WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Initial Headlines - A Case of Black and White - Qs & As |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
25/08/2014 | A Case of Black and White | There are 3 separate sets of initial(s) per statement and in each statement at least one of the sets includes the word ‘black’ or ‘white’ - or words that start ‘black’ or ‘white’. | |
1. |
1120: WSSITEC drowning WSAH of HTF |
White Ship sinks in the English Channel; William son and heir; Henry the First |
2. |
1912: WSLTS on her MV between SANY |
White Star Line’s Titanic sinks; maiden voyage; Southampton and New York |
3. |
1916: AE publishes TGTOR implying the existence of BH |
Albert Einstein; The General Theory of Relativity; black holes |
4. |
1934: WOTOT introduced as the TN for SY |
Whitehall one-two-one-two; telephone number; Scotland Yard |
5. |
1953: BBBWFT at W in what s dubbed ‘TMF’ |
Blackpool beat Bolton Wanderers Four-Three; Wembley; ‘The Matthews Final’ |
6. |
1964: CB(BPW) has her first NOS with AWHAH |
Cilla Black (born Priscilla White); number one single; Anyone Who Had a Heart |
7. |
1968: TBWAR including WMGGWAST written by GH |
The Beatles’ White Album released; While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Savoy Truffle; George Harrison |
8. |
1984: WIWE in TS that was dubbed a ‘B’ |
West Indies whitewash England; Test series; ‘blackwash’ |
9. |
1989: GP plays FMSDH in final EOBGF |
Geoffrey Palmer; Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; episode of Blackadder Goes Forth |
10. |
1992: GS prospers as GRPSFEERM on BW |
George Soros; Government removes Pound Sterling from European Exchange Rate Mechanism; Black Wednesday |