Which same word in various contexts, links Homer, 'Lohengrin', and Shakespeare? I know this a very early posting but I'm off on hols in a couple of days. Thank you.
Many years ago, I paid into a pension scheme but having changed address on several occasions, I presume the company involved lost track of me. However when I contacted them recently to re-establish...
Which expression implying that a person has money problems ,arose from the practice of shopkeepers and the like placing a question mark by tne names of customers who were dodgy payers?
In a word what links George Bernard Shaw's Eliza Doolittle and the nickname 'Chattanooga Choo-Choo'? Any help or shunt in the right direction would be most welcome.
Who was the well known actor who played a fictional character in a 1930s movie and about 30 years later his real life son played the son of the same fictional character?
At what time on a watch are the hour and minute hands placed so that in terms of minutes past 12 o'clock one is exactly the square of the distance of the other? I do not want the answer, but I would...
This not a complete list but what do the following films have in common? The Red Shoes (1948), Shane (1953), Sayonara (1957), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and Gypsy (1962).
The duty on unleaded petrol and diesel are the same at 37.1p litre. The cost of producing diesel is cheaper (it is a lower fraction in the process). It seems to me that the public are once again the...
Are there any companies that offer "shortfall " insurance for new cars. BMW offer it but it seemed rather expensive. Shortfall refers the difference between the insurance company's estimate of "market...