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Sooperhoop said:
There was an album recorded at various times in the 70s that wasn't released until around 2001, can't remember the artist's name but the credit for production was Jagger/Richards and not The Glimmer Twins...
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Had to google it; John Phillips, one of the Mamas and Papas, was the artist in question. Presumably released in 2001 because that was the year he died.
Also stated that he had a very dark side, having had a 10 year incestuous relationship with his daughter. Another icon hits the dust....
 
qprbeth said:
Alaska is the state that is farthest north, east, and west while Hawaii is farthest south.
But normally it is the person who getsthe last question right who sets the next....so is it you 999s???
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Does Alaska sit on both sides of the date line? You learn something new everyday, I was thinking American Samoa would come into it somewhere....
 
sb_73 said:
Does Alaska sit on both sides of the date line? You learn something new everyday, I was thinking American Samoa would come into it somewhere....
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Pochnoi Point, Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska 51°57′42″N 179°46′23″E — easternmost point in all U.S. territory, by longitude

However the dateline is stretched across the long long Aleutian islands so all the USA is in within the "same day"

So no Alaska doesn't cross the dateline, because it is artificially bent round, but by longitude it should by a country mile...just googled
 
Kilburn said:
What is the location of these photos?

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Had absolutely no idea...Kilburn....and was going to say Pendine sands S Wales as a joke (just to get your question back to the front of the queue) ....but when I started to type the link to the pics came up.....so is it a panorama of "The Bay of Fires"?? perchance....off to google where the Bay of Fires is now
 
qprbeth said:
Come on you Aussies.....you should have got Kilburns latest offering
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it was a while back but 249 was the correct answer
time difference is going to be a problem so in future if I manage to ask the question I will post the answer before I go to bed
 
qprbeth said:
Had absolutely no idea...Kilburn....and was going to say Pendine sands S Wales as a joke (just to get your question back to the front of the queue) ....but when I started to type the link to the pics came up.....so is it a panorama of "The Bay of Fires"?? perchance....off to google where the Bay of Fires is now
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Yes Beth, the Bay of Fires, Tasmania, part of Mount William National Park.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Fires

I recently attended a very interesting lecture by Dr. Michael Goodchild (an ex-pat) that touched on the subject of volunteered geographic information and crowd sourcing.

http://tomnod.com/2012/04/11/michae...d-online-volunteerism-will-become-mainstream/

http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/1208/goodchild-talks.html

During his lecture he posted a few photos from around the world and tried to get the audience to indicate their locations. He demonstrated how from analyzing features, e.g. geology, sun angles, names of business signs etc. it is possible to deduce the location of almost any photographed scene - one of his photos happened to be from the Australian outback, where it was possible to home in on a pub that no longer exists to provide the location of that tiny backwater.
 
Ok, Kilburn.... I will take over...................
John Godfrey Parry-Thomas was the first driver killed during a world speed record attempt....what happened to Babs?
 
qprbeth said:
Ok, Kilburn.... I will take over...................
John Godfrey Parry-Thomas was the first driver killed during a world speed record attempt....what happened to Babs?
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A total guess - Babs was his dog he took with him, Babs survived unharmed....or Babs was his teddy/stuffed toy mascot, survived unharmed.
 
sb_73 said:
A total guess - Babs was his dog he took with him, Babs survived unharmed....or Babs was his teddy/stuffed toy mascot, survived unharmed.
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No incorrect Stan.. I think it was Mr Whoppit, who was Donald Campbells mascot, that was lost when he died on Winderemere lake attemptempting the water speed record.

Babs was a bit bigger than a dog or stuffed toy
 
qprbeth said:
sb_73 said:
A total guess - Babs was his dog he took with him, Babs survived unharmed....or Babs was his teddy/stuffed toy mascot, survived unharmed.
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No incorrect Stan.. I think it was Mr Whoppit, who was Donald Campbells mascot, that was lost when he died on Winderemere lake attemptempting the water speed record.

Babs was a bit bigger than a dog or stuffed toy
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Complete guess, but was this a land speed record for a horse(obviously pre-motor vehicle, and did Babs die of exhaustion?
 
qprbeth said:
Ok, Kilburn.... I will take over...................
John Godfrey Parry-Thomas was the first driver killed during a world speed record attempt....what happened to Babs?
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Wasn't 'Babs' the name of the car and got completely re-built, so much so that it was unrecognisable?
 
Who is the only player to play in a Merseyside, Milan, Munich, London and Tyneside derby?
 
QPR999 said:
Wasn't 'Babs' the name of the car and got completely re-built, so much so that it was unrecognisable?
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CORRECTOMUNDO 999s...... Yes Babs was the name of the car.....and it was buried at Pendine sands (which was my random guess for Kilburns pics of Tasmanian beaches...why I thought of it as a question in the first place)...and yes it was rebuilt in a random sort of fashion and is now displayed sometimes in Pendine sands museum of speed.


And I know yours.... a staple of the quizzing world........Christian Zeige or is it Ziege.

So what uniquely links the Grand National winners Neptune Collonges, Nicolaus Silver and the Lamb, winner of the race in 1868
 
qprbeth said:
CORRECTOMUNDO 999s...... Yes Babs was the name of the car.....and it was buried at Pendine sands (which was my random guess for Kilburns pics of Tasmanian beaches...why I thought of it as a question in the first place)...and yes it was rebuilt in a random sort of fashion and is now displayed sometimes in Pendine sands museum of speed.
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Pendine Sands was where my father let me "drive" his 1955 Jaguar 2.4, Mark 1 for the first time (I believe just steering it, sitting between his legs with his feet on the pedals?). Pretty exciting stuff aged around seven. It was British Racing Green.

I remember being fascinated by the Babs story.

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Which artist has had hits as a Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet, Quintet and sextet?
 
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