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  1. wear_yellow

    wear_yellow Well-Known Member

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    It was modern day CRO Cologne, but you are in the right direction on the connection and the other connection is rather cryptic
     
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  2. wear_yellow

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    I said it was a bit geeky, so another clue. Think about other more modern uses of the name of the spear bearers daughter, that name links geographically with the other half of the question.
    <laugh>
     
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  3. wear_yellow

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    OK, here is the answer&#8230;Spear bearers daughter was Nike, which is the name chosen by a now very famous sporting goods company. Development of the modern CRO was by a man called Howard Vollum who formed a company on the back of that called Tektronix. Both Nike and Tektronix have their world HQ's in Beaverton Oregon&#8230;yeah, I know, but I did say it was very geeky.

    OK - A more simple question&#8230;.What famous company used to be based in Fleetville, near St.Albans and what a sad day in the decline of their products!
     
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  4. colognehornet

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    Marconi instruments ?
     
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  5. wear_yellow

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    Very close Cologne, but not the correct answer - go back a wee bit further.
     
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  6. colognehornet

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    Was it one of the many printers firms which were located there in the past ? If not I have no idea.
     
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  7. wear_yellow

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    Marconi took over this factory at Fleetville when the bottom fell out of the market for this company - an unfortunate change in fashion caused it's demise
     
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  8. colognehornet

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    The Ballito factory ?
     
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  9. wear_yellow

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    Spot on Cologne - oh for those days to come back...
     
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  10. colognehornet

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    O.K. an easy one which is the only national football team to repeat the same scoreline in every match in a World Cup finals and when ?
     
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    Scotlandnil? <whistle>
     
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  12. colognehornet

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    Nope, not Scotland. I am looking for a team who repeated exactly the same scoreline e.g. 1-0 in all of them, or 1-1 etc. in all of their matches.
     
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  13. Bolton's Boots

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    Sweden in 1990 - lost all their matches 1-2.
     
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  14. colognehornet

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    Spot on BB. They lost 1-2 against Costa Rica, Scotland and Brazil in the group phase.
     
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  15. Bolton's Boots

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    What links the villages of Fortingall in Scotland, Discoed and Langernyw, both in Wales?
     
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    Oldest Yew trees?
     
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  17. wear_yellow

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    Probably over to Yew Yorkie!
     
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  18. Bolton's Boots

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    Bugger me - that didn't take long.:(

    Yes - the churchyards of the three villages each have Yew trees thought to be around 5000 years old - the oldest in Europe. The one in Fortingall is rumoured to have been the site of Pontius Pilate's birth.
     
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    Another thing we can agree on W_Y :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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    I think Yorkie is sinking into a barrel of fresh apple juice. ;)
     
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