martinsh
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Whereabouts is it a short walk from New Zealand to California ?
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Buttsy
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Norfolk coast, near Great Yarmouth?
martinsh
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Not what I was thinking of, and I can't see a New Zealand in Norfolk anyway.
Buttsy
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Aylesbury
cjp
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Bridport
I know it has NZ - not idea about Califonia but it seems likely from its trading days
martinsh
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Well you appear to be correct, although it's not the one I was thinking of, which was Derby.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand,_Derby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California,_Derby
Buttsy
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"You choose your leaders and place your trust" is a line from which song by which band?
Xenophon PCDGS
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This surely has to be from "Going Underground" by The Jam.
Was there not also a spoof version of this also made
Was there not also a spoof version of this also made
Buttsy
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Correct and yes, it invloved a lot of swearing and a diatribe against London Underground
Xenophon PCDGS
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Which pioneer worked out inheritance in Moravia ?
Xenophon PCDGS
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Correct. Please set the next one.
deltic1989
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The obvious answer would be The Holy Bible.... 1st Kings 7:23 " Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured it's circumference. (IIRC a cubit is 17 or 18 inches)
This verse would seem to imply that the value of Pi is 3 rather than 3.14.
This verse would seem to imply that the value of Pi is 3 rather than 3.14.
Buttsy
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Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Buttsy
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'If I was in your blood, you wouldn't be so ugly' is a line from which song by which artist?
An amusing aside relating to the value of pi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill
Xenophon PCDGS
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"Annie, I'm not your daddy"....by Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
Buttsy
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Correct
Xenophon PCDGS
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In 1903, in what was the chimney-sweep the first victor ?
Xenophon PCDGS
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Correct....over to you.
Which re-working, with Spanish and Andalusian influences, of a popular earlier work, made it's first Proms appearance this year, and who is its composer?
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Time for a clue perhaps:-
The earlier work is associated with Irish dance.
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Time for a clue perhaps:-
The earlier work is associated with Irish dance.
CarltonA
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Bill Whelan was the Riverdance creator.
He has developed his Riverdance music into "Riverdance - A Symphonic Suite" which had its UK premier in a Proms Concert on 26th August by the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Jac Van Steen.
However, as fowler9 was first to suggest the source was "Riverdance" though without giving the full name of the composer, the honour of setting the next one should go to him.
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