SPOT CHECK

Can you place the six dominoes (right) into the grid below in such a way that the number of spots in all four rows across and all four rows down totals 11?

MAKE A DATE

In which year did all three of these significant historical events take place?

1. America’s space shuttle Atlantis successfully docks with the Russian Mir space station.

2. The Royal Yacht Britannia is decommissioned.

3. The UK transfers sovereignty of Hong Kong, the largest remaining British colony, to the People’s Republic of China.

WAS IT?

a) 1993; b) 1994; c) 1995; d) 1996; e) 1997.