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DaleCooper

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Oh, for goodness sake! I spent ages trying to solve it with arithmetic last night just to find that it's about cars! ;)

I thought it was to do with atomic weights

What are you complaining about? Among other things I tried:

Atomic numbers
Thorium radioactive decay series
Reigns of British monarchs
Number of countries participating in Olympic games
Semiconductor serial numbers
Lotus racing cars
Planetary orbits
Significant lines of latitude
My National Insurance number

Anyway next question:

Which piece of music features Eric Clapton, Val Doonican and The Count Basie Orchestra among many others
 
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What are you complaining about? Among other things I tried:

Atomic numbers
Thorium radioactive decay series
Reigns of British monarchs
Number of countries participating in Olympic games
Semiconductor serial numbers
Lotus racing cars
Planetary orbits
Significant lines of latitude
My National Insurance number

Anyway next question:

Which piece of music features Eric Clapton, Val Doonican and The Count Basie Orchestra among many others

The Intro and the Outro by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
 

TheEdge

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Knowing him, probably his balloon was floating into a military area and the US Army threatened to shoot him down.
 

HMS Ark Royal

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China. His balloon got a bit close.

Yes - they entered Chinese airspace and were ordered to land. It took major efforts for them to finish the trip across the place from the Diplomatic Service and, at one point, the Chinese airforce threatened to send a plane up and shoot him down

Your floor
 

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To be honest mate I only got that from the previous answers. As it is late and I am done in can I say open floor.
 

EbbwJunction1

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Okay, try this one:

This is Cliff Morgan's description of "that try" by Gareth Edwards for the Barbarians against the All Blacks at Cardiff Arms Park on 27 January 1973:

"Kirkpatrick to Williams. This is great stuff! Phil Bennett covering chased by Alistair Scown. Brilliant, oh, that's brilliant! John Williams, Bryan Williams. Pullin. John Dawes, great dummy. To David, Tom David, the half-way line! Brilliant by Quinnell! This is Gareth Edwards! A dramatic start! What a score!!

At that time, one of the players in that move was uncapped and one had played for the British Lions before being capped for his country.

Who were they?
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Okay, try this one:

This is Cliff Morgan's description of "that try" by Gareth Edwards for the Barbarians against the All Blacks at Cardiff Arms Park on 27 January 1973:

"Kirkpatrick to Williams. This is great stuff! Phil Bennett covering chased by Alistair Scown. Brilliant, oh, that's brilliant! John Williams, Bryan Williams. Pullin. John Dawes, great dummy. To David, Tom David, the half-way line! Brilliant by Quinnell! This is Gareth Edwards! A dramatic start! What a score!!"

At that time, one of the players in that move was uncapped and one had played for the British Lions before being capped for his country.

Who were they?

Do you want a clue?

If so, it is that both players were playing for different clubs at the time of this match, but by the time that the first (uncapped) player was capped, he'd moved to play with the second (Lions) player.
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Okay, try this one:

This is Cliff Morgan's description of "that try" by Gareth Edwards for the Barbarians against the All Blacks at Cardiff Arms Park on 27 January 1973:

"Kirkpatrick to Williams. This is great stuff! Phil Bennett covering chased by Alistair Scown. Brilliant, oh, that's brilliant! John Williams, Bryan Williams. Pullin. John Dawes, great dummy. To David, Tom David, the half-way line! Brilliant by Quinnell! This is Gareth Edwards! A dramatic start! What a score!!

At that time, one of the players in that move was uncapped and one had played for the British Lions before being capped for his country.

Who were they?
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Do you want a clue?

If so, it is that both players were playing for different clubs at the time of this match, but by the time that the first (uncapped) player was capped, he'd moved to play with the second (Lions) player.

Okay, another clue for you ....

The first player moved from Pontypridd to Llanelli, where he joined the second player.
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Okay, try this one:

This is Cliff Morgan's description of "that try" by Gareth Edwards for the Barbarians against the All Blacks at Cardiff Arms Park on 27 January 1973:

"Kirkpatrick to Williams. This is great stuff! Phil Bennett covering chased by Alistair Scown. Brilliant, oh, that's brilliant! John Williams, Bryan Williams. Pullin. John Dawes, great dummy. To David, Tom David, the half-way line! Brilliant by Quinnell! This is Gareth Edwards! A dramatic start! What a score!!

At that time, one of the players in that move was uncapped and one had played for the British Lions before being capped for his country.

Who were they?
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Do you want a clue?

If so, it is that both players were playing for different clubs at the time of this match, but by the time that the first (uncapped) player was capped, he'd moved to play with the second (Lions) player.
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Okay, another clue for you ....

The first player moved from Pontypridd to Llanelli, where he joined the second player.

Well, I'm surprised that no-one's even guessed at this, far less get it right!

The answers are Tom David (Pontypridd and Llanelli) and Derek Quinnell (Llanelli).

Open floor!
 

theageofthetra

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Keeping the theme of gentlemen who like to play with odd-shaped balls-

Name two members of royalty who have played international rugby.
 

theageofthetra

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Not that I am aware of.
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Time for a clue- one had a cap for Scotland and the other for England.
 

EbbwJunction1

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Ha ha no. A further clue one had a reasonably high up family member in the SRU!

That would be Peter Phillips, the son of Princess Anne, the Patron of the SRU.

I believe that he was quite a good back row forward, although he only played Schools internationals and didn't go on to club rugby.

I'll probably kick myself, but (if HRH Mike Tindall is wrong) I can't think of another one.
 

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That would be Peter Phillips, the son of Princess Anne, the Patron of the SRU.

I believe that he was quite a good back row forward, although he only played Schools internationals and didn't go on to club rugby.

I'll probably kick myself, but (if HRH Mike Tindall is wrong) I can't think of another one.

Tindall is not styled as a HRH
 

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