Can you guess which gemstone is featured here? Initials and asterisks only please.
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National animals - Afghanistan
Without Googling it, can you guess what is the national animal of Afghanistan?
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An unusual creature. Can you guess which species of animal this is? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Who is this in his later years (obviously!)? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Without Googling, can you identify this famous song written in 1945 from the following lyrics - Initial(s) and asterisks only please:
"My heart won't try" -
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Without Googling, can you identify this famous song written in 1930 from the following lyrics - Initial(s) and asterisks only please:
"Was I the moth or flame, I'm all at sea" -
Can you guess which species of animal this is? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Who is this young lady before she became famous? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Without Googling, can you identify this famous song written in 1953 from the following lyrics - Initial(s) and asterisks only please:
"Remember, I remember all that you said" -
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Can you guess which species of fish this is? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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1980 - the year our twin boys were born (joining our other 3 year old son) so my memory of other events that year are few!
But hits that year included
- Barbra Streisand Woman In Love
- Kenny Rogers Coward Of The County
- Abba The Winner Takes It All
- Pink Floyd Another Brick In The Wall
...and this one from Kelly Marie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wz_9dVJ-Ew
Events that year
- Alton Towers was opened
- West Ham won the FA Cup whilst in the Second Division beating Arsenal in the final
- Miners threaten to strike over a 37% pay rise claim
- US cruise missiles were stored at Greenham Common leading to CND rallies and protest vigils
- John Lennon was shot dead outside Dakota Building in NYC
- Michael Foot's hopes of becoming prime minister in the next general election were given a boost by an MORI poll which showed Labour on 56% with a 24-point lead over the Conservatives - shows how little faith you can have in polls!!
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Can you guess which species of animal has this cute little one in its jaws? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Without Googling, can you identify this famous song written in 1941 from the following lyrics - Initial(s) and asterisks only please:
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Can you guess which species of animal this cutie is? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Can you guess which species of animal this cutie is? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Here's a difficult one. Can you guess which species of animal this is? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Can you guess which species of animal this is? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Without Googling, can you identify this famous song written from the following lyrics - Initial(s) and asterisks only please:
"Or it might be the sound of your hello" -
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Can you, without Googling or using reference books, name the 7 London Boroughs that begin with the letter "H"? We'll see who gets the most correct answers - anyone getting all seven gets a gold star. If you give more than 7 answers only the first 7 will count. Good luck everyone.
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No particular personal memories of 1979. Big hits of the year included:
- Art Garfunkel Bright Eyes
- The Village People YMCA
- The Police Walking On The Moon
- The Buggles Video Killed The Radio Star
...and this one from ABBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za05HBtGsgU
Events in 1979:
- PM James Callaghan returned from an international summit to a Britain in a state of industrial unrest saying "Crisis? What Crisis?
- Airey Neave was killed by IRA bomb in HoC car park
- Thorpe Park was opened
- Jeremy Thorpe was cleared of murde
- famous people who died in 1979 included John Wayne and Richard Beckinsale
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Without Googling, can you identify this fasmous song written in 1954 from the following lyrics - Initial(s) and asterisks only please:
"And let me sing forever more" -
Who is this lady pictured in 1954? This may be a difficult one - here's a small clue - she's still alive. Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Without Googling, can you identify this song from the 1960s from the following lyrics - Initial(s) and asterisks only please:
"above the blue and windy sea" -
Can you guess which cute-looking species of animal this is? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
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Do you remember all the concern over the safety of the Whooping Cough vaccine. We did not get our first son vaccinated because of it and in 1978 he caught it and then so did I. I can testify that it is an awful disease - waking in the middle of the night and trying to get breathe only to feel as if you were sucking in a balloon that prevented the air reaching your lungs.
On to brighter things, hits of the year included:
- Boney M Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Rin
- The Bee Gees Night Fever
- Kate Bush Wuthering Heights
- Blondie Denis
..and this enormous hit..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itRFjzQICJU
Events of 1978:
- Gordon McQueen, 25-year-old Scotland central defender, became Britain's first £500,000 footballer in a transfer from Leeds United to Manchester United.
- First official naturist beach opened at Fairlight Glen in Covehurst Bay near Hastings
- Charlie Chaplin's coffin, stolen 11 weeks previously, wais found in a field about a mile away from the Chaplin home in Corsier near Lausanne, Switzerland
- The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita opened at the Prince Edward Theatre in London
- A baker's strike led to panic buying of bread
- The Labour minority government of James Callaghan survived a vote of confidence
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Without Googling, can you identify this song from the 1960s from the following lyrics - Initial(s) and asterisks only please:
"But though we joke, we wouldn't trade you for a ton of gold" -
1977 for me personally was the last year I reallly paid attention to pop music - children and work demands and the advent of (in my opinion and not intending to offend anyone) the music genre that started the decline and generally devoid of melody and the ability to actually sing - Punk. If you disagree please feel free to say so.
Hits from that year:
- Don't give up on us by David Soul
- I don't want to talk about it by Rod Stewart
- I feel love by Donna Summer
- Name of the game by ABBA
...and this one from Michael Nesmith Rio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQcYlofO2L8
In 1977:
- HMQ's Silver Jubilee in the rain
- Mount St Helen's erupted causing a miserable summer in contrast to the incredible one in 1976
- Red Rum won the Grand National for the third time
- The world snooker championship moved to The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and was televised for the first time - Won by John Spencer.
- Manchester United F.C. manager Tommy Docherty was sensationally dismissed by the club's directors due to his affair with the wife of the club's physiotherapist
- Sales of new Foreign cars exceeded the sale of new British cars for the first time.
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Name that song 54 (Edited)
Without Googling, can you identify this hit from the 1960s and who recorded it, from the following lyrics - Initial(s) and asterisks only please:
"Where you speak in Russian and Greek"
