question: New York (CNN) -- Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has been dead for more than four months, but a mistake on his tombstone likely would have amused him.

Koch was born December 12, 1924, but his tombstone at Trinity Church Cemetery in Upper Manhattan made him appear 18 years younger than he was -- December 12, 1942, was set in stone.

The company responsible for the etchings on the marker became aware of the mistake Monday. The transposed numbers were fixed Tuesday morning using composite granite, according to George Arzt, Koch's former press secretary as mayor and his spokesman until his death.

The birth and death dates were added within the past 10 days, according to an etching company representative.

Koch hired an inscriber after he purchased his tombstone in 2007. He was able to see the engravings were etched as he wished; however, there were no dates at the time, according to Arzt.

"Ed would have loved this attention and called the situation 'ridiculous!' " Arzt told CNN on Tuesday.

Koch was a U.S. congressman from 1968 until he ran for New York mayor in 1977. He served three terms as the city's 105th mayor, from January 1978 to December 1989.

Koch died of congestive heart failure on February 1. He was 88 -- despite what his tombstone temporarily calculated.

1. In what year did Koch become a congressman?
2. In what year did he run for mayor?
3. How many terms did he serve?
4. Was he the 90th mayor of New York?
5. Which one then?
6. What was the final year he was mayor?
7. How old was he at the time of death?
8. What was the cause of death?
9. On what day did he die?
10. In what year was he born?
11. In what month?
12. Was he initially represented as younger or older than his real age on his tombstone?
13. By how much?
14. On what day did the company become aware of this error?
15. Who was Koch's press secretary?
16. In what year did Koch buy his tombstone?
17. What would did Arzt say Koch would've used to describe the error?
18. What news outlet did Arzt speak with?
19. On what day?
20. What kind of granite was used to fix the tombstone error?
****
answer: 1. 1968
2. 1977
3. three
4. no
5. 105th
6. 1989
7. 88
8. congestive heart failure
9. February 1
10. 1924
11. December
12. younger
13. 18 years
14. Monday
15. George Arzt
16. 2007
17. he would've called the situation 'ridiculous!'
18. CNN
19. Tuesday
20. composite granite

question: A high-profile murder case involving one of America's most well-known political families took a dramatic turn Wednesday when a judge ordered a new trial for Michael Skakel, the nephew of Robert and Ethel Kennedy.

Skakel, who has spent more than a decade behind bars, is accused of killing 15-year-old neighbor Martha Moxley with a golf club in 1975. Twenty-seven years after her death, he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

For years, Skakel fought unsuccessfully for his conviction to be overturned. But a Connecticut judge gave Skakel, 53, a chance for a fresh start Wednesday, ruling that the defense during his 2002 trial had been inadequate.

State's Attorney John Smriga said prosecutors plan to appeal, but are still reviewing the judge's decision.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long maintained his cousin's innocence, described the judge's order as a "blessed event."

"I think everybody who knows Michael's overjoyed with it," Kennedy told CNN's "AC360."

Martha Moxley's mother said the judge's ruling does nothing to change her mind.

"There's not a way they can erase what was said during the first trial. ... I have not given up and I do believe Michael Skakel killed my daughter," Dorthy Moxley told CNN's "Piers Morgan Live." "If there is a new trial, I will be there."

Judge: Defense 'constitutionally deficient'

In a lengthy opinion Wednesday, Connecticut Appellate Judge Thomas Bishop ruled that defense attorney Michael "Mickey" Sherman's representation of Skakel was "constitutionally deficient."

"The defense of a serious felony prosecution requires attention to detail, an energetic investigation and a coherent plan of defense (capably) executed," Bishop wrote in his decision. "Trial counsel's failures in each of these areas of representation were significant and, ultimately, fatal to a constitutionally adequate defense."
1. Who is accused of killing a neighbor?
2. Which famous family is he related to?
3. How many years was he sentenced to?
4. For the murder of whom?
5. How old was she?
6. What was the murder weapon?
7. In what year did it take place?
8. How many years passed before a conviction?
9. Who believes that Skakel is innocent?
10. How are they related?
11. Does Moxley's mother agree with Skakel's innocence?
12. Does she intend to be present at the new trial?
13. Who was Skakel's defense attorney?
14. Which judge decided to order a new trial?
15. What reasoning did he give?
16. What three things are required of a capable defender?
17. How old is Skakel currently?
18. Who plans to appeal the new trial?
19. According to whom?
20. How much time has Skakel already served?
****
answer: 1. Michael Skakel
2. Robert and Ethel Kennedy.
3. 20 years to life in prison.
4. Martha Moxley
5. 15
6. golf club
7. 1975
8. 27
9. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
10. cousins
11. No
12. Yes
13. Michael "Mickey" Sherman's
14. Judge Thomas Bishop
15. representation was "constitutionally deficient."
16. attention to detail, an energetic investigation, and a coherent plan of defense
17. 53,
18. prosecutors
19. State's Attorney John Smriga
20. more than a decade

question: CHAPTER XIII

SAM ON THE ROAD

The next few days were very busy ones for Sam because he had a number of important classes to attend, and he was hard at work finishing his theme on "Civilization in Ancient Central America." It was impossible to call on Grace, and so he did nothing to find out the truth about Chester Waltham because he did not wish to ask the girl about this over the telephone, nor did he see his way clear to expressing his thoughts on paper.

Sunday came and went, and Monday morning brought a letter to the youngest Rover which he read with much interest. It was from Belright Fogg, a long-winded and formal communication, in which the lawyer stated that he had been under medical treatment because of being hit in the head by a snowball thrown by Sam, and he demanded fifty dollars damages. If the same was not paid immediately, he stated that he would begin suit.

"Anything wrong, Sam?" questioned Songbird, who was present while Sam was reading the letter. "You look pretty serious."

"Read it for yourself, Songbird," was the reply, and Sam passed the communication over.

"Well, of all the gall!" burst out the would-be poet of Brill. "Fifty dollars! Of course you won't pay any such bill as this?"

"Not so you can notice it," returned Sam, sharply. "If he had sent me a bill for five dollars or less I might have let him have the money just to shut him up. But fifty dollars! Why, it's preposterous!"
1. Who is the story's main character?
2. What is the title of his paper?
3. What did he receive on Monday?
4. Who sent it?
5. What is his occupation?
6. Why did he send the letter?
7. What kind of damages?
8. Why did he need that?
9. Who hit him?
10. Is Sam excited to pay him?
11. Is there an amount Sam would be willing to pay?
12. Does Sam's friend think he should pay?
13. What was her name?
****
answer:
1. Sam
2. Civilization in Ancient Central America
3. a letter
4. Belright Fogg
5. lawyer
6. he demanded fifty dollars damages
7. medical treatment
8. being hit in the head by a snowball
9. Sam
10. No
11. five dollars or less
12. No
13. Songbird