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TimSYoung40145 said:
Is it HM King Harald V of Norway?
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Yes, correct! His grandmother Queen Maud of Norway was a daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. That makes him fifty-somethingth in line of succession to the Britsh throne just behind all the descendants of George V.

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The pop group was not the one I was thinking of but is of course correct so your go

Flux capacitor is also included in the lyrics of the Busted song Year 3000
 
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There are three different units of weight in use all called a "ton". They are usually differentiated by calling them "long" or Imperial ton, "short" ton and "metric" ton respectively. One would be quite right in assuming that the "short" ton is a smaller unit than the "long" ton. But is the "metric" ton

(a) smaller than a "short" ton?

(b) larger than a "short" ton but smaller than a "long" ton?

(c) larger than a "long" ton?
 
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Golghar said:
There are three different units of weight in use all called a "ton". They are usually differentiated by calling them "long" or Imperial ton, "short" ton and "metric" ton respectively. One would be quite right in assuming that the "short" ton is a smaller unit than the "long" ton. But is the "metric" ton

(a) smaller than a "short" ton?

(b) larger than a "short" ton but smaller than a "long" ton?

(c) larger than a "long" ton?
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Off the top of my head (in the spirit of the rules for this thread, I don't look anything up - online or anywhere else):

A short ton is 2000lb, a long ton 2240lb (or 20cwt). The metric ton is 1000kg. A kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds, so 1000kg is about 2200 lb and therefore option (b) looks right.
 
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Seacook said:
Off the top of my head (in the spirit of the rules for this thread, I don't look anything up - online or anywhere else):

A short ton is 2000lb, a long ton 2240lb (or 20cwt). The metric ton is 1000kg. A kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds, so 1000kg is about 2200 lb and therefore option (b) looks right.
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What connects:

The victor at El Alamein
The home of the Simpsons
The Roman city of Lindum
The Iron Chancellor
A TV western series starring Clint Walker?
 
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Who is next in the sequence: Eleanor, Eleanor, Isabella, Eleanor, Eleanor, Isabella.....?
And (equally important) why?
 
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