FOUR Ws REMEMBER WHEN
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WHO . . . in the Arabian Nights escapes from the Old Man of the Sea? WHAT . . . type of animal is a prairie dog? WHERE . . . was the painter El Greco born? WHEN . . . did China’s elder statesman Deng Xiaoping die?
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WHO . . . in sport would perform a snatch or a clean and jerk? WHAT . . . family of fish does the burbot belong to? WHERE . . . was dancer Dame Ninette de Valois born? WHEN . . . did London store Harrods remove the royal warrants from its shopfront?
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WHO . . . in entertainment was Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha better known as? WHAT . . . is the most abundant element in the universe? WHERE . . . is Fez, the former state capital which gave its name to a type of hat? WHEN . . . did Kirov Ballet star Natalia Makarova defect?
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WHO . . . is best known as the author of the Doctor books? WHAT . . . do the letters VHF stand for? WHERE . . . did Charles Dickens write The Chimes? WHEN . . . did actor Robert Powell marry ex-Pan’s People dancer Babs Lord?
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WHO . . . designed Marble Arch? WHAT . . . family of mammals does the vicuna belong to? WHERE . . . was Johanna Spyri’s famous children’s novel Heidi largely set ? WHEN . . . did Hogarth publish his series of engravings A Rake’s Progress?
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WHO . . . was England’s last Plantagenet king? WHAT . . . planet’s year is equivalent to 84 of our years? WHERE . . . in Britain is Greenham Common? WHEN . . . was Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice first published?
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1. Actress Reese Witherspoon was born
2. Tina Charles had a UK No1 single with I Love To Love 3. Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford starred in All The President’s Men 4. British Rail launched its Inter-City 125 service
2
1. Indira Gandhi was re-elected as India’s Prime Minister after leaving office
2. Actress Christina Ricci was born 3. Olivia Newton-John and ELO had a UK No1 single with Xanadu 4. John Hurt starred in The Elephant Man
3
1. Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd starred in Trading Places 2. The first episode of Blackadder was shown on BBC One 3. Dennis Nilsen was charged with 12 murders
4. Beach Boy Dennis Wilson died
4
1. My Fair Lady made its London debut
2. Perry Como had his ‘Magic Moments’ at the top of the UK singles chart
3. Automatic trunk dialling was introduced
4. James Stewart starred in Vertigo
5
1. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred in Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
2. The Four Tops had a UK No1 single with Reach Out I’ll Be There 3. The BBC announced it would be broadcasting programmes in colour 4. Actress Helena Bonham Carter was born
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1. Jane Fonda starred in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? 2. The Beatles gave their last public performance
3. Catherine Zeta-Jones was born 4. Sir Matt Busby retired as manager of Manchester United