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Riviera bathroom

Which character has a schizophrenic breakdown in a 1920s Riviera bathroom, and in which novel?
18:49 Sat 08th Sep 20011 answer, last by geofbob 23:51 Sun 09th Sep 2001
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Ironclad armour

In which novel does someone try to save his life by wearing homemade ironclad armour?
18:47 Sat 08th Sep 20011 answer, last by sgs 10:55 Tue 25th Sep 2001
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Nightmare future

Which crime writer dreamed up a nightmarish future in which no children have been born for 25 years?
18:45 Sat 08th Sep 20011 answer, last by allen ives 18:29 Fri 14th Sep 2001
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shakespeare, duke and madeira

Which Shakespearean duke dies from too much madeira?
18:31 Fri 31st Aug 20012 answers, last by artisan 14:20 Wed 27th Feb 2002
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death by balloon

In which novel does a man meet his death by dropping from a balloon's mooring rope?
18:29 Fri 31st Aug 20011 answer, last by barrywom 10:23 Sun 07th Oct 2001
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Dickensian rag-and-bone man

Which Dickensian rag-and-bone man dies by spontaneous combustion?
22:52 Sun 26th Aug 20012 answers, last by lovelylad 11:19 Tue 04th Sep 2001
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Cover songs

Are there any cover songs better than the original?
19:09 Tue 10th Apr 20018 answers, last by mikewith 15:01 Fri 24th May 2002
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Regent Beverly Wilshire

Which celebrity called LA's Regent Beverly Wilshire home for 15 years?
23:45 Wed 21st Mar 20011 answer, last by SRAYN1 18:13 Thu 22nd Mar 2001
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southey's hall under the sea.....

What, according to Southey, was the name of a hall under the sea inhabited by a sorcerer and his disciples? (9 letters: D_M_A_I_L)
12:59 Sun 14th Jan 2001
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He that gains wells......

"He that gains well and spends well needs no account book." Which 17th century poet offered this typically sensible advice?
19:45 Wed 10th Jan 20011 answer, last by Susmith 14:07 Tue 30th Jan 2001
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Karl Marx

Karl Marx describes a certain poet as unproductive because he was only paid ?5 for his masterpiece - who?
19:36 Wed 10th Jan 20011 answer, last by silver 17:35 Tue 23rd Jan 2001
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19th century French picture

Are there any 19th century French paintings/pictures on the web relating to a financial scandal (e.g. crash of the Paris stock exchange)?
19:33 Wed 10th Jan 20011 answer, last by silver 17:40 Tue 23rd Jan 2001
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19th century Fleet Street

Are there any paintings/pictures on the web showing 19th century Fleet Street?
19:30 Wed 10th Jan 20012 answers, last by Aletia 14:20 Fri 22nd Feb 2002
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Fleet Street

Name two novels whose action revolves directly around Fleet Street and its activities.
19:27 Wed 10th Jan 20012 answers, last by Ginbottle 22:59 Sun 11th Feb 2001
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Samuel Johnson

In one of the essays he wrote for The Idler, Samuel Johnson invented a character who is perpetually busy and so finds he never has the time to accomplish anything. What is the character's name?
19:24 Wed 10th Jan 20011 answer, last by silver 18:06 Tue 23rd Jan 2001
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18th century American novels

"If the novelists are to be believed, sudden changes of fortune were an increasingly common occurence in 18th century America; the ethos and forms of property of an expanding economy were producing...
19:20 Wed 10th Jan 20012 answers, last by ingrid958 22:22 Fri 17th Sep 2004
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He that gains wells......

"He that gains well and spends well needs no account book." Which 17th century poet offered this typically sensible advice?
19:15 Wed 10th Jan 20011 answer, last by silver 18:16 Tue 23rd Jan 2001
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fictional insurance scam

"This was in the days before every daily newspaper in London was competing madly against its rivals in the matter of insurance and offering princely bribes to the citizens to make a fortune by...
19:12 Wed 10th Jan 20011 answer, last by allen ives 13:55 Sat 10th Mar 2001

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