brain drainage?

[mr. piper]

   1.  If the no. is

        KE5

        1VF

        5

What colour is the reciever/ transmitter?

   2. Who said "In Mercia? The coconut's tropical!"

   3. How many saints days are there in the U.K.?

   4. Who left the inscription "A.S.->" ?

   5. From which language does "Vindaloo" originate?

[lynnben]

 vindaloo originates from Indian state of Goa which was originally colonised by the Portugese who brought their language with them. The name translates roughlyas meat cooked in wine ( or vinegar )

[lynnben]

 3 -- a soldier in the film -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[Marsh]

3) This might be helpful but you can do the counting.

http://www.scoutingresources.org.uk/countries_saintsdays.html

In the Penguin Dictionary of Saints saints are given for some gaps in the above list but not, for example, 6 Jan.  I would guess you could find saints for all 365 if you really tried. 

1) Without any shred of evidence, I wonder if the receiver might be Orange?

[mr. piper]

the answers are; 1. red (direct line advert,car reg, red phone logo) 2.graham chapman(king arthur, holy grail) 3. 362 4. "A.S.->" was left by Arnie Sachneusen", to mark his path, in journey to the centre of the earth (jules vern) 5. portuguese/ indian

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