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  1. wear_yellow

    wear_yellow Well-Known Member

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    Etruria - have to admit that I had to Google it...
     
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  2. colognehornet

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    It was Etruria. The Etruria works, established by Josiah Wedgewood, was the first factory in the World to employ over 1,000 workers in one place. The Wedgewood pottery museum now stands on the same site. Upon the closure of the railway station it is now served by Stoke On Trent and Longport. I don't know who goes next, either yourself or Bloother - whoever is quicker.
     
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  3. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    She was British and a Queen so British Queen. If I wanted a Queen Of Britain I would have written so.
     
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  4. FosseFilberto

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    ... are you sure? ... I thought that Etruria lies somehwere through a very long wardrobe ... probably purchased from IKEA as there always appears to be snow on the other side ... sure I saw a documentary on it the other day? ... rather bizarrely David Attenbrough was narrating in a Beaver costume ...
     
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  5. Bloother

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    Have to admit, W_Y's answer seemed closer than mine, but I'll jump in.

    How is Omar Shamshoon better known?
     
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    Vidal Sassoon ... purely a rhyming guess ...
     
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  7. Bloother

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    Sorry Fosse, not Vidal Sassoon.
     
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  8. FosseFilberto

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    I've ceated and searched on line - it's Homer Simpson for arabic televisation!
     
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  9. Bolton's Boots

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    No - it's Sean Connery's rendition of the name....
     
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  10. Bloother

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    Very good BB, but Fosse is Correct. Over to you FF.
     
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    Who won what at Lillie Bridge in 1873 ....
     
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  12. wear_yellow

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    I think it was OFH on his first beer run to France
     
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  13. wear_yellow

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    Actually it was The Wanderers winning the FA Cup final....
     
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    You wouldn't go to France for beer, but wine possibly. ;)
     
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  15. wear_yellow

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    Wine Run does not have the same ring about it though OFH….
     
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  16. Bloother

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    What about FunRun? Covers all bases. By the way W_Y, love the Passenger album that you have as your avatar :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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  17. wear_yellow

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    Ok, a bit of a geeky question and one for some Google research.."What is the geographic connection between the Daughter of The Spear Brandisher and the invention of the modern day CRO". A bit of a complex question, but some fun for the would-be researcher!
     
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  18. wear_yellow

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    Brilliant album Bloother - went and saw Mike at Shepard's Bush a few weeks ago, absolute class.
     
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    Over to you
     
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  20. colognehornet

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    The inventor of the CRO (cathode-ray oscilloscope) was Karl Ferdinand Braun. He was a professor at Karlsruhe - the daughter of the spear brandisher could come from Athena - but in order to fit in with Braun i'll say it comes from the Valkyrie name Hildr - so the connection could be the Rhine ?
     
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