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1 d ) Mary Quant, who died in 2023 at the age of 93, ap- peared at the 1966 medal ceremony in a miniskirt. 2 c ) A 1600-year-old mosaic in the Villa Romana del Casale near the Sicilian town of Piazza Ar- merina shows women exercising in crop tops and shorts. 3 a+b ) T he Hombu r g i s named a f ter Bad Homburg in Germany. Fes in Moroc- co probably gave the fez its name. 4 a ) The NBA argued that the col- our of the shoes was against the rules. Michael Jordan wore them anyway, and Nike paid the fine of US$5000 per game and used the event for advertising purposes. 5 c ) The dress consisted of two lengths of black fabric held together at the sides by gold safety pins. The gaps revealed a lot of bare skin when Liz Hurley accompanied her then partner Hugh Grant to the premiere of his film, Four Weddings and a Funeral, in 1994. 6 a ) The Japanese word kimono means a thing to wear. To- day, the Japanese still wear kimono on formal and festive occasions or when performing traditional ceremonies. ANSWERS 7 a ) Historians assume that the tie is of military origin. Ac- cording to one theory, it developed from conspicuous neck ties worn by Croatian mercenaries during the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). 8 c ) In Gorky Park , a corrupt busi- nessman smuggles Martes zibellina from the Soviet Union to the USA to establish a sable fur farm there. Investigator Arkady Renko is played by William Hurt in the film version. 9 d ) The first plastic stockings had a seam. When nylon became an essential commodity during the Second World War, the production of stockings came to a standstill. To give the impression that they were wearing them, some wom- en applied make-up to their legs and simulated the seam with an eyeliner pencil. 10 b ) The colour yellow was reserved for the emperor. In Chinese, the words for yellow and emperor sound the same. A person who wore yellow without author- isation was liable to face the death penalty. 11 b+c ) The cummerbund should be the same colour as the handkerchief and worn with the pleats facing upwards. 24 April/May 2025 READER’S DIGEST