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Quiz

1 Which British actress played Claire McGory in ‘Save Me' and Dr. Gemma Foster in ‘Doctor Foster’

2 In Dutch folklore they are known as Kabouters, but what are they known as in Ireland?

3 By what more common name is

the Yam known?

4 Fans of which US singersongwriter call themselves the ‘Fanilows'?

5 The phrase "Let them eat cake" is often wrongly attributed to which Queen of France?

History

2016: Terror struck Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice (nees) as a large truck plowed into a festive crowd, killing 86 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists; the driver was shot dead by police.

1789: In an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.

1933: All German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed.

1960: British researcher Jane Goodall arrived at the Gombe (GAHM’-bay) Stream Reserve in the Tanganyika Territory (in presentday Tanzania) to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.

2013: Thousands of demonstrators across the country protested a Florida jury’s decision the day before to clear George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

2014: The Church of England voted overwhelmingly in favor of allowing women to become bishops.

Birthdays

● Singer-guitarist Kyle Gass is 60.

● Actress Jane Lynch is 60.

● Actor Matthew Fox is 54.

● Rock musician Ellen Reid (Crash Test Dummies) is 54.

● Hip-hop musician “taboo” (Black Eyed Peas) is 45.

● Rock singer Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons) is 33.

Quiz Answers

1. Suranne Jones. 2.Leprechauns. 3. Sweet Potato. 4. Barry Manilow. 5. Marie Antoinette.

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