If you got all those right, you are either a genius or an obsessive! Here's the list of Stars behind the unfamiliar names. Sirens:Camille Javal - Brigit BardotLucielle le Sueur - Joan
01:00 Fri 06th Apr 2001 A 'Star' Is Packaged, Not Born. Celebrities get so much media coverage that their names end up on the tip of our tongues - or at least what we think are their names. But by the time the PR
01:00 Fri 06th Apr 2001A. This question, from pmarris, is a bit of a poser. There are, for example, big villages that still have no traffic lights. Indeed, Faversham in Kent, an ancient town of nearly 20,000 souls, has
01:00 Fri 09th Feb 2001A. We've had quite a few questions on this subject, as befits an area torn by conflict. The first question came from dany, who asked why there was fighting between Albania and Macedonia Dany also
01:00 Fri 09th Feb 2001A. Lord Panda asked this question. Comeleon answered it: Yes. Doris Day, real name Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff, was born in Cincinnati on 3 April, 1924, and, as far as we know, is thriving in her
01:00 Tue 27th Mar 2001A. A lot of time and trouble is being taken to prove the guilt of hanged murderer James Hanratty. Why asked Deiter. The body of Hanratty has been exhumed and reburied after police took a DNA sample.
01:00 Tue 27th Mar 2001A. On 19 April, 1600, and the first man was Will Adams. Thanks to Shea for the question. Q. You seem very sure of yourself A. It's well documented and has been fictionalised in print and for TV.
01:00 Tue 27th Mar 2001A. The unexpurgated diaries of Sir Cecil Beaton, the royal photographer, are to be published, revealing what he really thought about the stars he knew. Q. Such as A. Katharine Hepburn and
01:00 Thu 22nd Mar 2001A. After losing the election, what is Al Gore's position in the US now asked JaRjaR. Well, put simply, the former vice-president is teaching journalism students. Q. What A. You heard right.
01:00 Thu 22nd Mar 2001 A. This question came from Charlesj. James Keir Hardie (1856-1915) became one of the greatest heroes of British socialism, founded the Independent Labour Party and was the first socialist MP in
01:00 Thu 22nd Mar 2001 A. My Fair Lady is opening in London with Martin McCutcheon in the title role. Who was the original My Fair Lady Thanks for your question, Doubris. There's no doubt that George Bernard Shaw had
01:00 Thu 15th Mar 2001A. Well, study of his medical records shows he suffered from monorchism, which meant that his left testicle never developed during adolescence. The question comes from Jim Gregory. Q. So how does
01:00 Thu 15th Mar 2001 A. Thanks to Deiter for the question. Patrick was born in Banwen, Wales and kidnapped and sold in Ireland as a slave. He became fluent in the Irish language before escaping to Gaul where he studied
01:00 Thu 15th Mar 2001A. Harry Ramsden was a highly successful fish and chip shop owner whose chain of shops has become a worldwide business. Q. Where was the first restaurant opened and in what year A. This question
01:00 Thu 08th Mar 2001A. The Elephant and Castle, an important road junction in south-east London with brutal 60s architecture and a pink shopping centre, is said to be corrupted from the name Infanta of Castile,
01:00 Thu 08th Mar 2001A. A A Milne, who wrote the books, died in 1956. He divided future earnings from his books four ways: Westminster, his old school; the Garrick, his club; the Royal Literary Fund, and his descendants.
01:00 Mon 05th Mar 2001 By Steve Cunningham ANOTHER bumper crop of interesting questions and answers on the People & Places channel on The AnswerBank. One of my favourites was jbeputnam's: What do Germans eat that the
01:00 Thu 01st Mar 2001In the personal columns of some national newspapers I often see prayers and thanks made to St Jude. I know she is now the patron saint of lost causes, but who was this saintly helper for when all else
01:00 Thu 01st Mar 2001A first edition of Lawrence of Arabia's famous book, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, has just been sold for 18,000 to a mystery bidder at auction. The book recounts T. E. Lawrence's experiences as a
01:00 Thu 01st Mar 2001...asked Marco. First of all let's find out a bit more about this soviet outpost: Where is Zemlya Novaya Zemlya is an archipelago of islands in Northwest Russia lying in the Arctic Ocean and
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