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Published date29 May 2023
Publication titleNorthern Advocate, The (Whangarei, New Zealand)
2What is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament played on a clay court

3Who was the lead singer of the band Talk Talk?

4Who led the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911?

5What was the name of the political party that ruled South Africa during the apartheid era?

6Which event marked the beginning of the Cold War?

7What is the name of Wagner’s four-opera cycle that tells the story of the Norse gods and the end of the world?

8The Ustashe were a fascist political organisation in which country during WWII?

9What is the name of Samsung’s virtual assistant?

10What year was Coca-Cola first made?

History 1914 The Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St Lawrence River in eastern Quebec after colliding with the Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad; of the 1477 people on board the Empress of Ireland, 1012 died.

1953 Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.

1977 Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place (the winner was A.J. Foyt).

1985 Thirty-nine people were killed at the European Cup Final in Brussels, Belgium, when rioting broke out and a wall separating British and Italian soccer fans collapsed.

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