OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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Rollercoaster Ranger said:
Albert Camus - I only know this because I looked it up when you mentioned it yesterday.....
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Said it would be easy. I don't like badging myself with any particular philosophy or credo, but if I was cornered Camus' brand of absurdism would be my choice. Myth that he played for Algeria is just that, a myth, but he was a goalkeeper and very proud of it until TB stopped him playing.
 
sb_73 said:
Said it would be easy. I don't like badging myself with any particular philosophy or credo, but if I was cornered Camus' brand of absurdism would be my choice. Myth that he played for Algeria is just that, a myth, but he was a goalkeeper and very proud of it until TB stopped him playing.
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Are there any books on him you would recommend?

Anyway, sticking with the easy questions, What nationality was World War 1 double-agent Mata Hari?
 
Rollercoaster Ranger said:
Are there any books on him you would recommend?

Anyway, sticking with the easy questions, What nationality was World War 1 double-agent Mata Hari?
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Belgian, I think. Or perhaps Irish....

On Camus, read his novel L'Etranger (The Outsider) is genius, and also very short. 'The Myth of Sisyphus' is his philosophical masterpiece, read it when I was young, not sure if I would have the energy now, but other novels 'The Fall' and 'The Plague" also very good. The wiki entry on him is one of the better ones as is the article on absurdism.

Here I am, the human index.
 
sb_73 said:
Belgian, I think. Or perhaps Irish....

On Camus, read his novel L'Etranger (The Outsider) is genius, and also very short. 'The Myth of Sisyphus' is his philosophical masterpiece, read it when I was young, not sure if I would have the energy now, but other novels 'The Fall' and 'The Plague" also very good. The wiki entry on him is one of the better ones as is the article on absurdism.

Here I am, the human index.
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The human index indeed, except on the nationality of Mata Hari. Not Belgian nor Irish.

I'll look up those books, cheers
 
2 men describing themselves as 'the man from Bedfordshire' and 'Buff Coat' arrived at the church of St. Mary the virgin, now in South West London. They were accompanied by 2 army officers (brothers to each other) and 4 others. Who were they going to meet there, and what was their purpose ?
 
They were meeting Oliver Cromwell to press for universal suffrage for all Englishmen, whereas Cromwell and Ireton felt it should be restricted to landowners only.
 
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