Sunday, 18 October 2009

Maldives Cabinet Meeting Underwater

This is a superb way to highlight the potential problem for your nation when the predicted effects of climate change start to take effect. The Maldives will almost certainly disappear if the ocean rises by more than 7 ft and so to highlight the problem President Nasheed arranged for a cabinet meeting to take place underwater! What a masterstroke!

Your Sunday questions are: -
  1. What was transferred from Russian to American ownership today in 1867 at a cost of $7.2 million?

  2. Actor and singer Zac Efron (right) was born today in 1987 and starred as Troy Bolton in which series of movies?

  3. In which country was tennis player Martina Navratilova born today in 1956?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. Mother Theresa; 2. The Fugees; 3. Beer

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