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Ted

Why were teddy bears named after a US president?
08:36 Tue 09th Apr 20024 answers, last by Ginbottle 13:48 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?
08:35 Tue 09th Apr 20024 answers, last by gh17t 19:20 Thu 02nd May 2002
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Sensation

What are sensation novels?
09:07 Tue 26th Mar 20022 answers, last by sgs 09:25 Mon 01st Apr 2002
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Saloon bar

Who coined the phrase 'last chance saloon'?
10:37 Fri 08th Feb 20022 answers, last by MistyLady 00:02 Thu 14th 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...
11:25 Wed 23rd Jan 20022 answers, last by sgs 12:08 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?
09:33 Thu 10th Jan 20021 answer, last by sgs 14:13 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...
11:36 Thu 22nd Nov 20013 answers, last by fahey2512 14:39 Thu 18th Jan 2007
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Carbuncle Cumbernauld

Why, specifically, has Cumbernauld been named Carbuncle of the Year?
11:29 Thu 22nd Nov 20012 answers, last by sgs 21:48 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?
11:28 Thu 22nd Nov 20012 answers, last by sgs 21:45 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?
11:20 Wed 12th Sep 20013 answers, last by bobsailer 14:58 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?
11:16 Wed 12th Sep 20012 answers, last by barrywom 11:13 Thu 20th Sep 2001
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Remember me this way

What's the difference between autobiography and memoirs?
20:16 Mon 10th Sep 20011 answer, last by SIMONGR 20:19 Mon 10th Sep 2001
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Bank holiday

Why are bank holidays called bank holidays?
08:41 Sun 02nd Sep 20011 answer, last by sgs 09:21 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...
11:58 Fri 31st Aug 20011 answer, last by mash101 17:28 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?
16:27 Wed 15th Aug 20013 answers, last by potent 08:09 Tue 28th Aug 2001
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Play up Pompey

Why is Portsmouth known as Pompey?
16:20 Wed 15th Aug 20015 answers, last by sgs 12:02 Fri 31st Aug 2001
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global-ize

When did the phrase 'global village' first rear its ugly head?
20:40 Mon 13th Aug 20011 answer, last by geofbob 21:19 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?
12:31 Thu 09th Aug 20011 answer, last by sgs 20:32 Mon 13th Aug 2001
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Big girls

Why does the fat lady sing?
12:29 Thu 09th Aug 20012 answers, last by sgs 20:24 Mon 13th Aug 2001
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Roofs

Why are mansard roofs called mansard roofs?
08:20 Wed 01st Aug 20012 answers, last by sgs 20:28 Mon 13th Aug 2001

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