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Ted

Why were teddy bears named after a US president?
07:36 Tue 09th Apr 20024 answers, last by Ginbottle 12:48 Sun 14th Apr 2002
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9/10

What is the legal basis for saying that possession is nine-tenths of the law?
07:35 Tue 09th Apr 20024 answers, last by gh17t 18:20 Thu 02nd May 2002
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Sensation

What are sensation novels?
08:07 Tue 26th Mar 20022 answers, last by sgs 08:25 Mon 01st Apr 2002
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Saloon bar

Who coined the phrase 'last chance saloon'?
09:37 Fri 08th Feb 20022 answers, last by MistyLady 23:02 Wed 13th Feb 2002
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Hiss

Seeing as we've had a couple of questions about Lloyd Webber and Cats, does anyone reckon that TS Eliot span like a turbine when ALW adapted his poems? Or did he just count the royalties on behalf of...
10:25 Wed 23rd Jan 20022 answers, last by sgs 11:08 Mon 04th Feb 2002
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Queen's head

Do we know what QEII's reaction was to the recent unflattering portrait of her?
08:33 Thu 10th Jan 20021 answer, last by sgs 13:13 Sun 13th Jan 2002
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kompressor

There's recently been a spate of German cars with the designation kompressor (BMWs and Mercs). What does it mean? I originally thought it meant compact or coupe or something, but I've seen it on big...
10:36 Thu 22nd Nov 20013 answers, last by fahey2512 13:39 Thu 18th Jan 2007
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Carbuncle Cumbernauld

Why, specifically, has Cumbernauld been named Carbuncle of the Year?
10:29 Thu 22nd Nov 20012 answers, last by sgs 20:48 Mon 03rd Dec 2001
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brassed off

Why are people getting so upset about a new piece of art in the V&A called Brass?
10:28 Thu 22nd Nov 20012 answers, last by sgs 20:45 Mon 03rd Dec 2001
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Piddle-what?

I was driving through Dorset the other day and nearly crashed the car laughing after I saw a sign for a town called Piddletrenthide. How on earth did a name like that come about?
10:20 Wed 12th Sep 20013 answers, last by bobsailer 13:58 Wed 24th Oct 2001
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Ian Brady

What do users think about the forthcoming book on serial killers by Ian Brady? Should it be published?
10:16 Wed 12th Sep 20012 answers, last by barrywom 10:13 Thu 20th Sep 2001
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Remember me this way

What's the difference between autobiography and memoirs?
19:16 Mon 10th Sep 20011 answer, last by SIMONGR 19:19 Mon 10th Sep 2001
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Bank holiday

Why are bank holidays called bank holidays?
07:41 Sun 02nd Sep 20011 answer, last by sgs 08:21 Mon 03rd Sep 2001
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Whistle test

I remember being told that there was a sensible reason for the very silly name of the now defunct - and sadly missed - 'serious' 70s and 80s music prog The Old Grey Whistle Test, but I can't for the...
10:58 Fri 31st Aug 20011 answer, last by mash101 16:28 Fri 31st Aug 2001
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The bells...

I seem to remember that the title of the Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls comes from a poem. Any idea which and by whom?
15:27 Wed 15th Aug 20013 answers, last by potent 07:09 Tue 28th Aug 2001
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Play up Pompey

Why is Portsmouth known as Pompey?
15:20 Wed 15th Aug 20015 answers, last by sgs 11:02 Fri 31st Aug 2001
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global-ize

When did the phrase 'global village' first rear its ugly head?
19:40 Mon 13th Aug 20011 answer, last by geofbob 20:19 Sat 25th Aug 2001
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Elementary

Does anyone know anything about the allegations that Conan Doyle pinched some of the Sherlock Holmes stories?
11:31 Thu 09th Aug 20011 answer, last by sgs 19:32 Mon 13th Aug 2001
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Big girls

Why does the fat lady sing?
11:29 Thu 09th Aug 20012 answers, last by sgs 19:24 Mon 13th Aug 2001
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Roofs

Why are mansard roofs called mansard roofs?
07:20 Wed 01st Aug 20012 answers, last by sgs 19:28 Mon 13th Aug 2001

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