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08/06/2011

"No whitewash at the White House"

1973 was the year the Watergate scandal was raging in the US.

Identify the words that have been replaced by their initial letters from the following 1973 headlines.

There are 2 separate sets of initials in each question.

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1.

EC elected the fourth POI

Erskine Childers;

President of Ireland

2.

VT discovered near HW

Vindolanda Tablets;

Hadrian’s Wall

3.

JB’s celebrated TV series TAOM aired

Jacob Bronowski;

The Ascent of Man

4.

JMS secures victory for BC

Jim Montgomery save;

Black Cats

5.

PF release TDSOTM

Pink Floyd;

The Dark Side of the Moon

6.

“Did they or didn’t they?” debate rages over JCADS in DLN

Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland;

Don’t Look Now

7.

TOAD hit top spot with TAYRRTOOT

Tony Orlando and Dawn;

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

8.

In the Battle of the Sexes BJK defeats BR

Billie Jean King;

Bobby Riggs

9.

Austin Allegro;

Eleven Hundred and Thirteen Hundred

10.

TBTJATC arrive for NC who dies aged 73

The Bad Times Just Around the Corner;

Noel Coward