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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Dec 13, 2011 15:15:25 GMT 1
use to be the saloon in the tv show Gunsmoke that i do know.
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Post by yenilira on Dec 13, 2011 17:11:32 GMT 1
Thanks, Sher, yes, it was Kitty's? saloon/bar in that TV western 'Gunsmoke', Matt Dillon (James Arnuss?) was the sheriff, he had a deputy with a gammy leg. Dodge, I'm sure.
Mind watching that programme back in the 50s and 60s. Memories.
Or has our colleague got some other 'Long Branch' in mind?
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Post by tangerinerob79 on Dec 13, 2011 21:28:46 GMT 1
correct! good question though!
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Post by yenilira on Dec 13, 2011 21:41:02 GMT 1
Meaning, I'm the one who got it right....?
That being the case - Q # 32 as follows:
With the recent one-day pensions strike in mind, when/where was the first known strike and what was it over, and between whom?
YL.
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Post by yenilira on Dec 13, 2011 22:52:31 GMT 1
I'll devulge the (correct) answer at midnight tonight, if that's OK with all, so that the next Q can run until late breckie....?
Unless of course, someone comes in with the (full) correct reply...
YL.
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Post by yenilira on Dec 14, 2011 1:21:21 GMT 1
...and the Answer to Q # 32 is - - -
In 1152 BC, Artisans of the Royal Necropolis in Egypt downed tools, forcing Pharaoh Ramses III to give in to wage demands.
Incidently, the first use of the word 'strike' was when sailors 'struck' or removed the topsails of merchant ships, crippling them, in support of demonstrations in London in 1768.
and now for Q # 33:
What is the “Up Helly Aa “, & where (and when), would you see it?
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Post by yenilira on Dec 14, 2011 9:52:26 GMT 1
The Answer to Q # 33 - Firelit marches, processions, and dancings, in Lerwick, Shetland Isles, every last Tuesday in January. www.uphellyaa.org/ Begun in the 1880s, this 11-hour ( piss-up) Shetland Viking festival is now named as one of the world's top 10 alternative winter festivals (4th in the list this year) and is regarded as Europe's biggest fire festival. ( Wanderlust Travel Guide). Whilst you give some thought to attending this 'do' next month, ;D it'll give me a moment to work out the next question..... YL.
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Post by yenilira on Dec 14, 2011 10:00:14 GMT 1
Q # 34:
'Pop', 'Plugstreet', and 'Wipers' all are names etched in the annals of history.
What, where, and how, are they connected?
YL.
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Post by yenilira on Dec 14, 2011 15:17:29 GMT 1
Forty-three minutes and counting.....
no takers?
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Post by yenilira on Dec 14, 2011 16:15:57 GMT 1
And the Answer to Q # 34 is..................
I'll save it and maybe use it later - I'm running out of good questions!
....and if anyone is interested, here is Q # 35 -
'Tyne Cot' is the biggest of its kind in the world. Where and what is it, and why is it 'the biggest'?
YL.
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Post by tangerinerob79 on Dec 14, 2011 19:32:46 GMT 1
I think i know this one yeni, i do watch the military channel now and again! Think it's the biggest memorial and burial ground for dead and missing in action british soldiers during the WW1 and is situated in belgium for our liberation of the country during the war.
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Post by yenilira on Dec 14, 2011 19:41:18 GMT 1
Not the full answer I was wanting but I'll give it to you. A.- Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Zonnebeke, on the Ypres Salient Battlefields, Belgium, is the resting place of [11,954] soldiers of the Commonwealth Forces. This is the largest number of burials contained in any Commonwealth cemetery of either the First or Second World War. It is also the largest Commonwealth military cemetery in the world. - CWGC www.firstworldwar.com/today/tynecot.htmThe dates of death of the soldiers buried at Tyne Cot cemetery cover a period of four years, from October 1914 to September 1918 inclusive. Your Chair, Rob: Question 36 -
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Post by yenilira on Dec 15, 2011 0:41:00 GMT 1
C'mon, Rob - keep up wi' th' game.....
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Dec 15, 2011 11:31:11 GMT 1
your a hard quiz master yeni lol
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Post by yenilira on Dec 15, 2011 13:33:17 GMT 1
Nothing hard about it - it's a bit much having to wait 18 hours for a question.......
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Post by yenilira on Dec 15, 2011 16:03:45 GMT 1
You forfeiting your question, Rob? Almost two deadlines gone..........
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Post by yenilira on Dec 15, 2011 17:46:30 GMT 1
OK seeing Rob seems to have forfeited his question, here's Q # 36 for you:-
'Pop', 'Plugstreet', and 'Wipers' are all etched in the annals of history.
Where are they, what are they, and how are they connected?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Dec 15, 2011 19:28:25 GMT 1
now somewhere in my red wine soaked brain (it is christmas after all ) this rings a bell. I think Wipers was the nick name given to Ypres area but could also be a trench name as most trenches had a nick name given to them?
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Post by yenilira on Dec 15, 2011 21:24:46 GMT 1
It's 10 days to Christmas - celebrating a bit early, aren't we?
The question # 36 still stands.....
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Dec 15, 2011 21:41:19 GMT 1
not really mate my hols start tomorrow, feet up and time to get away from it all
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Post by yenilira on Dec 15, 2011 21:50:54 GMT 1
and there was me thinking that it was just the schools that had lengthy holidays... That a Chianti Classico you're suppin', then?
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Post by yenilira on Dec 15, 2011 23:32:08 GMT 1
Deadline for Q # 36 now gone.
New Question # 37
In France it is occasionally known as "La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde", but we know it as - what? which is now exhibited at the Musée de la Tapisserie de - - - - in west France., (entry fee, around €7)
but where was it originally on view?
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Post by yenilira on Dec 16, 2011 10:09:30 GMT 1
Q # 37 held over.
Q # 38 -
What were the 'Beaches' that the British & Commonwealth forces landed on on 6th June 1944?
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Post by yenilira on Dec 21, 2011 15:05:06 GMT 1
In keeping with the Christmasy spirit and themes prevailing on the Board -
(Q#39)
Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics '...
To save us all from Satan's power, when we were gone astray..'?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Dec 21, 2011 17:05:55 GMT 1
God rest me merry gentelmen
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