HOT TOPICS

Quiz

1 What term is used to describe when a player uses all their letters in one round in a game of Scrabble?

2 A brand of what type of alcohol is named after the Welsh pirate Captain Morgan?

3 Who was the first democratically

elected president of Russia?

4 Who sang the title track of the

1978 film Grease?

5 What Australian snake boasts by far the most toxic venom of any species?

History

1761 Britain’s King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey.

1862 President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of January 1, 1863.

1949 The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.

1961 The Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting racial discrimination on interstate buses.

1964 The musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” starring Zero Mostel, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3242 performances.

1980 The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.

2014 The United States and five Arab nations launched airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, sending waves of planes and Tomahawk cruise missiles against an array of targets.

2015 Volkswagen AG acknowledged putting emissions-cheating software in millions of vehicles worldwide.

2019 “Game of Thrones” won the best drama series Emmy Award for its final season, tying its record of 12 years in a single year for the third time

Birthdays

● Capt. Mark Phillips is 72

● Singer Debby Boone is 64

● Singer Nick Cave is 63

● Classical crossover singer Andrea Bocelli is 62

● Actor Scott Baio is 60

● Actor Catherine Oxenberg is 59

● Actor Juliette Goglia is 25

Quiz Answers

1. Omnivores 2. Five 3. Texas 4. China 5. Christopher Wren

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