Q: Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there's no doubt that Napoleon was a major influence. The French had used the right since at least the late 18th century. Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain, followed their left-hand tradition.

The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand rivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse traffic traveled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift to the right. A driver would sit on the rear left horse in order to wave his whip with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they traveled on the right.

One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left (one reason, stated in 1908; the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially... if there is a lady to be considered). Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970. The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the western world's few remaining holdouts. Several Asian countries, including Japan, use the left as well -- thought many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was a major influence on the theory on world travel?
2. Who used this theory early on?
3. Since when?
4. Why do some say the noblemen drove their carriage on the left?
5. Where did Napoleon bring right-handed traffic?
6. Including where?
7. Who ordered this in Austria?
8. Where else?
9. What year?
10. Who followed left-hand tradition?
11. Did the US always adopt right-handed?
12. What was the tradition in early history?
13. When did it switch to the right?
14. Why?
15. When did the final move standardize traffic directions in the US
16. who help decide this?
17. How?
18. Who else converted to these standards?
19. When?
20. Who else?
21. When?
A: 1. Napoleon.
2. The French
3. at least the late 18th century.
4. forcing the peasants to the right
5. to the nations he conquered
6. including Russia, Switzerland and Germany.
7. . Hitler
8. Czechoslovakia
9. 1930s
10. Great Britain
11. No
12. carriage and horse traffic traveled on the left
13. by the late 1700s
14. to see traffic clearly
15. in the 20th century,
16. Henry Ford
17. to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left
18. Canada
19. Canada in the 1920s,
20. Sweden
21. Sweden in 1967
Q: Bratislava ( or ; , or "" ) is the capital of Slovakia, and with a population of about 450,000, the country's largest city. The greater metropolitan area is home to more than 650,000 people. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia, occupying both banks of the River Danube and the left bank of the River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two sovereign states.

The history of the city has been strongly influenced by people of different nations and religions, namely by Austrians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Jews, Serbs and Slovaks (in alphabetical order). The city served as the coronation site and legislative center of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783, and has been home to many Slovak, Hungarian and German historical figures.

Bratislava is the political, cultural and economic centre of Slovakia. It is the seat of the Slovak president, the parliament and the Slovak Executive. It is home to several universities, museums, theatres, galleries and other important cultural and educational institutions. Many of Slovakia's large businesses and financial institutions also have headquarters there.

The capital of Slovakia is the eighth best city for freelancers to live in, mostly because of fast internet and the low taxes. In 2017, Bratislava was ranked as the third richest region of the European Union by GDP (PPP) per capita (after Hamburg and Luxembourg City). GDP at purchasing power parity is about three times higher than in other Slovak regions.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the political, cultural and economic center of Slovakia?
2. Name something important that's there?
3. Any important institutions?
4. Name another?
5. And another?
6. Is it the seat of the Slovak president?
7. Is it a good city for freelancers?
8. Name one reason for that?
9. Name another?
10. Is it near any rivers?
11. Any other river?
12. Which countries does it border?
13. So it borders two sovereign states?
14. Does any other capital do that?
15. Name one of the other nations that have influenced it?
16. Can you name another?
17. And another?
18. Was it ever influenced by other religions?
19. Can you name one?
20. Was it ever a center for the Kingdom of Hungary?
A: 1. Bratislava
2. 650,000 people
3. several universities
4. museums
5. theatres
6. It is
7. Yes
8. fast internet
9. low taxes
10. the River Danube
11. the River Morava
12. Austria and Hungary
13. Yes
14. No
15. Austrians
16. Croats
17. Czechs
18. Yes
19. Jews
20. Yes
Q: LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The man who police say dressed as Santa Claus and killed nine people at a Christmas Eve party may have also had plans to kill his mother and his former wife's divorce attorney, police said Monday night.

Bruce Jeffrey Pardo went on a shooting rampage in a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesday, police say.

Prime suspect Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, who police said committed suicide hours after he went on a shooting rampage and started a raging house fire in the Los Angeles suburb of Covina, left a rental car with a gasoline canister outside the home of attorney Scott Nord, said Pat Buchanan of the Covina Police Department.

Police previously said that Pardo targeted his rampage at his former wife, Sylvia Ortega Pardo, and her family at the family's Christmas Eve party.

A divorce between the two was finalized in court on December 18 in a "somewhat contentious proceeding," Covina Police Chief Kim Raney said last week. Police believe Pardo planned to carry out a similar attack at Nord's house as he did at the shooting and house fire that claimed nine lives.

Another rented car that Pardo used to flee the scene was found booby-trapped after the shooting, police said. That car burned as the Covina bomb squad was trying to disconnect an explosive device in it, police said.

On Saturday, Covina police released the names of the nine people unaccounted for since the shooting and fire. Nine bodies were recovered from the rubble of the house, but authorities said that they are having to work with dental records to establish identities.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Bruce Pardo do Wednesday?
2. Where?
3. What was he wearing?
4. How many people were killed?
5. Where were they?
6. Is Pardo still alive?
7. What happened?
8. What did he do after the shooting?
9. Where?
10. What did he leave?
11. Whose home?
12. Who did he target before this?
13. Where were they?
14. Did they have an easy divorce?
15. What day was it final?
16. How did he leave the scene?
17. How was it found?
18. What happened to it?
19. Why?
20. Are they still trying to identify the bodies?
A:
1. went on a shooting rampage
2. in a Los Angeles suburb
3. dressed as Santa Claus
4. nine people
5. a Christmas Eve party
6. No
7. He committed suicide
8. started a raging house fire
9. in the Los Angeles suburb of Covina,
10. left a rental car with a gasoline canister outside a home
11. attorney Scott Nord
12. at his former wife, Sylvia Ortega Pardo, and her family
13. at the family's Christmas Eve party.
14. No
15. December 18
16. Another rented car
17. booby-trapped
18. it burned
19. as the Covina bomb squad was trying to disconnect an explosive device in it,
20. Yes