backontrack
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WRONG! He kept his seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath after 2010.
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WRONG! He kept his seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath after 2010.
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HMS Ark Royal
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Oh, of course... I forgot he resigned!
You know, this is a tough one even for me... Can you give us a bit of a clue?
theageofthetra
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Clegg.
HMS Ark Royal
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Clegg was DPM - not PM
Peter Mugridge
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It wasn't Churchill in 1945 was it?
DaleCooper
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Benjamin Disraeli (Con) was made Earl of Beaconsfield by Victoria in 1879 and thereafter governed from the House of Lords, therefore he no longer had a seat as an elected MP.
HMS Ark Royal
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Churchill stayed in as an MP as leader of the opposition
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I had to resort to wikipedia as this is a tough question - think you might be right
backontrack
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We're looking at sitting Prime Ministers who were defeated in a General Election - but also lost their constituency. Not sure about Disraeli, but the correct answer is more recent.
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In any case, he's still MP for Sheffield Hallam today!
Incorrect - he stood for Woodford and won it in 1945.
DaleCooper
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Your question said "de-seated" not "defeated" so Disraeli is correct in that sense, just not the answer you wanted which is fair enough. What about a clue then?
backontrack
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Deseated and defeated mean basically the same thing in this context. A PM was deseated from office and from being MP in the same election.
CLUE: He's between Disraeli and Churchill.
kevconnor
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Arthur Balfour, open floor if correct
backontrack
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Correct!
Balfour was the Leader of the Conservatives and his seat was Manchester East.It is an open floor.
DaleCooper
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Correct!
It is an open floor.
Not according to Wikipedia
or Gov.uk
Who's right?
NoMorePacers
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Open floor, so how and why did the 1942 Battle of Midway change the course of World War II? You will only get it right if you say how AND why.
HMS Ark Royal
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Almost complete destruction of the Japanese grand fleet, they lost four of their primary carriers for heavens sake... With that in hand, the Americans were able to build ships faster then the Japanese which only commissioned another four carriers - at least one was a light fleet version that was useless - and it is certainly true to say that as a result of casualties and prisoners the heavy losses in carriers and veteran aircrews at Midway permanently weakened the Imperial Japanese Navy from carrying out any major offensive actions for the rest of the war until Operation Ten-Go and even that was a distaster
NoMorePacers
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Thank you sir. Your floor.
HMS Ark Royal
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Thanks - it was a naval combat question so it was unlikely I would not get it!
Who is Alice Newton and what did she insist on?
Jona26
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She is the daughter of the publisher of the Harry Potter books. She was read the first un-published book by her father and persuaded him to publish it.
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HMS Ark Royal
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Jona26
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Thanks! Here goes with my first quiz question...
What connects Manchester (UK) with Canberra (Australia)?
What connects Manchester (UK) with Canberra (Australia)?
DaleCooper
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Jona26
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Haha nice try!
Clues will be available if needed.
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Haha - nice try!
Clues will be available if needed.
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DaleCooper
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Avro Manchester and English Electric Canberra - twin engined bombers?
Jona26
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Nope sorry
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HMS Ark Royal
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Direct flights?
Jona26
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HMS Ark Royal
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Both had ships named after them
Jona26
Member
Nothing to do with transport in anyway.
Clue time: Could also be linked colloquially to a historic West Country port.
kevconnor
Member
Would we be looking in the area of linguistics, Possibly common phrases used?
DaleCooper
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If the port is Bristol then thinking of rhyming slang: Canberra is situated between two mountains which the indigenous peoples likened to a woman's breasts. Is Manchester similarly endowed?