CHROKNOWLEDGEY

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

RANGING from the year 2001 to 2010, can you place the following ten events into the correct years? There is one event per year.

A A SERIES of terrorist bombings, often referred to as 7/7, are staged across London’s public transport network. Three are detonated on the London Underground and one on a bus.

B ENGLAND becomes the last country in the UK to ban smoking in enclosed public spaces, a year after smoke-free legislation was introduced in Scotland.

C GORDON BROWN is caught on microphone calling a pensioner he has just met ‘bigoted’.

D AUSTRALIAN actor Heath Ledger dies of an accidental drug overdose six months before the release of Batman film The Dark Knight, in which he plays The Joker. He later wins a posthumous Oscar.

E AN OUTBREAK of swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus, is declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.

F JONNY WILKINSON scores a matchwinning drop goal for England in the last minute of the Rugby World Cup final against Australia.

G ARSENAL become Premier League champions, winning 26 games and drawing 12, in a celebrated season in which the team becomes known as the ‘The Invincibles’.

H THE QUEEN’S sister, Princess Margaret, passes away just seven weeks before her mother.

I SADDAM HUSSEIN is sentenced to death following his capture and subsequent conviction for crimes against humanity, and is executed in the final days of the year.

J NINE members of the Nepalese royal family, including the King and Queen, are massacred in the Narayanhiti Palace.