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3 Coronavirus — health and event

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4 Flaxmere boy brutally beaten

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5 Covid-19 virus: Hawke’s Bay pharmacists toiling but salute customers

Quiz

1

The wife of which biblical figure was supposedly turned to a pillar of salt upon looking back at the destruction of Sodom?

2 Which friar, born in modern-day Czechia in 1822, is often described as the Father of Genetics, following his experiments crossbreeding pea plants?

3 Who performed a rock version of The Star Spangled Banner at the closing of Woodstock in 1969, which subsequently became a symbol of the 1960s era?

4 Which king in Greek mythology was cursed to push a boulder up a hill for eternity, only for it to roll all the way back down?

5 Canadian singer Celine Dion represented which country at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she won with Ne partez pas sans moi?

Bible quote

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

History

1964: Alaska was hit by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake (the strongest on record in North America) and tsunami that together claimed about 130 lives.

2005: In a live internet interview with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Michael Jackson declared himself “completely innocent” of child molestation charges, and said he was the victim of a conspiracy.

Birthdays

● Rock musician Tony Banks (Genesis) is 70.

● Rock musician Andrew Farriss (INXS) is 61.

● Movie director Quentin Tarantino is 57.

● Singer Mariah Carey is 50.

● Hip-hop singer Fergie is 45.

● Pop singer-songwriter Kimbra is

30.

Quiz Answers

1. Lot. 2. Gregor Mendel. 3. Jimi Hendrix. 4. Sisyphus. 5. Switzerland.

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