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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014
Crossword by Myles Mellor & Sally York
1. In which books would you find Eeyore and Kanga? 2. How many people have walked on the moon – 6, 12 or 18? 3. Saddam Hussein was the leader of which political party? 4. Who coined the phrase ‘Big Brother is watching you’? 5. Which Beatle was deported from Germany in 1960 because he was too young to work there? Answers below right.
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23. Canine cry 24. Imogene and family 1. Secular ones 27. Venom 8. Type of bar 28. Flags 15. Clear 29. Approx. 16. French composer 30. Bank letters and pianist 33. Good times 17. Statement with at Down least two clauses 34. Express mirth 19. Bit of 1. Fond du ___, Wis. 36. Break out paronomasia 37. LAX info 2. Blood-typing 20. Says no 38. Sponsorship letters 21. Eye sores 39. Bar ___ 3. Any doctrine 24. Saturn, for one 40. Get-up 4. High hat 25. Previously 43. Thick-skinned 5. Maltreat 26. Regarding that animals 6. Fifty-fifty 28. Come-ons 44. Threatening 7. Driver’s license words 31. Dot-com’s address datum 45. Execrate 32. Eye guy 8. Asparagus unit 35. Two-floor dwelling 9. Charged particles 47. Fearful unit 48. Alabama city 10. Loco 41. Under debate 50. Some slippers 11. Delight 42. Moo ___ gai pan 12. Devices used by 51. School org. 43. Mason supplier 54. Leave 32-Across 46. Thong 55. Side dish 13. “More!” 49. Eur. land 56. Eye up and down 14. Spectacles 50. Dashboard inits. 18. Marienbad, for 57. Latin I word 52. Honey bunch? 59. Dupe one 53. Wane 60. Nonexistent 21. Fastener 57. Sushi selection 61. Pilothouse abbr. 22. Like some 58. Weather-resistant streets 62. Conducted Across
Solutions to last week’s puzzles:
Answers to this week’s Pop Quiz: 1. The Winnie the Pooh series; 2. Twelve; 3. The Ba’ath Party; 4. George Orwell; 5. George Harrison.
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ISLAND VIEW
■■ October 3, 1283
70
Dafydd ap Gruffydd, last independent ruler of Wales, is hanged, drawn and quartered on the orders of King Edward I of England.
Percentage of people who say they hate their jobs and are miserable at work.
■■ October 4, 2004 SpaceShipOne wins the US$10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space.
3:1
Chances of a guy accompanied by a cute dog getting a woman’s phone number, as against a guy without a dog.
■■ October 5, 1969
The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs on BBC One, starring John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman.
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■■ October 6, 1976 Massacre of Thammasat University students protesting against the return of ex-dictator Thanom Kittikachorn, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
Percentage of the world’s human population that have naturally green eyes.
200
■■ October 7, 1959
The USSR probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
Approximately, the number of milliseconds it takes to fall in love.
■■ October 8, 1918
613
In the Argonne Forest in France, US Corporal Alvin York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he is awarded the Medal of Honor.
The number of times the Beatles used the word “Love” in their songs. Source: Uberfacts
This week in history
■■ October 9, 1986 Price tags hang from goods in an ironmonger’s shop in old Phuket Town. Photo by Alasdair Forbes. Have a Phuket photo to share? Email it with caption to editor@classactmedia.co.th
The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London. Source Wikipedia thephuketnews