People & Places Questions and Answers in The AnswerBank

Who really gets on your nerves?

anyone really irrationally rub you up the wrong way, for me its sue barker no rational reason i just dont like her. i also hate carol vorderman so to see her beat my fave vernon kaye was most...

littlemissx

time difference between here and canada???

anyone know??

Dom Tuk

National geographic photographs

Does any one else find it annoying when a photograph in National Geographic magazine is spread over two pages and with the way the magazine is bound there is lack of continuity with the photograph....

Goodsoulette

Good days out in Somerset?

I live in Taunton and my inlaws live in birmingham , when they come down I cant think of anywhere to take them. Sad isnt it. We always end up going to Street, we did do wookey hole this weekend tho....

scarymary

bill gates

what was bill gates first famous for before microsoft ?

akswonalam

SouthBank london

Does anybody can brief me of the significance of the SouthBank (from County Hall to Royal Fetstival Hall) as a haritage and culture quarter. THX

chatter

who was howard carter

where did howard carter live in kensington london .

BigMac

Places to learn to ski

I want to take my son to learn to ski next February half-term. It will be his first time; I'm also effectively a novice as I've not skied for over 25 years (a one-week school trip). Any...

stoo_pid

Tracing family history - RAF records

My Dad was an engineer of some sort on the Lancaster bombers during the war. Does anyone have any advice on how I could find out where he was based / which squadron he was in, or what records (if any)...

dave_c

Roman Abramovich

Is he already a British Citizen?

Filbert

Ideas for circle games

Again, I'm not sure where to place this so I'll give it a go here. I'm bending my brain for more ideas for circle games for 3 year-olds. Some active and some tranquil. Anyone out there got any ideas I...

owba

wps file and xlr files

I have xp and office 97 and when i try to open wps and xlr files i cant .can anyone out there tell me why and what program would i need to open these files.

har16vey

Brooklyn Bridge

Who designed the Brooklyn Bridge?

kevh_uk

Postcode problem

Just had a debate with two colleagues who both claim that every individual house has it's own individual postcode...i was under the impression that postcodes where distributed to entire streets (or...

Carol Anne

Three worlds

Which countries would be described as the 'second world'?

Pootle

Company Christmas Party

Its that time of year again and some fool in HR has decided upon fancy dress this year. The theme is Hollywood, I'm male, any ideas? Any outfits you've worn in the past that have gone down well?

gingerflaps

What does this mean???

Sorry but i didnt know where to post this question..... I read this in my local paper and wondered what it meant.... A local man has died at his home from a suspected drug overdose, there is an...