();
      return false;
  }
   alert("Good work. All your answers are correct.");
   return true;
}

function answers() {
    NewWin=window.open('answers2.html','NewWin',
   'toolbar=no,status=no,width=280,height=440');
}