SuspectUsual
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Gordon Richards was champion jockey an insane number of times, something like 24 times
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EbbwJunction1
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That's two out of two, well done.
Correct, well done.
The place I'm looking for is in Rheinland-Pfalz, but I'd like the name of the city, please.
Two right (but too late), but four wrong - sorry.1. Mayor of London? No.
2. What is now known as Karl Marx Stadt? No.
3. 5? No, many more than that.
4. I don't know (as if I know the other answers), but I'll guess Free Spirit No - see above.
5. Agree with Ethiopia That's right - but too late, sorry.
6. I'll take backontrack's answer of Freedom 7. That's also right - but also too late, sorry.
You're not far wrong ... as Brucie would have said on "Play Your Cards Right" ... higher!
So, three right, two quite close, and one still to be guessed. backontrack is the leader in the clubhouse!
I've read about this at 9am this morning!, it was the 4th Earl Ferrers and he shot his old steward because he had control over an estate due to a separation from his wife (or something like that).
4th Earl Ferrers was a drunk, mad and a womaniser. That's in own words.
He wasn't the first man to be hung at Tyburn but on the new drop gallows rather than the 'Tyburn Tree', which wasn't actually a tree but a primitive gallows which involved pulling a cart away and letting them strangle. It went wrong of course.
EbbwJunction1
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That's a magnificent answer and, in fact, is much more comprehensive than the description given in my source. He sounds like a nice feller ….. !
So, that's four out of six, but backontrack is the leader crossing the Melling Road for the second time!
So, that's four out of six, but backontrack is the leader crossing the Melling Road for the second time!
EbbwJunction1
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You're right, they are outstanding ... well, question 2 is, as you've got the right number for Sir Gordon Richards - well done!
I don't know whether it helps, but the birthplace of Karl Marx is twinned with Gloucester - any thoughts?
xotGD
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Do I get half a mark for saying it was Prussia at the time of his birth?
(I have given up and looked up the answer and I'd never heard of the place!)
(I have given up and looked up the answer and I'd never heard of the place!)
EbbwJunction1
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Cheltenham Spa ?
Errr, no ….. but a nice try!
Yes, go on then! The actual answer is Trier, Germany - and you shouldn't feel upset, as neither had I until the end of last year when I was asked to arrange for a colleague in work to go to a conference there!
So, at the winning post, we have backontrack with two; Calthrop, Trackman and MotCo with one; and xotGD with a half. The question goes, therefore, to backontrack. Well done!
In view of the above, can I take the floor?
I'm casting my mind back to my O-level geography studies; what is a ria?
backontrack
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A ria is a coastal inlet formed when a river drowns a valley.
No, it's not him. You may not know of him as a press magnate, but you will certainly have heard of him.
By the way, Henry Stanley was actually born in Wales, but emigrated to USA when he was 18.
No, not him. He was only 20 at the time Dr Livingstone was found.
I didn't realise, but Henry Stanley actually fought in the American Civil War, and it seems as if he fought for both the Confederates and the Unionists!
(My bolding) -- like George MacDonald Fraser's Harry Flashman: the details of whose doings in that sphere we shall, alas, now never know.
EbbwJunction1
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Yes, you're absolutely right - I do miss my annual instalment of the Diaries. There's a case to be made for re-reading them .... if I didn't already have enough books to read!
Probably time for a clue.
I'm looking for the name of the person who sent Henry Stanley to look for Dr Livingstone. He was a newspaper magnate, born in America, but whose father was born in Scotland. The father was founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald, and the son succeeded him. Both shared the same name (in typical American fashion!), but the son was known by his middle name rather than his first name to differentiate. The son's name is best known for being a well-known phrase. What is the son's name?
I'm looking for the name of the person who sent Henry Stanley to look for Dr Livingstone. He was a newspaper magnate, born in America, but whose father was born in Scotland. The father was founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald, and the son succeeded him. Both shared the same name (in typical American fashion!), but the son was known by his middle name rather than his first name to differentiate. The son's name is best known for being a well-known phrase. What is the son's name?
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EbbwJunction1
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In that case …. was it James Gordon Bennett?
Indeed it was. The phrase 'Gordon Bennett' is attributed to this man. The floor is yours.
EbbwJunction1
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I shall declare an Open Floor.
Jimbob52
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I believe -- someone in the printing trade -- it is, or was, an outing / jollification organised by and for printers.
Jimbob52
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A gold star for such a speedy, correct answer.
Originally an entertainment in August to mark the beginning of having to work by candlelight, it became an annual, summer festivity by employees of printing establishments.
I shall have to think of more obscure questions. In the meantime, over to Calthrop.
Originally an entertainment in August to mark the beginning of having to work by candlelight, it became an annual, summer festivity by employees of printing establishments.
I shall have to think of more obscure questions. In the meantime, over to Calthrop.
@Jimbob52 -- thanks.
Something a bit different, maybe: a question about films (from someone who is very definitely not a film buff).
There seem to be a fair number of feature films which are given ultra-terse titles, as: "The... [monosyllabic noun]". (A trend which annoys me -- IMO trying to be all moody, gritty, and "less-is-more", but managing only to sound silly.) Four such film titles follow:
The Jerk (1979)
The King (2019)
The Road (2009)
The Train (1964)
Please set out, fairly briefly (but more fully than just, e.g., "it's to do with a jerk"): what these various cinematic offerings are about. "Virtual bonus points" for giving the names of their respective directors.
Something a bit different, maybe: a question about films (from someone who is very definitely not a film buff).
There seem to be a fair number of feature films which are given ultra-terse titles, as: "The... [monosyllabic noun]". (A trend which annoys me -- IMO trying to be all moody, gritty, and "less-is-more", but managing only to sound silly.) Four such film titles follow:
The Jerk (1979)
The King (2019)
The Road (2009)
The Train (1964)
Please set out, fairly briefly (but more fully than just, e.g., "it's to do with a jerk"
): what these various cinematic offerings are about. "Virtual bonus points" for giving the names of their respective directors.
341o2
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I can answer the last, directed by John Frankenheimer, and starring Burt Lancaster as LaBiche, a railway manager(?), the plot being as Paris falls to the Allies in 1944, one of the German generals decides to plunder the Louvre and take most of artwork back to Germany. The activities of les cheminots, or French railway workers sabotaging the railways is the basis of the film