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  • #452
    OldGoat
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    Rocky Weak Label wrote: »
    Mel Blanc
    Judy Garland
    Douglas Fairbanks Jnr
    Peter Finch
    Mickey Rooney


    Have what in common?
    Is there a military link? Fairbanks was a proper soldier and earned a chestful of bling. Garland and Rooney 'entertained' the troops.
    Though I suppose the same could be said of most people/actors of that era.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #453
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    Is there a military link? Fairbanks was a proper soldier and earned a chestful of bling. Garland and Rooney 'entertained' the troops.
    Though I suppose the same could be said of most people/actors of that era.

    I'm afraid not.


  • #454
    Eleysian
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    Rocky Weak Label wrote: »
    Mel Blanc
    Judy Garland
    Douglas Fairbanks Jnr
    Peter Finch
    Mickey Rooney


    Have what in common?
    All buried in Hollywood Forever cemetery?


  • #455
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Eleysian wrote: »
    All buried in Hollywood Forever cemetery?

    They are indeed. Your question next so.


  • #456
    Eleysian
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    Missouri and Tennessee - what do they have in common?


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  • #457
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Eleysian wrote: »
    Missouri and Tennessee - what do they have in common?

    Both bordered by eight other states?


  • #458
    Eleysian
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    Rocky Weak Label wrote: »
    Both bordered by eight other states?

    Correct!


  • #459
    looksee
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    Srameen and Corkgirl you owe us a question each, come on, look lively. Srameen you've been told about answering questions without asking the next one...
    :D


    Quiz question - there was a bit of a continuity glitch during the Queen's speech, did anyone notice what it was (it wasn't anything she said)?


  • #460
    New Home
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    Her glasses?

    (wild guess)


  • #461
    looksee
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    No, much more obvious than that.


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  • #462
    Ted_YNWA
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    She swapped seats with Philip?


  • #463
    looksee
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    No, don't think Philip was there. Was he?


  • #464
    Ted_YNWA
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    looksee wrote: »
    No, don't think Philip was there. Was he?

    Maybe it was Charles, there was someone beside here, wasn't paying much heed to it.


  • #465
    looksee
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    No, it was more a continuity thing.


  • #466
    New Home
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    A glass of water was suddenly on the other side/empty?

    Did a corgi stroll in followed by her younger brother, and the dog-sitter had to crawl in to retrieve them? :pac:


  • #467
    looksee
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    Ah just checked it up, it did get a mention in a couple of newspapers.


  • #468
    looksee
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    If they did, I missed it.


  • #469
    Ted_YNWA
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    She swapped the crown for an afro wig :D


  • #470
    New Home
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    No, that was Charles, Ted. :rolleyes:


  • #471
    looksee
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    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    She swapped the crown for an afro wig :D

    Nearest so far, not quite though.


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  • #472
    New Home
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    Hats. Has to be hats.


  • #473
    looksee
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    Not quite...


  • #474
    New Home
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    Glasses (as in spectacles)? Has to be glasses (as in spectacles)! Or a dress change? Or me clutching at straws??? Yep. That's probably it.


  • #475
    looksee
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    Ok, I was sure someone would get it.

    There was a bit of video showing the state crown being carried to Parliament with all the accoutrements, but when she was giving her speech she was wearing a different, smaller crown (rather more appealing I thought). Apparently the state crown, which is a heavy and not very attractive lump of a thing, was on a table beside her, but you could not see it in the pic I saw, so it looked as though she had lost it on the way.

    Anyway it just struck me as minorly interesting.

    Hopefully one of the wanderers will come in and set a question, or anyone else who would like to keep things going!


  • #476
    IrishZeus
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    Just to keep things going!

    Who/what is the Great A’tuin?


  • #477
    looksee
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    I know I know that but...Is it a character from Neverending Story?


  • #478
    OldGoat
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Just to keep things going!

    Who/what is the Great A’tuin?
    The World carrying turtle. Terry Pratchits Diskworld.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #479
    IrishZeus
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    The World carrying turtle. Terry Pratchits Diskworld.

    Correct - you’re up OG


  • #480
    OldGoat
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    I was always a big fan of Rincewind and the Diskworld books. :)

    Q. A woman by the name of Sarah Thomas recently completed a record setting feat of endurance. A large number of people have completed this trial once, many have done a double, a rare few have completed a triple but she is the only person to have completed a quadruple.
    What did she do?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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  • #481
    looksee
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    Did she run across a desert?


  • #482
    OldGoat
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    looksee wrote: »
    Did she run across a desert?
    'tis funny how far you are from the right answer. :)

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #483
    looksee
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    Well from the depths of my total ignorance it had to have been a desert run or a sea journey. I picked the wrong one, but still don't know anything about the other. :D Or maybe into space now I think of it.

    Edit: Looks it up. Oh right, her! And my guesses are still pretty wide of the mark!


  • #484
    IrishZeus
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    I was always a big fan of Rincewind and the Diskworld books. :)

    Q. A woman by the name of Sarah Thomas recently completed a record setting feat of endurance. A large number of people have completed this trial once, many have done a double, a rare few have completed a triple but she is the only person to have completed a quadruple.
    What did she do?

    Was she the woman who swam the channel?


  • #485
    OldGoat
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    Yep.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-49724851

    That was some feat. I can barely swim a couple of lengths of a pool.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #486
    New Home
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    looksee wrote: »
    I know I know that but...Is it a character from Neverending Story?

    That was Atreyu.


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  • #487
    IrishZeus
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    Which English town was a forerunner of the Parks Movement and the first city in Europe to have a street tram system?


  • #488
    New Home
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    Turin?


  • #489
    IrishZeus
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    New Home wrote: »
    Turin?


    Has Turin moved to England....? :D


  • #490
    New Home
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    Suuuuure.... Didn't you know? :pac:


    I read European, sorry... I blame sleep deprivation....


  • #491
    IrishZeus
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    New Home wrote: »
    Suuuuure.... Didn't you know? :pac:


    It must have swam across the channel with yer wan from the last question :D:D:D


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  • #492
    looksee
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    I had a notion that London had one of the first parks, and it seems like a fair bet for early tram services too. Hardly a town though.


  • #493
    New Home
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    The first railway line, IIRC (and I probably don't), joined Stockton and Darlington. One of them?


  • #494
    IrishZeus
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    None of the above. Will give it until tonight.


  • #495
    Ted_YNWA
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    Blackpool


  • #496
    Corkgirl18
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    looksee wrote: »
    Srameen and Corkgirl you owe us a question each, come on, look lively.

    Just checked and feargale got my last question so I owe nothing. I'm off the hook


  • #497
    IrishZeus
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    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Blackpool

    Nope... go an hour south and across the bridge from another “pool”!! ;)


  • #498
    Ted_YNWA
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    No current trams in Liverpool, so dismissed that.

    Was that an error.


  • #499
    IrishZeus
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    Birkenhead is what I was looking for.

    I nominate Ted for a question.


  • #500
    IrishZeus
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    Bump.


  • #501
    Ted_YNWA
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    Oopsie,

    Forget the Drive for Five

    Only one player has won six consecutive senior All-Ireland medals in Gaelic games. Name him.


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