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    Quote Originally Posted by gazooks View Post
    1978
    Quote Originally Posted by Bill D (wwh) View Post
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    No, still later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gazooks View Post
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    too late

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    1983

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    Quote Originally Posted by martybartfast View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by gazooks View Post
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    Still too late .... so I know the next answer will be correct if people have been paying attention

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    Then it can only be...

    1982


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill D (wwh) View Post
    Then it can only be...

    1982


    Glad to see Bill has been paying attention




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    Thanks for the ding!

    Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
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    Gordon Brown? hmy:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Family_Moose View Post
    Gordon Brown? hmy:
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    Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?

    Ok, another clue:

    He lived from 1762 to 1812.
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    Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
    He lived from 1762 to 1812.


    And another clue:

    He was preceded by William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, and was followed by Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill D (wwh) View Post
    Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
    He lived from 1762 to 1812.


    And another clue:

    He was preceded by William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, and was followed by Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool.
    Come on - everybody knows this one...

    (but I don't want to set the next question)

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    Quote Originally Posted by keehotee View Post
    Come on - everybody knows this one...

    (but I don't want to set the next question)
    I thought when I set it that it was really easy and would be answered in five minutes flat... h34r:

    Another clue this evening...
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    Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
    He lived from 1762 to 1812.

    He was preceded by William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, and was followed by Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool.

    Oh, dear, we don't know our British history, do we?

    His initials were SP. And before anyone suggests it, it wasn't SimplyPaul...
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    was it spencer somebody? possibly a cornish surname

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    Quote Originally Posted by Handsyhands View Post
    was it spencer somebody? possibly a cornish surname
    It was indeed Spencer somebody.

    The surname came into English from French, but is thought to have originated in Old Welsh, so Cornish isn't far off the mark (the old Cornish language was closely related to Welsh).
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    Awww ...... It's on the tip of my tongue and I know I read it somewhere in the last couple of weeks. Iv'e been through all the books I thought it could be but I'm stuck for now.

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    Ok, I'll give the ding to Handsyhands.

    The full answer is Spencer Perceval.
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    Handsyhands...?
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    Sorry, I was up in the loft trying to find the book about assassinations!

    Here we go, your starter for ten ... The largest building in Britain in the late 18th century measured 1,094 ft by 54 ft. Where was it and what was it used for?

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    It's probably a rope shed, and I'll go for Portsmouth.

    Edit to clarify, a rope shed being a place where ropes are made.

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    I thought I'd have you all tied in knots with that one ..... DING and over to our man at the match ..... Martybartfast!

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    Well I've been in a modern rope shed, and I'm only 15 miles from Portsmouth and have done the Dockyard tour a couple of times and seen where it was, I just wasn't sure whether there might have been a bigger shed in Chatham or somewhere else.

    Can't think of a Q at the mo, so will pose one in the morning.

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    What job is Bumpber Harris most well known for? and although it was only a short engagement, during which he had his ups and downs, he had one particular characteristic which made him the ideal man for the job, what was that?

    Edit to correct a typo in his name.
    Also youve got a hint or 2 above but here's another clue:

    He had one wooden leg.
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    I know who he was, and I know what he's best known for, but I've no idea what especially suited him for that job.
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    Looks like I made another cockup, and in correcting the typo in his name I made another typo, the name should be spelled

    "Bumper Harris"

    Anyway another clue, he worked at Earls Court tube station.

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    Quote Originally Posted by martybartfast View Post
    Looks like I made another cockup, and in correcting the typo in his name I made another typo, the name should be spelled

    "Bumper Harris"

    Anyway another clue, he worked at Earls Court tube station.
    Ah, now I don't know who he was - I took the typo to be a mistake for Bomber Harris!
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    Awww, I thought you meant 'Jumper Harris' .... he stuck a spring on his wooden leg and used to put posters up high on the walls. :lol:

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    I think I might have been a bit too obscure here, so here's all the relevant clues

    He had his ups and downs.
    He had a wooden leg.
    He was employed for a day at Earls Court tube in the very early days of the underground system.
    Although he travelled a lot he didn't go very far.

    Why was he there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by martybartfast View Post
    I think I might have been a bit too obscure here, so here's all the relevant clues

    He had his ups and downs.
    He had a wooden leg.
    He was employed for a day at Earls Court tube in the very early days of the underground system.
    Although he travelled a lot he didn't go very far.

    Why was he there?
    obviously then its something to do with testing the lifts - maybe the first ones installed on the Underground? However, I'm struggling to think why a wooden leg would be useful!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Gerrie View Post
    obviously then its something to do with testing the lifts
    Close but no cigar yet....

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    Looks like it was too obscure.

    Earls Court was the first tube station to get escalators, and he spend the day riding up and down to demonstrate how safe and stable they were.


    Next person along please set another Question.....

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    Ok, I'll pick this up...

    On the 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima by a B29 bomber. What was the name of the aircraft?

    I'm asking for the name given to that particular aircraft by its crew.
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    I'll give another clue tomorrow if no-one's got it.
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    Not sure if I get this the right way around, but is the answer you are looking for for this raid - Enola Gay?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Family_Moose View Post
    Not sure if I get this the right way around, but is the answer you are looking for for this raid - Enola Gay?
    That's a ding to Family_Moose...!

    Enola Gay was the name painted on the lead aircraft in that raid, which was the one that actually dropped the atomic bomb.
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    OK....so now we get to set one...

    A very topical one, which I just heard on BBC coverage of rememberance parades in France.

    What was the Operation name for the Normandy landings?

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    I think we might need another clue for this one...
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    Quote Originally Posted by martybartfast View Post
    Ah, not quite. Overlord was the over-arching operation name for the invasion of the entire of NW Europe. The landings themselves had a seperate name.

    HHmm....clue......

    How about...shares the same name as the fourth largest planet in the solar system?
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    Neptune
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    Well done.

    Operation Neptune!

    Over to you...
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    Who played the Sheriff John T Chance in the 1959 film Rio Bravo?
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    Well I know the major players in the movie, but not totally sure of the characters, so I'll go for Marion Morrison, AKA "The Duke", AKA John Wayne.

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    a 'Well Howdy Partner' DING to martybartfast
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    What are/were "Palmerstons Follies" ?

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    Defensive forts around the south coast of England, presume Victorian era due to the name. Only know this as looked into Martello towers when i was younger as i lived near one.

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    The term refers to fortifications around the South Coast built at the instigation of Lord Palmerston to protect us from a perceived threat from France. By the time they were finished we were friends with France again and didn't fire a shot in anger so they were christened Palmerstons Follies.

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