#AtoZChallenge – V is for Volcano

April 11, 2023 – Russian volcano Shiveluch erupts in eastern Kamchatka
May 21, 2023 – Popocatépetl volcano eruption in Mexico
December 3, 2023 – Indonesia's Mount Marapi erupts on island of Sumatra
December 18, 2023 – Icelandic volcano erupts 

https://www.visiticeland.com/eruption/

https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/drone-video-lava-bubbling-sundhnukur-volcano-crater-iceland

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Here’s the teaser for letter W. Remember, it’s an event from 2023 or the first 3 months of 2024. Comment on something related to the answer without giving the exact answer. Let’s play! 

#AtoZChallenge – U is for United Kingdom

May 6, 2023 – Coronation of UK King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/king-charles-iii-crowned-in-coronation-ceremony

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Charles_III_and_Camilla

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Here’s the teaser for letter V. Remember, it’s an event from 2023 or the first 3 months of 2024. Comment on something related to the answer without giving the exact answer. Let’s play! 

#AtoZChallenge – T is for Train

February 3, 2023 – Train carrying toxic chemicals derails in East Palestine, Ohio 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Palestine,_Ohio,_train_derailment

https://www.epa.gov/east-palestine-oh-train-derailment

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Here’s the teaser for letter U. Remember, it’s an event from 2023 or the first 3 months of 2024. Comment on something related to the answer without giving the exact answer. Let’s play! 

#AtoZChallenge – S is for Snailfish

April 2, 2023 – Deepest living fish ever recorded, the snailfish, at depth of 27,349 feet (8,336 meters) in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, near Japan

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/4/snailfish-sink-to-new-lows-to-extend-their-record-as-the-worlds-deepest-fish-743278

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deepest-fish-discovered-more-than-5-miles-below-the-sea-surface1/

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Here’s the teaser for letter T. Remember, it’s an event from 2023 or the first 3 months of 2024. Comment on something related to the answer without giving the exact answer. Let’s play! 

Famous birthdays week #17

Last week:
April 18, 1963 – Conan O’Brien
April 21, 1926 – Queen Elizabeth II

Last year we looked at major world events that occurred each week. For 2024 let's look at birthdays of famous people for each week of the year.

For this week, we have:

April 23, 1940

#1

April 26, 1936

#2

Your task is to guess who each person is. To avoid spoiling it for people who come after you, do NOT put the person's name in the comments! Instead, write something about that person. For example, if your guess for person #1 is “Joe Biden”, write something like “#1 - current US president” in the comments. Don't use the name.

#AtoZChallenge – R is for Radioactive

January 27, 2023 – Tiny radioactive capsule fell out of a truck somewhere in Western Australia

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-aims-bigger-fines-week-into-outback-hunt-radioactive-capsule-2023-02-01/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/australia/australia-radioactive-capsule-found-intl-hnk/index.html

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Here’s the teaser for letter S. Remember, it’s an event from 2023 or the first 3 months of 2024. Comment on something related to the answer without giving the exact answer. Let’s play! 

#AtoZChallenge – Q is for Quasar

February 19, 2024 – The brightest known object in the universe is identified as a quasar, 500 trillion times brighter than the sun, powered by a supermassive black hole.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-the-brightest-known-object-in-the-universe-shining-500-trillion-times-as-bright-as-the-sun-180983815/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/20/astronomers-discover-universes-brightest-object-a-quasar-powered-by-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-sun-a-day

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Here’s the teaser for letter R. Remember, it’s an event from 2023 or the first 3 months of 2024. Comment on something related to the answer without giving the exact answer. Let’s play!