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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

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    1977
     
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    The inventor marketed and sold it by himself in 1972 - Black & Decker took over with mass production a year later. So, 1972?
     
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    My source suggests that he had been selling them for several years before Black & Decker mass produced them in 1973, but they were around.
     
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    aha.....
     
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    He first patented it in 1968 - so could it be the same year ?
     
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    That was the year I had cologne.
     
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    O.K. Which landmarks are visible in Beer street and Gin Lane which show their locations ?
     
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    I'm presuming that you're referring to Hogarth's prints....

    St Georges Church in Bloomsbury and the Church of St Martin-in-the Fields?
     
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    Right again BB. Far too easy to research that one - over to you.
     
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    OK - a quickie as I'm off out for a while soon -

    In which Shakespeare play did Tchaikovsky take part - and what part did he take?
     
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    Romeo and Juliet / Composer
     
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    No - he actually had a part on stage....
     
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    Not it's not its that guy who left his skull to be used in Hamlet. So the answer is Hamlet / Yorick
     
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    That's the one - Andre Tchaikovsky the pianist who left his skull to the RSC to be used as a prop in Hamlet. :)

    Over to you...
     
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    Thanks BB. Another easy one:

    The first Ferris wheel was built by a man named George Ferris in 1893 for the Chicago World's Fair, also known as the Columbian Exposition. It was intended to upstage the main attraction from the 1889Exposition. What was the attraction that it attempted to upstage?
     
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    Eiffel Tower....
     
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    Statue of Liberty
     
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    Liberty Bodice!

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    The 1889 exhibition was in Paris so I guess Yorkie has it.
     
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