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DaleCooper
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Conan Doyle's Holmes was a complete prat who made ridiculous assumptions based on the flimsiest of ambiguous evidence and was only proved right due to the the author's contrived storytelling (I have read the complete works), on the other hand Robert Downey Jr's Holmes was really funny.
Enough of that, next question:
In a song a king dedicates the 20th May to who?
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The song is from a well known musical.
Peter Mugridge
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Time for another total guess then.... the only two involving Kings that I can think of are The King and I or The Lion King and I have seen neither. The latter is the more popular, so my entry is:
The Lion King.
The Lion King.
DaleCooper
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Neither of those, the king in this case is only mentioned in the song which is sung by the lead character.
DaleCooper
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No, the king is King George V.
theageofthetra
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Edward VII? The only musicals I can think of set in that era are My Fair Lady or Mary Poppins.
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DaleCooper
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I thought it was Edward VII but IMDB told me it was George V, whoever it was you have named the musical but not the character.
theageofthetra
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At a guess Henry Higgins. 20th May 1910 is significant as The funeral of the very popular Edward VII took place and George V became King.
DaleCooper
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Wouldn't It Be Loverly? if that were the right answer but it isn't, however Just You Wait and With a Little Bit of Luck you might get it and then I can say "You Did It".
theageofthetra
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Alfred P Dolittle?
DaleCooper
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Not Alfred P Dolittle nor Henry Higgins so who could it possibly be?
theageofthetra
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Well Eliza- but I am struggling to think of which song its in and also whether a couple of New York songwriters would have known the significance of the date to Edwardian London!
DaleCooper
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It is Eliza Dolittle, I suspect the choice of date is coincidental, it just matched the rhythm and rhyme.
Extract from "Just You Wait"
One day I'll be famous! I'll be proper and prim;
Go to St. James so often I will call it St. Jim!
One evening the king will say:
"Oh, Liza, old thing,
I want all of England your praises to sing.
Next week on the twentieth of May
I proclaim Liza Doolittle Day!
Extract from "Just You Wait"
One day I'll be famous! I'll be proper and prim;
Go to St. James so often I will call it St. Jim!
One evening the king will say:
"Oh, Liza, old thing,
I want all of England your praises to sing.
Next week on the twentieth of May
I proclaim Liza Doolittle Day!
theageofthetra
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Keeping the George V theme- who was the highest paid entertainer in the world during the new Kings first year as monarch?
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Springs Branch
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Charlie Chaplin ? (or am I a bit too early for CC's heyday)
DaleCooper
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Marie Lloyd?
theageofthetra
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None of those. Remember we are talking about 1910/11 here.
theageofthetra
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Grandpa was right. Harry, unlike many stars of the time, wrote his own songs and owned publishing rights- a canny Scot indeed. Your floor.
DaleCooper
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Three days have passed with no question being set so I'm going to step in with:
Who was the first track and field athlete to win the gold medal in the same individual event at four consecutive Olympics.
Who was the first track and field athlete to win the gold medal in the same individual event at four consecutive Olympics.
Can I have a guess at Carl Lewis? Not sure he was the first.
DaleCooper
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You are most welcome to venture such a guess but it was not he.
Was he one of them out of interest?
DaleCooper
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That's just a pernicious rumour with no foundation. As far as I'm aware he's a happily married man.
HMS Ark Royal
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Was it Al Oerter? I seem to recall he was a discus thrower
DaleCooper
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It was Al Oerter and he was a discus thrower, your turn.
HMS Ark Royal
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Thank you...
In 1975, what type of aircraft made the first carrier landing and why?
In 1975, what type of aircraft made the first carrier landing and why?
Nothing made "the" first carrier landing in 1975. Planes had been landing on carriers for years. Ha ha.
When I see the correct answer to what I think you are asking it will do my head in because I am sure I know it.
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