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WHO . . . released the album Trilogy in 1972? WHAT . . . acid is used in fizzy drinks and baking powders? WHERE . . . is the country denoted by the prefix Sino? WHEN . . . did Sir John Mills receive an Oscar for Ryan’s Daughter?
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WHO . . . had at least one single in the UK charts for 52 weeks starting in 1955? WHAT . . . parts of speech may be demonstrative, personal or reflexive? WHERE . . . is Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in that range? WHEN . . . did Jonathan Edwards break the world triple jump record?
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WHO . . . is the biography-writing widow of playwright Harold Pinter? WHAT . . . in physics does the acronym GUT stand for? WHERE . . . is Leonardo’s painting The Last Supper to be found? WHEN . . . was television in the US formally demonstrated to the public at the World’s Fair, New York City?
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WHO . . . in tennis achieved the Grand Slam in 1962 and 1969?
WHAT . . . electrical components are
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rheostats and 1. Mick Jagger and George potentiometers Harrison were born examples of? 2. Casablanca was released in the WHERE . . . is the UK country called Aotearoa 3. Beatrix Potter died in its native language? 4. The Ruhr and Eder valleys were WHEN . . . did Alberto flooded by Operation Chastise, the Fujimori become ‘Dambusters’ raid president of Peru?
WHO . . . made his name in 1962 with an exhibition including paintings of soup tins? WHAT . . . family of birds does the linnet belong to? WHERE . . . does the Blue Nile rise? WHEN . . . did James Callaghan become Chancellor of the Exchequer?
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1. Humphrey Bogart died 2. Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe starred in The Prince and the Showgirl
3. Frances McDormand and Gloria Estefan were born 4. Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigned
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1. President Nixon visited China WHO . . . wrote Maple Leaf Rag, the 2. Alice Cooper had a UK No1 hit with first instrumental sheet music to School’s Out allegedly sell a million copies? 3. Mastermind made its debut on BBC WHAT . . . does the E stand for in food television additive code numbers? 4. Marlon Brando and Al Pacino WHERE . . . in the US did Labour MP starred in The Godfather John Stonehouse stage his disappearance?
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WHEN . . . did Margaret I became
1. Dustin Hoffman starred in weepie Queen of Denmark, Norway and
Kramer vs Kramer Sweden?
2. The Police had a UK No1 hit with Message in a Bottle 3. Lord Mountbatten was killed by an IRA bomb
The Godfather
4. Singer Pink and actor Heath Ledger were born
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1. Robin Williams starred in Dead Poets Society
2. Irving Berlin died at the age of 101 3. The Bangles had a UK No1 hit with Eternal Flame
4. Prince William Sound, Alaska was polluted with oil from the Exxon Valdez
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1. Audrey Hepburn died 2. Diana, Princess of Wales announced she was withdrawing from public life
3. Nirvana released their third album In Utero
4. Holly Hunter starred in The Piano