HOT TOPICS

Quiz

1 The staple Japanese alcoholic drink sake is made by fermenting what?

2 Who directed both Once Were Warriors and the James Bond film Die Another Day?

3 In 2010, who became the first

mayor of Auckland’s Super City?

4 Sigourney Weaver starred as what iconic character in the Alien series?

5 Upsetting many New Zealand fans, Russell Coutts skippered what team at the 2003 America’s Cup? 6 Before they moved to Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City Thunder went by what name in the NBA?

7 Who is the eldest of Kris Jenner’s

six children?

8 Which Kiwi authored the children’s classic Under the Mountain?

9 What was the last name of Jon, the

owner of Garfield and Odie?

10 What Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt TV sitcom was briefly revived for one season in 2019?

History

1792 During the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attack the Tuileries Palace, where King Louis XVI lives. 1793 Louvre palace opens in Paris as The Museum Central des Arts. 1840 HMS Britomart arrives at Akaroa, on Banks Peninsula, to enable the Britishs to claim sovereignty a week before a ship of French colonists lands there.

1885 Leo Daft opens America’s first commercially operated electric streetcar, in Baltimore.

1962 Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man makes his debut in issue 15 of Amazing Fantasy.

1945 A day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Imperial Japan conveys its willingness to surrender provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remains unchanged.

1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz is arrested in New York and accused of being “Son of Sam”, a gunman who killed six people and wounded seven others.

1995 Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are charged with 11 counts in the Oklahoma City bombing.

1996 The All Blacks beat South Africa 29-18 in Cape Town to win the inaugural Tri Nations Rugby Series.

Birthdays

● Rock singermusician Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is 75

● Actor Rosanna Arquette is 63

● Actor Antonio Banderas is 62

● Rock musician Jon Farriss (INXS) is 61

● Boxer Riddick Bowe is 55

● Actor-writer Justin Theroux is 5

● Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is 25

Quiz Answers

1. Rice 2. Lee Tamahori 3. Len Brown

4. Ellen Ripley 5. Alinghi 6. Seattle SuperSonics 7. Kourtney Kardashian

8. Maurice Gee 9. Arbuckle 10. Mad About You

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