b"The Great Eastern Mail FEBRUARY 10, 2023 23KidsGEMSPACEwww.facebook.com/TheGreatEasternMailGEM QUICK QUIZ GEM KIDS THIS MONTHS GAMING1.WHICH THREE PRIMARY COLOURS ARE THERE? GAME SUPERSTARS2.WHAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT NATURAL SUBSTANCE? REVIEWS3.HOW MANY WORLD WONDERS ARE THERE?4.WHAT PLANET IS THE LARGEST IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM? QUIZ ANSWERS:5.WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A YEAR? (10) ANTARCTICA6.PABLO PICASSO WAS A WELL-KNOWN (9) BABY SHARK MY BABY DRAGON7.CAN YOU NAME THE STAR THAT IS NEAREST TO EARTH? (7) THE SUN (8) LAVA [PLAYED ON NINTENDO SWITCH]8.WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO MOLTEN ROCK FOLLOWING(6) ARTIST WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE GAME?YEAR. I LIKE THAT EVERY DRAGON IS DIFFERENT ANDBLAKEA VOLCANIC ERUPTION? (5) 52 WEEKS MAKE UP ANEEDS DIFFERENT THINGS9.WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR YOUTUBE VIDEO FOR(4) JUPITERWHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTER AND WHY? AGED 9CHILDREN? (2) A DIAMOND (3) SEVEN I WANT TO BECOME A DRAGONWARD!10.WHAT'S THE WORLDS SOLE UNINHABITABLE CONTINENT? (1) BLUE, YELLOW, AND RED WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS GAME?THIS FORTNIGHT IN HISTORY YES WHAT RATING WOULD YOU GIVE IT OUT OF 10?I WOULD GIVE IT AN 7 OUT OF 1010th February 1990The spacecraft Galileo flew past Venus on its way to Jupiter.11th February 1969American actress Jennifer Aniston, who achieved stardom on the popular television sitcom Friends (19942004) and launched a successful film career, was born. KUKOOS LOST PETS12th February 1851Gold was discovered in east-central New South Wales, sparking Australia's first gold[PLAYED ONNINTENDO SWITCH]rush. WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE GAME?13th February 2008Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized to the Australian AboriginalTHAT YOU GET TO PLAY AS MULTIPLE CHARACTERSpeoples for abuses they had suffered under earlier administrations.14th FebruaryToday is Valentine's Day, the feast day of St. Valentine, a priest and physician who wasWHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTER AND WHY? ASHERmartyred about 270 ce in Rome, and the tradition of exchanging greetings of love on Valentine's Day isI LOVE THAT YOU GET TO PLAY MULTIPLAYERbased on the legend that Valentine had signed a letter to his jailer's daughter, with whom he had fallen inWITH FRIENDS AGED 10love, from your Valentine. WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS GAME?15th February 1954American cartoonist and animator Matt Groening, who created the comic strip Life in Hell and the television series The Simpsons and Futurama, was born. YES 16th February 1923The burial chamber of King Tutankhamun was unsealed by British archaeologistWHAT RATING WOULD YOU GIVE IT OUT OF 10?Howard Carter; his discovery of the tomb the previous year was one of the most-celebrated contributions to Egyptology. I WOULD GIVE IT A 7 OUT OF 1017th February 1992Convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms for a series of gruesome murders; he was later killed by a fellow prison inmate.18th February 1930Using a 13-inch (33-cm) telescope at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Clyde W. Tombaugh, a 24-year-old American with no formal training in astronomy, discovered the dwarfSPONGEBOB THE COSMIC SHAKE planet Pluto this day in 1930. [PLAYED ON NINTENDO SWITCH]19th February 1945On this day in 1945, during the final phases of World War II, U.S. Marines invadedWHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE GAME?Iwo Jima so as to wrest control of the strategically important island from the Japanese, who put up fierceITS GOT A GREAT STORYLINEresistance in the ensuing battle. CHARLI20th February 1962John H. Glenn, Jr., the oldest of seven astronauts selected by NASA for ProjectWHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTER AND WHY?Mercury spaceflight training (and later a U.S. senator), became on this day in 1962 the first American toSPONGEBOB AGED 11orbit Earth, doing so three times.21st February 1995American businessman and adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to flyWOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS GAME?solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. It was the first of his many aviation records. I LOVE THE CHARACTERS SO YES22nd February 1997On this day in 1997, a team of British scientists working under the direction of Ian Wilmut at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh announced the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first clone of anWHAT RATING WOULD YOU GIVE IT OUT OF 10?adult mammal. I WOULD GIVE IT 8 OUT OF 1023rd February 1836This day in 1836, during the Texas war for independence, Mexican General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna began a siege of the Alamo, which was captured after 13 days and which became for Texans a symbol of heroic resistance.KIDS JOKES HE HE Ha Ha puzzle answers1.WHAT TIME IS IT WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 13? TIME TO GET A NEW CLOCK. a Ha SOLUTIONS: FROM PAGE 9 SUDOKU:2.HOW DOES A CUCUMBER BECOME A PICKLE?H 3048IT GOES THROUGH A JARRING EXPERIENCE.3.WHAT DID ONE TOILET SAY TO THE OTHER?HE HYOU LOOK A BIT FLUSHED. E4.WHY CANT ELSA FROM FROZEN HAVE A BALLOON? BECAUSE SHE WILL LET IT GO.5.WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IS FOUND IN THE BATHROOM? A TUBA TOOTHPASTE. a6.WHAT DO YOU CALL A FAKE NOODLE?H a H 3049AN IM-PASTA.7.HOW DO YOU MAKE AN ARTICHOKE? YOU STRANGLE IT. Ha H8.WHY DID THE TOMATO BLUSH?aBECAUSE IT SAW THE SALAD DRESSING.9.WHY DO MUSHROOMS GET INVITED TO ALL THE PARTIES? BECAUSE THEYRE SUCH FUNGIS! (FUN GUYS, GET IT?)10.WHAT DID ONE PLATE WHISPER TO THE OTHER PLATE?Puzzles supplied by Lovatts PublicationsDINNER IS ON ME. Pty Ltd www.puzzlexperts.com"