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Post by yenilira on May 4, 2012 9:07:13 GMT 1
If I'd said "Monarch of the Glens" no doubt someone would have said a twelve-pointer, which would have been correct, but the answer here is -
the Golden Eagle.
and to Q # 324
Who were the two brewers who amalgamated to form "Scottish Brewers" in 1931 ?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on May 4, 2012 13:20:15 GMT 1
umm beer now we entering my comfort zone lol McEwan's is one of them they later became scottish & newcastle
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Post by yenilira on May 4, 2012 15:30:21 GMT 1
I think it's everyone's comfort zone across the Border!
Yes, McEwan's was one of them, the other being............
William Younger.
Q # 325
What was "Operation GAFF" ?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on May 5, 2012 7:38:07 GMT 1
it was the plan to kill Rommel but he had already been injured when his car did shake rattle and roll after bumping into a RAF fighter plane.
I am off out now for 5 hrs my lad has a footy tournament this morning so if correct somebody else will have to set a question
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Post by yenilira on May 5, 2012 11:07:17 GMT 1
The S.A.S. mission "Operation GAFF" was to kill or capture General Erwin Rommel at his HQ at La-Roche-Guyon.
So it's Sher's brain-scrambler for
Q # 326
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Post by yenilira on May 5, 2012 11:09:09 GMT 1
Sher doesn't want to take the Q, so if nobody is up and about to take it.....
I'll give it ten.........
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Post by yenilira on May 5, 2012 12:33:18 GMT 1
Q # 326
Who was the only man to be awarded the V.C. twice in the Great War, and where?
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Post by yenilira on May 5, 2012 19:05:43 GMT 1
Capt. Noel G. Chavasse VC and Bar, one of only three people to have won the VC twice, first on 9th August 1916 at Guillemont in France, and later at Brandhoek, just outside Ieper/Ypres, ("Wipers" to the Tommies then), where he died. Buried at Brandhoek New Military CWGC Cemetery.
Q # 327
What current blockbuster film is based on a book by Suzanne Collins?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on May 5, 2012 21:40:29 GMT 1
don't know lol did not realize that any good films were on at the moment
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Post by yenilira on May 6, 2012 10:17:15 GMT 1
"The Hunger Games"...............?
Q # 328
Which British Prime Minister was part-Iroquois? (a Native American Indian tribe)
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Post by yenilira on May 6, 2012 21:42:56 GMT 1
Sir Winston Churchill.
Q # 329
What is the "Bayernwald"?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on May 7, 2012 6:57:29 GMT 1
A battle field of WWI
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Post by yenilira on May 7, 2012 13:51:21 GMT 1
You're quite warm, so I'll give it another 15.
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Post by yenilira on May 7, 2012 14:25:14 GMT 1
I thought somebody would have said something along the lines of Bayern Munchen footie.......... ;D The "Bayernwald" is WW1 German trenches, etc. near Wytscheate, where Adolf Hitler served, due south of Ieper/Ypres, Belgium. www.webmatters.net/monuments/ww1_bayernwald.htmQ # 330
Katie Price, aka Jordan, is set to marry for the third time, to whom?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on May 7, 2012 20:09:08 GMT 1
a ruby team? cricket team? football team? nfl team..... Jordon = publicity seeking whore in more than way.. slag
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Post by yenilira on May 7, 2012 21:13:11 GMT 1
Leandro Penna
Q # 331
One of the more unusual, and macabre, 'tourist sights' in Roma is in the Crypt of the 'Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini',
Why?
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Post by yenilira on May 8, 2012 12:34:38 GMT 1
I'm sure you're all dying to know the answer to this one.... The crypt, or ossuary, now contains the remains of 4,000 friars buried between 1500 and 1870, during which time the Roman Catholic Church permitted burial in and under churches. The underground crypt is divided into five chapels, lit only by dim natural light seeping in through cracks, and small fluorescent lamps. The crypt walls and ceilings are covered with the remains in elaborate fashion, decorative displays; sunbursts, archways, flowers etc. making this crypt a macabre work of art. Some of the skeletons are intact and draped with Franciscan habits, but for the most part, individual bones are used to create elaborate ornamental designs. www.roninrome.com/sites-and-attractions/cripta-dei-cappuccini 'What you are now, we once were. What we are now, you shall someday become'. (an inscription from inside the crypt).
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Post by yenilira on May 8, 2012 16:44:04 GMT 1
Q # 332
What Regiment was known as "The Accrington Pals" in the Great War?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on May 8, 2012 18:26:04 GMT 1
pass something like the Lancs regiment probably
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Post by yenilira on May 8, 2012 18:45:39 GMT 1
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Post by yenilira on May 8, 2012 18:49:02 GMT 1
Obviously it'd be a 'Lancs' Regiment........
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Post by roadchefourstands on May 8, 2012 21:44:28 GMT 1
Q # 332
What Regiment was known as "The Accrington Pals" in the Great War? This was a batallion specifically from Accrington raised as part of Kitcheners army. His philosophy was that local communities would fight for each other as well as their country. It became one of the East Lancashire regiments when the British Army took it over. It was virtually wiped out in the Somme, I remember this as Mike Harding wrote an evicative song about it......he wasn't just a comedian. www.aftermathww1.com/harding.asp#
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Post by yenilira on May 8, 2012 23:45:36 GMT 1
Still doesn't answer the question..............................
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Post by roadchefourstands on May 9, 2012 9:11:11 GMT 1
It does, it clears up the difference between a batallion (which the Accrington Pals were) and a regiment, which the East Lancs Regiment were.
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Post by yenilira on May 9, 2012 13:19:26 GMT 1
Sorry, yes:
the question should have read along the lines of "...which Regiment did the 'Accrington Pals' battalion come from...."
By the way: it looks like you've been trawling the internet for the answer, 4Stands.......
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