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Paris to Réunion is 5,809 miles. The route is serviced by Air France, Air Austral, Corsair, and French Bee if you want to make the trip.
Please pilot the next question.
DaleCooper
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Nouvelle-France
Nope
Peterthegreat
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Bourbon?
That's it.
Name of the ruling French royal family at the time...got changed after the revolution
your turn to share a biscuit
Peterthegreat
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Thank you.
Who was the 2nd man to run a mile in under 4 minutes?
Who was the 2nd man to run a mile in under 4 minutes?
Purple Train
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Was it John Landy?
Peterthegreat
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It was indeed.
Set a new world record if 3 mins 58 seconds in Turku a few weeks after Bannister's record.
To you to set the pace.
Purple Train
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Thank you.
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge, the first to link Buda and Pest across the Danube, was a larger version of one built in which town in England?
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge, the first to link Buda and Pest across the Danube, was a larger version of one built in which town in England?
D6130
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Shrewsbury?
Purple Train
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Not Shrewsbury.
D6130
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Marlow?
Purple Train
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D6130
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Thanks. I'll think of a new question in the morning..... although you may have to remind me!
Peterthegreat
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Adam Clark.
D6130
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Correct! Your turn.
Peterthegreat
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Thank you.
Who is the youngest ever presenter of "Have I got News for You?"
Who is the youngest ever presenter of "Have I got News for You?"
Peterthegreat
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Nope.
Ashley Hill
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Josh Widdecombe?
Peterthegreat
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He was about 30 when he first appeared.
The youngest was only 17.
Ashley Hill
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Charlotte Church?
Peterthegreat
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Indeed it is.
To you to sing the next question.
SuspectUsual
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A pedant writes....
This didn't sound right to me, I thought it was a different Clark, so I asked Mr W Pedia what he thought about it and the designer was William Tierney Clark (no relation) whilst Adam Clark was the resident engineer whilst it was being built. Wikipedia link to the chain bridge in Budapest below....
