by chengdufan » 05 Mar 2024 Read
Teacher?
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by SnookerEd25 » 05 Mar 2024 Read
chengdufan wrote:Teacher?
He was indeed a qualified teacher
After leaving the teaching profession, he became a journalist, writing for far-right publications - possibly editing one...
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by chengdufan » 05 Mar 2024 Read
J.K.Rowling was also a teacher before becoming better known as the author of the Harry Potter series.
Under what male pen name does she now write crime fiction?
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by HappyCamper » 05 Mar 2024 Read
Robert Galbraith?
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by chengdufan » 05 Mar 2024 Read
HappyCamper wrote:Robert Galbraith?
That's the one. I'm reading the latest Strike novel at the moment. It's very good
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by HappyCamper » 06 Mar 2024 Read
The science fiction novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham was adapted in a 1960 film by director Wolf Rilla under what title?
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by SnookerEd25 » 06 Mar 2024 Read
HappyCamper wrote:The science fiction novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham was adapted in a 1960 film by director Wolf Rilla under what title?
the Village of the damned, I do believe
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by HappyCamper » 07 Mar 2024 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:HappyCamper wrote:The science fiction novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham was adapted in a 1960 film by director Wolf Rilla under what title?
the Village of the damned, I do believe
That is correct. Good book, good film.
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by Juddernaut88 » 09 Mar 2024 Read
Ed is correct :)
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by Juddernaut88 » 11 Mar 2024 Read
Patiently waiting for a question
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by SnookerEd25 » 12 Mar 2024 Read
Who was the original bass player with The Damned, and what is his connection to snooker?
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by HappyCamper » 12 Mar 2024 Read
That would be captain sensible. Not sure about a snooker connection.
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by SnookerEd25 » 12 Mar 2024 Read
Captain Sensible is correct but I need the snooker connection please
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by McManusFan » 12 Mar 2024 Read
Captain Sensible was the inspiration for Ali Carter to take up flying.
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by SnookerEd25 » 12 Mar 2024 Read
McManusFan wrote:Captain Sensible was the inspiration for Ali Carter to take up flying.
Whilst I have no evidence to the contrary, this is not the answer I was looking for
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by Juddernaut88 » 16 Mar 2024 Read
I have no idea
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by HappyCamper » 16 Mar 2024 Read
assuming that captain sensible is not on his birth certificate, does he share a given name with a snooker player?
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by SnookerEd25 » 16 Mar 2024 Read
HappyCamper wrote:assuming that captain sensible is not on his birth certificate, does he share a given name with a snooker player?
It wasn’t what I was looking for, but - you know what - I’m going to give it to you!
For two reasons -
1. I thought the answer I was looking for was well-known : that he sung the theme tune for ‘Big Break’. But nobody got that for several days so maybe it isn’t…
2. Captain Sensible was born Raymond Burns, but a quick internet search (before I dismissed your answer as incorrect) revealed that his birth name was Raymond
Ian BurnsSo
I think that answer is even better!
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by HappyCamper » 17 Mar 2024 Read
Below is a piece of religious art entitled
the Fall of the Damned, it is work in oil on canvas depicting the eponymous horde being hurled in to the abyss by the archangel Michael; simply name the artist.
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by SnookerEd25 » 17 Mar 2024 Read
Could be Bruegel. Similar style
Pieter Bruegel the elder?
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by McManusFan » 18 Mar 2024 Read
Bosch?
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by Iranu » 18 Mar 2024 Read
David Grace
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by Prop » 18 Mar 2024 Read
That’s Rubens.
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Mar 2024 Read
Prop wrote:That’s Rubens.
Not David Grace, then?
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by Prop » 18 Mar 2024 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:Prop wrote:That’s Rubens.
Not David Grace, then?
I don’t think so
Bit of a difference between pop art and Baroque (plus around 400 years)
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by HappyCamper » 18 Mar 2024 Read
Prop wrote:That’s Rubens.
It is Peter Paul Rubens, about whom there are doubtless many interesting facts.
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Mar 2024 Read
HappyCamper wrote:Prop wrote:That’s Rubens.
It is Peter Paul Rubens, about whom there are doubtless many interesting facts.
Isn’t that also the birth name of Pee Wee Herman?
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by Prop » 18 Mar 2024 Read
Pictured is the
Rektoratskirche St. Karl Borromäus, commonly called the
Karlskirche - a Baroque church located on the south side of Karlsplatz in Vienna, Austria.
By what name is it known in English?
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by McManusFan » 19 Mar 2024 Read
Karl's cathedral?
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by Prop » 19 Mar 2024 Read
McManusFan wrote:Karl's cathedral?
Nope. Kind of sounds like “Karl’s”, though.
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