The answers to Last Months quiz
10. The international airport in New Delhi, India is named after which former leader of the
country?
The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
Indira Ghandi was India's first female Prime Minister and daughter of independent India's
first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. She was another of the list who unfortunately lost her
life at the hands of an assassin. In 1984 she was killed by two of her Sikh bodyguards as
retaliation for the perceived desecration of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, Sikhism's holiest
shrine. Four months previously, Gandhi had ordered the storming of the shrine to flush out a
group of Sikh militants who had taken control of the temple complex. In the operation by
the Indian military, more than 1000 people were killed, many of whom were innocent Sikh
worshippers. The airport in Hyderabad, India is named after Rajiv Ghandi.
11. The airport in Manila, Philippines is named in honour of a person who was assassinated
getting off a plane there in 1983. Who was this person?
The correct answer was Ninoy Aquino
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr was a leading opposition senator in the Philippines during the
Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. Aquino had been in self-imposed exile in the US from
1980 following heart bypass surgery. He was returning to Manila to try and negotiate with
Marcos, due to the latter's ill health. As he stepped off the plane, a shot was fired at his head
from point blank range, killing him instantly. The alleged assassin was Rolando Galman who
was shot dead at the airport but his guilt is much disputed.The assassination galvanised the
opposition in the country ultimately culminating in the removal of Marcos from office in
1986. He was succeeded as President by Nin
12. The international airport in New Orleans is named after which jazz legend?
The correct answer was Louis Armstrong
Armstrong, popularly known as "Satchmo" was born in New Orleans in 1901 and was one of
the key figures in the jazz scene in New Orleans. His fame came from his excellence as a
cornet and trumpet player and latterly as a jazz singer. His great influence was in
introducing the improvisational element to jazz. As well as the city's airport, which was
renamed from Moisant Field in 2001, there is also a Louis Armstrong park within the city.
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