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Listen to each sound clip and answer the pair of related questions.

(Here the sound clips INCLUDE the missing words and so illustrate the answers given)

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1.

Harold Macmillan

Cape Town, 1960

2.

Winston Churchill

House of Commons, 1940

1. Which famous 4 words have been cut out of the middle of this recording?

2. Who was the South African premier at the time?

1. On which 2 places would “we fight them” in the clip cut out of the recording?

2. Which World War II event immediately preceded this speech?

1. "The Wind of Change..."

2. Dr Verwoerd

1. "The Beaches” & “The Landing Grounds"

2. The Evacuation of Dunkerque

3.

John F Kennedy

Washington, 1961

4.

Jawaharlal (Pandit) Nehru

New Delhi, 1947

1. Which 9 words come straight after the clip played?

2. Two former US Presidents attended this inauguration speech: outgoing President Eisenhower and which other? 

1. Which 7 words have been cut from the middle of this clip? 

2. Who was the final British Viceroy of India who handed over to Nehru? 

1. "...ask not what your country can do for you….

2. Former President Harry Truman

1. "At the stroke of the midnight hour…”

2. Lord Louis Mountbatten

5.

Margaret Thatcher

Brighton, 1980

6.

Martin Luther King

Washington, 1963

1. Which 11 words have been cut from the end of this clip?

2. Who was the Labour leader at the time of this speech?

1. Which 6 words complete the clip?

2. Who was found guilty of assassinating Martin Luther King in 1968?

1. "You turn if you want to.  The lady’s not for turning.”

2. Michael Foot

1. "...that all men are created equal.”

2. James Earl Ray

7.

Franklin D Roosevelt

Washington, 1933

8.

Earl Spencer

Westminster Abbey, 1997

1. Which 7 words have been cut from the middle of this clip?

2. Who was the US President Roosevelt was succeeding?

1. Which 8 words have been cut from the middle of this clip?

2. What was the name of the driver of that ill-fated car in which Diana died?

1. ”...we have to fear - is fear itself”

2. President Herbert Hoover

1. "...the most hunted person of the modern age.”

2. Henri Paul

9.

Brian Johnston/

Jonathan Agnew

Oval, 1991

10.

Dylan Thomas

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, 1952

1. Which 7 letter word has been cut from the middle of this clip?

2. The loss of whose wicket were they describing?

1. Which 4 words complete the clip and this poem?

2. What was the name of the famous 'play for voices' that Thomas wrote?

1. "Leg-over”

2. Ian Botham’s

1. "...dying of the light”

2. Under Milk Wood