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Peterthegreat
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Tenerife?
DerekC
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Sorry to be slow responding. I think @MotCO gets the (ship's) biscuit for getting Cadiz for the eye and the Canary Isles for the arm. The failed amphibious assault was actually on Tenerife, so @Peterthegreat gets half a biscuit guaranteed free of weevils for extra precision.
@MotCO - for you to lead the fleet on its next high seas excursion.
@MotCO - for you to lead the fleet on its next high seas excursion.
I'm not sure about the high seas with this question!
What did Anna Soubry, Fern Britton and Richard Whiteley have/had in common?
Ashley Hill
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They were all regional TV presenters? Fern was definitely TSW and I think Richard was Yorkshire TV. I don’t know Anna.
EbbwJunction1
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Weather?
Gloster
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Richard Whiteley, along with the ferret, appeared on the evening regional news magazine programme.
SuspectUsual
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Continuity announcers?
No, because
Is the right answer.
Please seemlessly continue to the next question
SuspectUsual
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What began in California in 1934 with a Frank and ended in 1962 with another Frank?
xotGD
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I'm thinking one of them is Frank Sinatra, but that's as far as I've got.
SuspectUsual
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That Frank is neither of the Franks
Donny Dave
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Alcatraz? I'm fairly sure the last prisoner transferred was called Frank.
SuspectUsual
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Spot on!
Frank Lucas Bolt * was the first prisoner to be taken in at Alcatraz and Frank Clay Weatherman was the last, 28 years later
* I believe he was one of a group who all arrived on day one, and as his name was first alphabetically he was officially prisoner number 1
Your turn to sentence us to the next question
Donny Dave
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The shortest international land border is 85 metres long. Which 2 countries share it?
Gloster
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Denmark and Canada?
Donny Dave
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Correct. Spain have a military base on a tiny spur.
Thanks! That came up in a Sunday newspaper recently.
Staying with Spain (controversial statement for Mallorquins!)......
What is the full name of the Spanish Primera Liga football club from the Balearic Islands, and what is their stadium called?
Donny Dave
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As I'm currently playing Football Manager, would that count as cheating?
If you know the answer.......!
Good effort, but not quite and I was going to bump this with a clue.
The stadium is the Son Moix, and the club is indeed Mallorca. However, Mallorca is preceded by the letters R C D.
All these letters are also words in the names of clubs from Madrid, Bilbao and la Coruña respectively.
Peterthegreat
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I think the English translation is Royal Sporting Club.
That will do
Real (Madrid) Club (Athletic de Bilbao) Deportivo (la Coruña) Mallorca
Fingers crossed they stay up this year.
Time for Pedro el Grán (@Peterthegreat) to give us la pregunta siguiente.
Peterthegreat
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Apologies for the delay.
What is the highest mountain in the southern hemisphere?
What is the highest mountain in the southern hemisphere?