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Pub Quiz thread

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

  1. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Oh dear, I thought I was joking. :emoticon-0102-bigsm A good question though.

    Who is this? It shouldn't take too long.

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  2. yorkshirehornet

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  3. oldfrenchhorn

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    Non.
     
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  4. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Mrs Fez has a former work colleague who is from East Germany. He has been a guest at our house. He used to spend his summer's lambing in what is now Kazahkstan. His late wife was Russian.
    Rammstein sing in Russian, French, Spanish, and yes, English. Mostly (pretty much all) in German. Richard Kruspe lived in America for several years before returning to Germany where he joined Rammstein.
    To my mind the problem is in translation from German to English: it doesn't work! I think that they are a sensational band.Very, very clever. But the meaning to the songs gets lost once literally translated.
     
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  6. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Sorry, no.
     
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  7. oldfrenchhorn

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    There is a WFC link.
     
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  8. oldfrenchhorn

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    The WFC connection needed a bit of a pickup on one famous occasion.
     
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  9. yorkshirehornet

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    No it is Emile Zola


    Funnmily enough he had a tempestous friendship with Cezanne... this painting is by Manet tho
     
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  11. oldfrenchhorn

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    It is the subject, not the artist I am looking for.
     
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  12. oldfrenchhorn

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    Quite correct. All yours.
     
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  13. yorkshirehornet

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    On a similar vein... what is this snip part of a painting of?
     
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    Which snip?
     
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  15. yorkshirehornet

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    The coronation of Emperor Napoleon 1st and of Empress Josephine by Jean Louis David.
     
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  17. yorkshirehornet

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    yes..over to you... how did you know??
     
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  18. colognehornet

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    There is a lot of evidence in the snip Yorkie - the period, the clothing, also it is in Notre Dame. Napoleon is on the far right (evidence from the Caesarite laurel wreath on his head) - about to crown his wife (otherwise one of the bishops would be performing this part of a coronation).

    Cheers Yorkie. Normally politicians promise to slash taxes or create jobs when coming to power - but which incoming administration promised to make everyone younger and why ?
     
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  19. yorkshirehornet

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    South Korea where you are 1 at birth....
     
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    South Korea. They have adjusted the method of counting your age so that you are not 1 until your first birthday. Perviously you were 1 when you were born.
     
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