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well done ken...but do you know who invented the cork and wire capsule?it was VEUVE CLIQUOT..OVER TO YOU KEN,,,,,GRAHAM..
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Right Graham,
The French have their Champagne but what do they call sparkling wine in Germany?
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Sekt.graham.
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You again Graham :lol: Ken
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Thanks ken.where was prince philip born..grsham
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He is a Greek (Or Was) CORFU.
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Spot on Corfu it is.your in the chair.graham.
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Thanks G.

What is a baobab....bin there.... seen that??? :wink:
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African Tree. K
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Too easy....but I suppose it being 6000 years old you probably grew up together.
It grows upside down too. :lol:

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Ernie, no David Attenborough told me about them! :wink: Back in a mo K
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What is Picea Abies more commonly known as ? Ken
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Clue time! A Beatles song :wink: K
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Norwegian spruce or pine aka xmas tree.nice clue
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Spruce , Graham. Pine would be Pinus Resinosa.
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Thanks ken .what would a german do with a doodelsac...graham.
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If I may break in can I suggest what a German would do with a "dudelsack?"

He would blow it!

A "dudelsackpfeifer" in German is a bagpiper.
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Well done spot on.handing over the baton..graham.
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My question:

What is the importance of Beersheba in Israel to Australia?
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Have a thought it was a campaign in WW1 which Aussies were involved in. No other info but have read or seen something somewhere, maybe Doc Channel. Ken
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Ken- that is close enough. :D

Beersheba was the last great cavalry charge by an Australian regiment on October 31 1917.

The centenary celebration takes place next year and I can officially announce that my band is the registered providers of the ceremonial music for the occasion in Israel.

We will spend about two weeks in Israel at various sites culminating in a re-enactment of the charge on October 31.

I will give more details as we get closer to the event.
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Thanks Phil,
I since read up on that campaign, very interesting.
Good luck with that project.

Back with a question shorty.
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Who was Gloriana? :wink: Ken
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(a) Gloriana was a name attributed to Elizabeth 1.

(b) There is an American (?) music group which is called "Gloriana" although I know nothing about their style of music or even when they were around.
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Answer (a) will suffice Phil, well done. Ken
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Thanks Ken :D :D

What would you be really doing if you were blowing a faggot?
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is it something to do with lighting a fire?graham.
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Would it be glass blowing?
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Graham & Phil,
No to both answers. :roll:
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The Scots say that when they go for a cigarette. K
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If I were blowing a faggot it would be because it was too hot to eat.
Lovely with mash potatoes

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I guess this is proving a bit awkward to answer so I will divulge the answer and if you do not mind I will set another easier question.

A faggot was an Old English word which referred to a bundle of sticks which in turn became the word used to describe a musical instrument which resembles "a bundle of sticks!" This instrument is the modern bassoon.
If you were blowing a faggot you were blowing a musical instrument - the bassoon.

Who broke the Enigma Code for the first time?
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Was it AlanTurin, Phil?
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Hi Phil,
Unfortunately it was not Alan Turing. :cry:

He did have a huge part to play in the work at Bletchley Park but he was not the first.
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To save time, I can tell you the first people to crack the code were the Poles.

They did a lot of research into it when it first came out in the 20s but of course it was still in a very simple form.

Alan Turing and his colleagues did the real hack work when the code had become so sophisticated.

I was at Bletchley Park last year and the tour group I was with could not even begin to understand what it meant when the guide pointed out to us that there were over 30,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 different combinations for each group of five letters used in a sentence!

If anybody would like to have a go at playing with an Enigma Machine there is one on the German submarine which is on display at the Woodside Ferry Terminal opposite the Pier Head.

Somebody else like to set a question please?
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