Post by gandalf the untidy on Apr 26, 2020 16:11:03 GMT
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How is your memory?
Here are some minor international headlines of 2019 with upper case letters representing missing words beginning with that letter , please complete the headline
1. Average person ingests F T pieces of microplastic a year and breathes in similar amount according to first-ever such study published in journal "Environmental Science and Technology" 50,000
2. A S becomes the first actress in a wheelchair to win a Tony award for musical "Oklahoma!" Ali Stoker
3. Earliest evidence of Humans Smoking C discovered in 2,500-year-old grave in Pamir Mountains, China, published in "Science Advances" Cannabis
4. Archaeologists announce Scottish C far older than first thought, radiocarbon dated to 3640-3360 BC , older than Stonehenge Crannog
5. jersey belonging to B R becomes most expensive sports memorabilia when it sells for $5.64 million at an auction in New York Babe Ruth
6. C, India's 6th largest city with 4 million people runs out of water as its reservoirs dry up Chennai
7. E M smashes a ODI world record 17 sixes against Afghanistan in his side's 150-run World Cup victory Eoin Morgan
8. X J meets K J-U in Pyongyang Xi Jinping , Kim Jong-un
9. Shares for messaging site S start trading on the New York Stock Exchange to give it a valuation of $19.5 billion Slack
10. police called to house of B J over alleged altercation with his girlfriend Boris Johnson
11. Volcano R erupts from 700m-wide-crater, seen from International Space Station. Turns sunsets purple across the Northern Hemisphere all summer.Raikoke
12. M on the French Riveria crowned the world's best restaurant at ceremony in Singapore Mirazur
13. J I, designer of the iMac and the iPhone, announces he is leaving Apple after 30 years Jony Ive
14. 3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the M Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir Mitanni
15. Japan resumes C W after a break of more than 30 years Comercial whaling
16. Newly rediscovered Lewis C P sells at auction for £735,000 in London Chess piece
17. Total S E over Chile and Argentina Solar Eclipse
18. More than a million people ordered to evacuate Japanese island of K amid warnings of mudslides after 1,000mm (39in) of rainfall Kyushu
19. Atlético Madrid sign JF for €126m (£113m) from Benfica in the fifth most expensive transfer in football history Joao Felix
20. Egypt claims 3,000-year-old T Bust is stolen as it sells for $6 million at auction at Christies Tutenkhamen
Tommo 12 points
Dave uk 3.5 points
TJ 2.5 points
lewisstrat 2 points
Jemma 2 point
Sav 1 point
How is your memory?
Here are some minor international headlines of 2019 with upper case letters representing missing words beginning with that letter , please complete the headline
1. Average person ingests F T pieces of microplastic a year and breathes in similar amount according to first-ever such study published in journal "Environmental Science and Technology" 50,000
2. A S becomes the first actress in a wheelchair to win a Tony award for musical "Oklahoma!" Ali Stoker
3. Earliest evidence of Humans Smoking C discovered in 2,500-year-old grave in Pamir Mountains, China, published in "Science Advances" Cannabis
4. Archaeologists announce Scottish C far older than first thought, radiocarbon dated to 3640-3360 BC , older than Stonehenge Crannog
5. jersey belonging to B R becomes most expensive sports memorabilia when it sells for $5.64 million at an auction in New York Babe Ruth
6. C, India's 6th largest city with 4 million people runs out of water as its reservoirs dry up Chennai
7. E M smashes a ODI world record 17 sixes against Afghanistan in his side's 150-run World Cup victory Eoin Morgan
8. X J meets K J-U in Pyongyang Xi Jinping , Kim Jong-un
9. Shares for messaging site S start trading on the New York Stock Exchange to give it a valuation of $19.5 billion Slack
10. police called to house of B J over alleged altercation with his girlfriend Boris Johnson
11. Volcano R erupts from 700m-wide-crater, seen from International Space Station. Turns sunsets purple across the Northern Hemisphere all summer.Raikoke
12. M on the French Riveria crowned the world's best restaurant at ceremony in Singapore Mirazur
13. J I, designer of the iMac and the iPhone, announces he is leaving Apple after 30 years Jony Ive
14. 3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the M Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir Mitanni
15. Japan resumes C W after a break of more than 30 years Comercial whaling
16. Newly rediscovered Lewis C P sells at auction for £735,000 in London Chess piece
17. Total S E over Chile and Argentina Solar Eclipse
18. More than a million people ordered to evacuate Japanese island of K amid warnings of mudslides after 1,000mm (39in) of rainfall Kyushu
19. Atlético Madrid sign JF for €126m (£113m) from Benfica in the fifth most expensive transfer in football history Joao Felix
20. Egypt claims 3,000-year-old T Bust is stolen as it sells for $6 million at auction at Christies Tutenkhamen
Tommo 12 points
Dave uk 3.5 points
TJ 2.5 points
lewisstrat 2 points
Jemma 2 point
Sav 1 point
