Wikipedia game 2

Hey gentle reader, I played the Wikipedia game again tonight see the post below for the rules.

http://ascotsmaninriga.blogspot.com/2015/03/playing-wikipedia-game.html

Tonights results take us from a controversial cricket tour to the birthplace of Polish Democracy.

1. The D'Oliveira Affair

Mixed raced South African cricketer Basil D'Oliveira plays for England in South Africa during the 1968-69 tour, leading to political controversy.

2. B.J. Vorster

Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966-1978. Staunch advocate of Apartheid.

3. The Soweto Uprising

16th June 1976- 176 people, mostly students, are killed.

4. The BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation. The United Kingdom's public service Broadcaster.

5. Persian Language

Language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan

6. Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR); a Marxist-Leninist state ruled from Moscow from 1922-1991.

7. Russian 1917 Revolution

The revolution that toppled the Romanov dynasty and established the Bolshevik state.

8. St. Petersburgh

Russia's second largest city with a population of nearly 5 million people.

9. Baltic Sea Ports

There are over 200 ports on the Baltic Sea, including Riga.

10. Gdansk

Port city in Poland; Birthplace of the Solidarity movement.


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