by SnookerEd25 » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Some dude from the Champagne region? If it’s who I’m thinking of I can’t remember his name anyway
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I have no idea if the gentleman fits that criteria, but I’d need a name in any case
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Oct 2021 Read
AND NOT DARTH MAUL
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Or Marcel Gauvreau
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by Juddernaut88 » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Lord Voldermort
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by HappyCamper » 13 Oct 2021 Read
for some reason the venerable bede came to mind, but that's obviously wrong. but now i can't stop thinking about him.
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Oct 2021 Read
HappyCamper wrote:for some reason the venerable bede came to mind, but that's obviously wrong. but now i can't stop thinking about him.
Not the Bedester, no. I believe he majored on religious texts.
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:Lord Voldermort
Not that coke-fiend, no
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by Iranu » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Something du something
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Something du something
Not Cheng du Fan, no
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Oct 2021 Read
Clues may be provided or answer to be revealed with new question.
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Oct 2021 Read
Well, I mean you either know it or you don’t. I’m confident the likes of HappyCamper and LDS would be cognisant of the solution, just a matter of waiting for them to see the post.
First name is better known as that of a tank engine, surname is the same as a boarding school that Enid Blyton wrote often about. Both names are preceded by the same epithet that cricketing buffoon and alleged domestic violence enthusiast Geoffrey Boycott also sports.
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by LDS » 18 Oct 2021 Read
I saw the question, but I'm terrible with names, names just have a huge problem lodging in my memory banks. I'm aware of the guy and have seen and read the name a few times in my life, but couldn't even begin to guess what it is.
Also no good on tanks nor Enid Blyton books nor Geoffrey Boycott, what an eclectic range of trivia that entails!
HC might get it from the clues.
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by HappyCamper » 18 Oct 2021 Read
thomas (the tank engine) malory (towers). i'd guess he was a sir too.
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Oct 2021 Read
HappyCamper wrote:thomas (the tank engine) malory (towers). i'd guess he was a sir too.
That’s it HC. Kudos.
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Oct 2021 Read
Oh you can feel the relief
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by HappyCamper » 18 Oct 2021 Read
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by which American author and humourist; the work satirises romanticised ideas of the past in contemporary society?
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by Iranu » 18 Oct 2021 Read
I don’t know the book but sounds like Mark Twain
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by HappyCamper » 19 Oct 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:I don’t know the book but sounds like Mark Twain
It was Mark Twain. It's a good book.
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by HappyCamper » 21 Oct 2021 Read
Twain would also set a new question more promptly!
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by Juddernaut88 » 21 Oct 2021 Read
Iranu is correct :)
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by Iranu » 21 Oct 2021 Read
Iranu needs to post a question!
Oh, right. That’s me.
Which historical figure is credited with this ‘inspirational’ quote:
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
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by LDS » 21 Oct 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Which historical figure is credited with this ‘inspirational’ quote:
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
This is going to be very difficult to guess without someone knowing the reference specifically as this is a very short pithy phrase of the type we see every day. It could have been invented by greetings card retailer employee or Jesus himself and all in between.
My first guess would be a religious person, but that doesn't help narrow things down & could still be a massive red herring.
Let's try Confucius for starters, he was the original kingpin of pithy one-liners after all.
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by HappyCamper » 21 Oct 2021 Read
for quotations, if in doubt, try winston churchill.
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by RunningSide » 21 Oct 2021 Read
Gandhi
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by Iranu » 21 Oct 2021 Read
LDS wrote:Iranu wrote:Which historical figure is credited with this ‘inspirational’ quote:
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
This is going to be very difficult to guess without someone knowing the reference specifically as this is a very short pithy phrase of the type we see every day. It could have been invented by greetings card retailer employee or Jesus himself and all in between.
My first guess would be a religious person, but that doesn't help narrow things down & could still be a massive red herring.
Let's try Confucius for starters, he was the original kingpin of pithy one-liners after all.
I’m not sure I’d consider a greetings card retailer a historical figure, although I guess they’d have made a decent contribution with the quote
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None right, LDS is closest chronologically, by a significant distance.
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by Iranu » 21 Oct 2021 Read
Not Machiavelli
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by Prop » 21 Oct 2021 Read
Marcel Gauvreau?
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by SnookerEd25 » 21 Oct 2021 Read
Prop wrote:Marcel Gauvreau?
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by Iranu » 22 Oct 2021 Read
This person was BCE
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