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Trainfan344

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Who founded the Lego Group, Which country were they from, what year did they found it and What does Lego mean in the language of the country the founder?
 

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Ole Kirk Christiansen Denmark he started making stuff in 1932 but called it Lego in 1934 and it means play well.
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The bet was for Dave to meet 54 other Dave Gormans. Danny did meet them, but as a witness.

So there you go, Danny Wallace met 54 Dave Gormans

The question states

How many Dave Gorman's did Danny Wallace meet in Are You Dave Gorman?

You cant include the original Dave Gorman as he did not meet him in 'Are you Dave Gorman'.
 

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This question concerns the instrumental song YYZ by Rush.
Where does the the song title come from and also, how is the song title featured in the song.
 

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"YYZ" is the airport code for Toronto International Airport. Is that just a coincidence or part of the answer?
 

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"YYZ" is the airport code for Toronto International Airport. Is that just a coincidence or part of the answer?

Toronto Pearson Airport is the first part of the answer.
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This question concerns the instrumental song YYZ by Rush.
Where does the the song title come from and also, how is the song title featured in the song.

I think I'm going to call time on this one. The second answer that I wanted was that it is played in Morse Code in the song's intro.
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What came first, the chicken or the egg and why?

I reckon that the actual animal came first but over time and evolution it was eventually the case of the predecessor of the chicken to build a defence to its young from predators so that the womb solidified around the unborn chicken which then eventually became its shell and has been that way ever since.

Ill go with Buttsys answer though
 

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What came first, the chicken or the egg and why?

The egg - its quite common to have eggs with breakfast, but, unless its the only thing in the house, its not considered normal to have chicken for breakfast, therefore the egg must come first :D
 

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Eggs came first - lizards lay eggs and they came into being long before birds.
 

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OK- try this:-

A 20c English composer[still living], bears the same forename and surname[albeit spelt slightly differently]as an earlier 16c. composer, and has claimed to be a direct descendent.
Can you name both the 16th & present-day composers?
 

Golghar

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Would that be John Tavener and John Taverner? I thought the former was a pseudonym like Engelbert Humperdinck.
 

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Yes - correct. :)

Tavener is the current composer [b.1944]
Taverner the 16c composer [1490-1543]
 

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It was in one of The Saint episodes but cant remember the name of the guy who drove it. Was it Roger Moore?
 

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It was definetly in the saint before goldfinger I just cant remember who drove it.
 
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Clip is correct it was in an edition of The Saint in january 1963
It then appeared in Goldfinger later that year
It was owned by Pinewood Studios and would have been used more had it not become famous as the James Bond car

It was driven by Anthony Quinn but Clip is close enough so his go
 

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