2. What is the population of China, to the nearest 100 million!? 3. Name either of the countries which borders the Panama Isthmus in Central America Music 1. How many piano sonatas did Beethoven write ? 2. When did the famous band leader Glenn Miller die? Books 1. Who created the Gareld series of cartoons? 2.. What was Gareld’s teddy bear called? 3. Who wrote books such as Slime, Fing, Ice Monster and Boogie Bear? 4. What nationality was the crime writer Dame Ngaio Marsh? Many thanks to Dorothy Barker for sending us this excellent quiz. Answers in the next issue!
Eating in the 50s For those of you who are old enough to remember, enjoy. For the rest treat this as a history lesson: Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking. Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green. Cubed sugar was regarded as posh. Only Heinz made beans. Curry was a surname. A take away was a mathematical problem. A Pizza was something to do with a leaning tower. Rice was milk pudding and never part of our dinner. Frozen food was called ice cream. None of us had heard of Yoghurt, Sushi, kebabs & Pasta. Healthy food consisted of anything edible. People who didn’t peel potatoes were considered lazy. Seaweed was not recognised as a food. Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we only saw photographs of real ones. Water came out of a tap, suggesting bottling it and charging for it would of been laughed at. The one thing that we never ever had on a table was elbows.
LIVErNEWS Issue 74 ~
41 ~ Spring 2021
