HOT TOPICS

Quiz

1 The suspect in the Auckland “suitcase murders” will be extradited from what country within 30 days?

2 It is said that Helen of Troy had a face that launched how many ships?

3 What is the capital city of Uruguay?

4 What colour flowers do hydrangeas produce in acidic soil?

5 In 1971, the HQ model of what car manufacturer was its

6 Elvis Presley’s hit song In the Ghetto was set in what American city?

7 Camelopard is an archaic English name for what large animal?

8 What is the currency of the Czech Republic?

9 What does the Statue of Liberty hold in her right hand?

10 Following his split from Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson has been rumoured to be dating which model?

History

1854 Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s famous poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade, is published in England.

1917 British forces capture Jerusalem from the Ottoman Turks. 1960 First broadcast of Coronation Street on British ITV

1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first animated TV special featuring characters from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, premieres on CBS.

1992 Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announce their separation. (The couple’s divorce becomes final in August 1996.)

2006 A fire breaks out at a Moscow drug treatment hospital, killing 46 women trapped by barred windows and a locked gate.

2011 The European Union says 26 of its 27 member countries are open to joining a new treaty tying their finances together to solve the euro crisis; Britain remains opposed.

2013 Scientists reveal that NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered signs of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars.

2017 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Australia after being signed into law by the Governor General

2020 commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resume for the first time since they were grounded worldwide nearly two years earlier following two deadly accidents;.