HOT TOPICS
Quiz
1 What does the HP stand for in HP Sauce?
2 Which character did Bernard Hill portray in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy?
3 What is the average number of grapes needed to produce a bottle of wine?
4 For which Japanese rugby team does Ardie Savea play?
5 When did Masterchef Australia first air on Australian television?
6 Who co-founded Apple Inc. alongside Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak?
7 What is a group of seagulls called?
8 Who is the founder of Barbie?
9 In which year did Spacex launch the first Starlink satellites?
10 Where did salsa dancing originate?
History
1789 Captain William Bligh and his loyal men cast off from HMS Bounty reach Timor, after sailing 5800 km in a 6-metre launch
1911 The British ocean liner RMS Olympic sets out on its maiden voyage for New York, arriving one week later. (The ship’s captain was Edward John Smith, who goes on to command the ill-fated RMS Titanic the following year.)
1919 John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown embarks on the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1940 German troops enter Paris during World War II; the same day, the Nazis begin transporting prisoners to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Germanoccupied Poland.
1972 The Environmental Protection Agency orders a ban on domestic use of the pesticide DDT, to take effect at year’s end.
1982 Argentine forces surrender to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands.
2005 Michelle Wie, 15, becomes the first female player to qualify for an adult male US Golf Association championship, tying for first place in a 36-hole U.S. Amateur Public Links sectional qualifying tournament.
2013 The Associated Press reports Minnesota resident Michael Karkoc had been a top commander of a Nazi Ss-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children, then lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States after World War II.
2017 Fire rips through the 24-story Grenfell Tower in West London, killing 71 people.