Can you name these 20th century events?

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:07 pm

Rowls wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:05 pm
1957 - Russians launch successful orbital
1957 - Russia launches sputnik orbital
So close. Think numbers!

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:09 pm

1928 - Alexander Fleming develops penicillin

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:09 pm

Rowls wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:07 pm
1998 Euro Adopted Official Single Currency
3rd word wrong. Again, think numbers! :D

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Rowls » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:09 pm

1957 Russia Launch Sputnik One!!
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:09 pm

Leisure wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:07 pm
So close. Think numbers!
Russia launched Sputnik One?
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Rowls » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:09 pm

1998 - Europe Adopts One Single Currency
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:10 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:09 pm
1928 - Alexander Fleming develops penicillin
I'll give you that one but was looking for discovers.
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Rowls » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:11 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:09 pm
1928 - Alexander Fleming develops penicillin
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:12 pm

Still looking for -
1921 - VDAEID could also be VDAEAD
1922 - HCDTT
1989 - SRPSV

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Rowls » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:18 pm

Does 1989 begin with "Soviet Republic"

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Rowls » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:22 pm

1922 - Harold Carter Discovers Tut's Tomb!
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:24 pm

Rowls wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:18 pm
Does 1989 begin with "Soviet Republic"
No. Think of a person.

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Clarets4me » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:01 pm

1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin ...

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:03 pm

Clarets4me wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:01 pm
1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin ...
Correct but have you copied off ClaretTony and Rowls! :lol:

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Stanbill05 » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:38 pm

Salmand Rushdie publishes satanic verses
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Rowls » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:42 pm

Stanbill05 wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:38 pm
Salmand Rushdie publishes satanic verses
Looks good Stanbill :)
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:43 pm

Leisure wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:12 pm
Still looking for -
1921 - VDAEID could also be VDAEAD
1922 - HCDTT
1989 - SRPSV
Victory Declared after England blah blah?

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:43 pm

Invade attack

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Stanbill05 » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:49 pm

Violent deaths after Eire independence declaration

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:36 pm

Gonna have to tell you 1921 - VDAEID - Vitamin D and E is/are discovered.

Well done to all who contributed.
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:40 pm

Will be back tomorrow with some Burnley ones - European Cup/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/Anglo-Scottish Cup/ Texaco Cup - Get swotting! UTC

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Rowls » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:44 pm

Thanks Leisure!

GNWSHAB = Gifton Noel Williams Scores Hattrick Against Barnsley

Hope I haven't scuppered one there! ;)
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by John Johnson 1605 » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:50 pm

Thank you Leisure that was brilliant even though as a family we were shocking !

Do you have the answers all together?

If so would you please be able to post them, as previously. Cheers.
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by kritichris » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:53 pm

1989 Salmon Rushdie published Satanic Verses.
oops, already got
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Greenmile » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:56 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:29 pm
I though it was the Wright Bros,and in that case it would be 1903,just to be pedantic :)
Thanks.

I thought it looked wrong once I’d written it down. Wilbur and Orville were their first names.

I’ve no idea when it was - just knew it was early 1900s and fit the clue (even when I got it wrong)

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Bosscat » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:56 pm

Leisure wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:12 pm
Eg - 1966 - EWWC = England win world cup

1901 - QVD
1904 - WBMFF
1905 - AEPTTOR
1908 - HFDTFMT
1912 - TSOMV
1914 - WWOB
1915 - LSBGS
1919 - TOVSBAAG
1921 - VDAEID
1922 - HCDTT
1925 - JLBIT
1928 - AFDP
1930 - FWCTPIU
1931 - ESBC
1934 - AHBGF
1939 - WWTB
1940 - WCBBPM
1941 - JAUAPH
1947 - HFD
1948 - GAIND
1955 - WCR
1957 - RLSO
1959 - FCAPOC
1961 - YGFMIS
1969 - NAFMOM
1970 - TBSU
1977 - SWRIC
1980 - JLSD
1989 - SRPSV
1997 - PDDIPCC
1998 - EAOSC
Please publish with answers Leisure m8 I would like to use it on our Lockdown Whatsapp quiz group....
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:01 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:56 pm
Please publish with answers Leisure m8 I would like to use it on our Lockdown Whatsapp quiz group....
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Will do tomorrow.
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Bosscat » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:12 pm

Leisure wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:01 pm
Will do tomorrow.
Cheers
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by John Johnson 1605 » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:16 pm

Thank you.

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Bosscat » Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:13 am

Bump

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:31 am

Bosscat wrote:
Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:13 am
Bump
Will sort it this morning.

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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Leisure » Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:37 am

Answers as promised.

Eg - 1966 - EWWC = England win world cup

1901 - QVD = Queen Victoria Dies
1904 - WBMFF = Wright brothers make first flight
1905 - AEPTTOR = Albert Einstein publishes the Theory of Relativity
1908 - HFDTFMT = Henry Ford designs the Ford Model T
1912 - TSOMV = Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - WWOB = World War One begins
1915 - LSBGS = Lusitania sunk by German submarine
1919 - TOVSBAAG = Treaty of Versailles signed by Allies and Germany
1921 - VDAEAD = Vitamins D and E are discovered
1922 - HCDTT = Howard Carter discovers Tutenkhamun's tomb
1925 - JLBIT = John Logie Baird invents television
1928 - AFDP = Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1930 - FWCTPIU = First World Cup tournament played in Uruguay
1931 - ESBC = Empire State Building completed
1934 - AHBGF = Adolf Hitler becomes German Fuhrer
1939 - WWTB = World War Two begins
1940 - WCBBPM = Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
1941 - JAUAPH = Japan attacks USA at Pearl Harbour
1947 - HFD = Henry Ford dies
1948 - GAIND = Ghandi assassinated in New Delhi
1955 - WCR = Winston Churchill resigns
1957 - RLSO = Russia launches Sputnik One
1959 - FCAPOC = Fidel Castro appointed President of Cuba
1961 - YGFMIS = Yuri Gagarin first man in space
1969 - NAFMOM = Neil Armstrong first man on moon
1970 - TBSU = The Beatles split up
1977 - SWRIC = Star Wars released in cinemas
1980 - JLSD = John Lennon shot dead
1989 - SRPSV = Salman Rushdie publishes Satanic Verses
1997 - PDDIPCC = Princess Diana dies in Paris car crash
1998 - EAOSC = Europe adopts one single currency
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by John Johnson 1605 » Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:50 am

Cheers Leisure.
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Bosscat » Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:21 pm

Cheers Leisure 👍😎👍
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?

Post by Hipper » Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:55 pm

1915 - LSBGS

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