FOUR Ws REMEMBER WHEN
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WHO . . . directed Bullets over Broadway? WHAT . . . does CPU stand for in computing? WHERE . . . did the Tet Offensive take place? WHEN . . . did John of Gaunt marry Catherine Swynford?
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WHO . . . in Italian art was known in his youth as Jacopo Robusti? WHAT . . . is a monotreme? WHERE . . . was Albert Finney associate artistic director between 1972-5? WHEN . . . did Myanmar (Burma) gain independence?
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WHO . . . in the world of ancient Greek literature is said to have been killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head? WHAT . . . is the plant Toxicodendron radicans more commonly called? WHERE . . . was cube-maker Erno Rubik born? WHEN . . . did Aethelberht, king of Kent, die?
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WHO . . . founded the Canadian city of Quebec? WHAT . . . type of bird is the yaffle? WHERE . . . was Robert the Bruce crowned in 1306? WHEN . . . was Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the Romans?
5 WHO . . . sang Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart with Marc Almond in 1989?
WHAT . . . acid was also called oil of vitriol? WHERE . . . do UK-breeding swallows spend the winter? WHEN . . . did Elizabeth I succeed
Mary as queen?
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WHO . . . directed the film Ed Wood? WHAT . . . is the name of the orange pigment found in carrots, which is a rich source of vitamin A? WHERE . . . in Canada is Rogers Pass? WHEN . . . did Edward III of England die?
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1. Fleming’s first Bond novel, Casino Royale, was published 2. England won back the Ashes after 19 years
3. Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell starred in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
4. John Christie was sentenced to death for multiple murders
2 1. Definitely Oasis released Maybe their debut album
2. Tom Hanks starred in the box office smash Forrest Gump
3. Brazil won the World Cup for the fourth time
4. In the UK, the Sunday Trading Act came into force 3 1. Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke
9½ turned up the heat in Weeks 2. Pet Shop Boys had their first No1 single with West End Girls 3. Elizabeth II was the first British monarch to visit China 4. Desmond Tutu was enthroned as Archbishop of Cape Town 4 1. US President George Bush announced that the Gulf War had ended 2. Singer Freddie Mercury died 3. The Silence of the Lambs terrified cinema-goers
4. John McCarthy was set free after being held hostage for more than five years by Islamic Jihad
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1. Princess Anne escaped a kidnap attempt
2. John Conteh won the WBC world light-heavyweight title 3. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest
4. Georges Pompidou and Duke Ellington died
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1. Lenny Bruce and Montgomery Clift died
2. Dusty Springfield had her only British No1 hit with You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
3. The Sound of Music won the Oscar for Best Film
4. Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick for England in the World Cup final at Wembley
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A singer, I was born in Birmingham in 1943. In 1974 I married Susan Hanson who played Diane in Crossroads. I was the lead singer of The Move and our third single was the first ever song to be played on Radio 1.
2
A nightclub owner, I was born in Ireland in 1977. I had a son with Atomic Kitten singer Natasha Hamilton. I won ITV’s Celebrity Love Island in 2005.
3
A singer/songwriter, I was born in New York City in 1945. I was married to James Taylor from 1972 to 1983. My biggest hit was You’re So Vain.
4
A newsreader, I was born in Solihull in 1946. My reports from Ethiopia in 1984 led Bob Geldof to set up Band
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A now late football manager, I was born in Lanark in 1948. I won 10 league titles as manager of Rangers. I was appointed manager of Scotland in December 2004.
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A statesman, I was born in Hope, Arkansas in 1946. I won a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University in 1968. I was President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.