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dubdobdeei: who had a Lonely Hearts Club Band?
ii: who was hoodwinked by Sir Percy at Laragne?
iii: who liked gramophone records to be played at speed 61?
iv: whose Concert Party duet with Lofty Sugden got to No. 1?
v: who had bestowed upon him the high-sounding title of Governor of La Merced?
vi: who shot tiny field mice every night with huge bullets from the .45 he had stolen from the dead man?
vii: who could quote historical fights between 490 BC and 1815 AD?
viii: whose favourite game would end with the command ‘Change at Löhne!’?
ix: which lepidopterist claimed to have taken Lungtungpen?
x: who related how he lost his ear in Venice?
the rules:
a: give nice full answers and anecdotes where possible!
b: say if googled or not, and leave a bit of a while for people to answer non-googlingly
c: you're obviously allowed to look ahead at future questions
d: other fora in = (unpoliceably) Out of Bounds till next set is up
ok i don't think it is pop despite the music-related elements: i is sgt pepper obv, ii sir percy = scarlet pimpernel maybe, is iv from it ain't half hot mum? so theme = military?
ii: who was hoodwinked by Sir Percy at Laragne?
iii: who liked gramophone records to be played at speed 61?
iv: whose Concert Party duet with Lofty Sugden got to No. 1?
v: who had bestowed upon him the high-sounding title of Governor of La Merced?
vi: who shot tiny field mice every night with huge bullets from the .45 he had stolen from the dead man?
vii: who could quote historical fights between 490 BC and 1815 AD?
viii: whose favourite game would end with the command ‘Change at Löhne!’?
ix: which lepidopterist claimed to have taken Lungtungpen?
x: who related how he lost his ear in Venice?
the rules:
a: give nice full answers and anecdotes where possible!
b: say if googled or not, and leave a bit of a while for people to answer non-googlingly
c: you're obviously allowed to look ahead at future questions
d: other fora in = (unpoliceably) Out of Bounds till next set is up
ok i don't think it is pop despite the music-related elements: i is sgt pepper obv, ii sir percy = scarlet pimpernel maybe, is iv from it ain't half hot mum? so theme = military?
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Date: 2008-01-22 12:54 pm (UTC)e.g. could iii. be Sir Malcolm Sargent dys? I have no idea what 61 is a ref to though - could be a tempo (crotchet = 61?) rather than rpm I suppose.
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Date: 2008-01-22 01:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-22 01:38 pm (UTC)(the possible character in GravRain would be poor old Brigadier Pudding, still fighting the last war but one: maybe he playes 78s at 61?)
(though i don't *think* 16rpm arrived as speed till after ww2)
(cylinders played at all kinds of wacky rpms of course; as did pre-78 discs iirc)