HOT TOPICS

Quiz

1 What is the gestation period of a

mouse?

2 Which sport did Oscar Wilde describe as “The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable”?

3 In which country do they serve

chicken in chocolate sauce?

4 What aviation invention is

attributed to Igor Sikorsky?

5 What group had a huge hit with

the song Kiss You All Over?

Joke of the day

Q: Can a kangaroo jump higher than a house?

A: Of course, a house doesn’t jump at all.

History

1927: Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party.

1936: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C., giving the green light to traffic. 1942: The World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began.

1948: Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.

1970: The Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan; it's believed half a million people, possibly more, were killed in the disaster.

1987: The American Medical Association issued a policy statement saying it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person had AIDS or was HIV-positive.

Birthdays

● Singer Brian Hyland is 75.

● Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 75.

● Rock musician Booker T. Jones (Booker T. & the MGs) is 74.

● Singer-songwriter Neil Young is

73.

● Rock musician Donald ‘‘Buck Dharma’’ Roeser (Blue Oyster Cult) is

71.

● Olympic gold medal gymnast Nadia Comaneci is 57.

● Actor Sam Lloyd is 55.

● Rock musician David Ellefson is

54.

● Figure skater Tonya Harding is 48.

● Actress Lourdes Benedicto is 44.

● Actress Ashley Williams is 40.

● Actor Ryan Gosling is 38.

● Actress Anne Hathaway is 36.

Quiz Answers

1. 21 days 2. Fox-hunting 3. Mexico

4. Helicopter 5. Exile.

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