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US Presidents

Has there ever been an instance of a husband and wife both being President/leader of their respected country of birth? (since it's looking likely that Hillary will run for Presidency in 2008)

Jydsson

shakespeare

where was the setting for "A Midsummer's Night Dream"

hilaryscott

My Fair Lady

Where does the line 'the water in Majorca doesn't taste like it oughta' come from? Is it My Fair Lady movie?

doorknob

Can anyone help with a poem that has a verse or couple of lines alluding to a cricket match "9 wickets down and (so many) overs left to play". I can't remember any of the rest but it struck a chord...

stoogmeister

Rolling stone gathering moss

What does the proverb "a rolling stone gathers moss" mean?

rockytop

Boston Tea Party

Sam Adams words, This meeting can do nothing more to save the country, might have triggered a remembrance. If so, can you identify its source

liane

waitrose

who sings the song in the recent waitrose advert with something about whisky in a bottle or jar and what is it called?

snowprincess

Sphinx

If people in Egypt had an unanswered question they would go to the sphinx. The Spinx would tell them their answer but only if they answered the following riddle : What has 4 legs in the morning, two...

annied

Mark Antony's death

How did Mark Antony die and where? Did he committ suicide during the battle at Actium or was it later back in Alexandria with Cleopatra?

MarySusan

Biff

In which pieces of literature does a character named Biff occur?

fat robert

Thanksgiving

My girlfriend is American and is cooking a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for us - she wants to know wether anyone knows where she can buy tinned pumpkin (for pie making purposes) in England. She...

henrymullen

cockneys

Millwall and West Ham so called supporters are nothing but cockney [abuse edited out. - AB Editor] and should be relagated as near to Hell as they can.

JPA9

Badge

Most noticable on Match of the Day, most of the managers have been wearing little green badges for the past two weeks. What are these badges for?

raymcgechie

King Charles 11

What did King Charles 11 die of?

ezapf

Did I spell that wrong? Samuel Peepes

Or is it Peeps? I had a Latin teacher who said this name will pop up in the original Trivial Pursuit game. I never saw it.

reloaded

meat madras

on my indian take away menu , it list chicken , prawn , lamb and meat dishes , what is the meat in the meat dish , i thought cows where sacred ?

Louis

Sadnwich!

Who made the first sandwich?

fittz2002

overall opinion?

I am a student studying, for my sins, Media. Im researching Fathers 4 Justice and their 'rise to fame'. From what I can gather, the general concensus is that their campaign has been successful. Im...

fedancing

The Illustrated

Has anyone heard of a London Newspaper called just "The Illustrated"?

handicap-2

Cricket Story

In an uncharacteristic work of fiction by a famous author, who captured 15 Australian wickets while conceding just 92 runs when playing for England at Lords in his only test match?

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