HOT TOPICS

Quiz

1 Which Kiwi cricketer recently attended the pre-wedding event for the son of Asia’s richest man?

2 Neil Finn’s band Crowded House

was formed in which city?

3 What does ATM stand for in the

context of banking?

4 What mineral is ruby a variety of?

5 Known as the pistol of the American West, who manufactured the “Peacemaker”?

6 What are the three main ingredients

in a Harvey Wallbanger cocktail?

7 How many teams take part in

Super Rugby Pacific?

8 Who was the first New Zealander

to win an Olympic medal?

9 What is the traditional Saudi

Arabian garment worn by men?

10 In which year did Margaret Thatcher resign as Prime Minister of Britain?

History

1413 The coronation of England’s King Henry V takes place in Westminster Abbey.

1483 Edward V, 12, succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. Never crowned, he disappears presumed murdered, after being held in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard.

1850 Nine Sisters of Mercy arrive in Auckland with Bishop Pompallier.

1865 Confederate General Robert E Lee surrenders his army to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant in Virginia, effectively ending the US Civil War after nearly four years.

1932 In Dunedin, unemployed protesters are dsipersed by batonwielding police when they throw stones at a relief depot and try to storm the hospital board offices.

1940 During World War II, Germany invades Denmark and Norway.

1942 Some 75,000 Philippine and US defenders on Bataan surrender to Japanese troops, who force the prisoners into what becomes known as the Bataan Death March.

1968 Funerals are held for Martin Luther King Jr in Atlanta, five days after the civil-rights leader was assassinated.

2002 More than a million people line the streets for the funeral of the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey, UK.

2003 Jubilant Iraqis celebrate the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime, beheading his toppled statue Baghdad.

2005 Prince Charles marries longtime love Camilla Parker Bowles, who takes the title Duchess of Cornwall.

2021 Prince Philip, Britain’s longestserving consort, dies at the age of 99.

Birthdays

● Actor Dennis Quaid is 70

● Actor Cynthia Nixon is 58

● Rock singer Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) is 47

● Actor Kristen Stewart is 34

● Rapper Lil Nas X is 25

Quiz Answers

1. Trent Boult 2. Melbourne

3. Automated Teller Machine

4. Corundum 5. Colt 6. Vodka, Galliano liqueur, and orange juice

7. 12 8. Harry Kerr — 3500m walk

9. Thawb 10. 1990.

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