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Quiz
1 Connell and Marianne are the two main characters in what 2018 novel by Sally Rooney?
The 1977 film Annie Hall made a fashion icon out of what actress? What “K” is an alternative name for a German turnip?
John Frusciante is best known as the guitarist of what band? What historic cathedral is considered to be English architect Christopher Wren’s masterpiece? The songs Business Time, Hurt Feelings and We’re Both in Love with a Sexy Lady all featured on what cult comedy series? After a landmark agreement, women playing what professional sport in NZ will now be paid the same as their male counterparts? Deoxyribonucleic acid is better known by what acronym? What nationality was the highly influential pop artist Roy Lichtenstein?
10 Who directed the acclaimed 2017
film The Shape of Water?
History
1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that takes him to ¯ the O Americas.
1916 Irish-born British diplomat Roger Casement, a strong advocate of independence for Ireland, is hanged for treason.
1936 Jesse Owens of the US wins his first of four gold medals in front of Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Olympics, taking out the 100m sprint.
1941 The NZ government seizes the four-masted Finnish barque Pamir Five in Wellington Harbour in response to Finland joining Nazi Germany’s invasion of their mutual enemy, the Soviet Union.
1958 The US atomic submarine Nautilus passes beneath the thick ice cap of the North Pole, an unprecedented feat.
1994 Arkansas carries out the first triple execution in the US in 32 years. 2014 Israel withdraws most of its ground troops from the Gaza Strip in a winding down of a nearly monthlong operation against Hamas that leaves more than 1800 Palestinians and 60 Israelis dead.
2019 A gunman opens fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, leaving 22 people dead.
Birthdays
● Singer Tony Bennett is 96
● Actor Martin Sheen is 82
● Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is 81
● Movie director John Landis is 72
● Rock singer James Hetfield (Metallica) is 59
● Hip-hop artist Spinderella (SaltN-Pepa) is 51
● Actor Evangeline Lilly is 43
Quiz Answers
1. Normal People 2. Diane Keaton
3. Kohlrabi 4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. St Paul’s Cathedral 6. Flight of the Conchords 7. Cricket 8. DNA
9. American 10. Guillermo del Toro.
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