What was this little boy's name?
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The little boy is Mickey Dolenz (Mickey Braddock during the filming of the show) in 'Circus Boy' |
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Micky Dolenz, here appearing as 'Circus Boy' From planetMicky.com: "Circus Boy was a live action tv show that ran from 9/23/56 To 9/8/57 on the ABC network. It was about a boy named Corky (Played by Micky Braddock or better known as Micky Dolenz) who's parents, The Flying Falcons, died in a high wire act and then was adopted by the circus' owner, Big Tim Champion (this is according to the online movie/tv files, According to Micky Dolenz in his book "I'm A Believer" Uncle Joey adopted corky). Along with clown Uncle Joey and the always energetic Pete, Corky had many adventures with his baby elephant Bimbo. Saving the Circus and such forth. The original Bimbo had to be put to sleep. Like many animals kept in captivity, he went "crazy" and one day attacked the handler. " |
Neal |
Did Circus Boy ever appear on British TV? I remember my granny having a picture book of Circus Boy, and I knew that Corky was drawn to look just like the ugly one on The Monkees.
Raymond will deliver you and Joseph dispatch you. Lawrence will cook your dinner from a recipe written by Paul. Crispin will repair your busted shoe and Vitus might tell a joke about it. If Damian sells you drugs, who might arrest you?
This one caused a few problems, it seems the Catholic Church is not as monolithic as it is often painted. The best answer seems to be the Archangel Michael, patron saint of policemen, but policemen have other saints to protect them too. I suppose it makes good sense to have backup in a difficult job.
Neil
Who is feeling at home, and where?
J.Wellington Wimpy, hamburger lover, but not in Hamburg, that is Wellington, New Zealand. How many would have got it without the cartoon clue?
Who is this?
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Idi Amin. Ugandan president and dictator 1971-79 Full name, Idi Amin Dada Oumee (born 1925), Self-titled "his Excellency President for Life Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr.Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular" |
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Idi Amin...owner of an oven that seats 5...might be a rumour though. |
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Who got their name from the color (sic) of rotten meat?
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The Purple Gang, a group of notorious outlaws from Detroit in the 1920's and 30's. Members included the brothers Louis, Sam, and Harry Fleisher, Raymond Bernstein, Harry Keywell, Abe "Buffalo Harry" Rosenberg and his brother Louis. |
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The Purple Gang, of Detroit in the 1920s. Rumor had it that the gang received its colorful name as the result of a conversation between two Hastings Street shopkeepers of the era. Both of the men's shops had been the target of the youngsters' shoplifting and vandalism forays. One day in disgust one of the shopkeepers exclaimed, "These boys are not like other children of their age, they're tainted, off color." "Yes," replied the other shopkeeper. "They're rotten, purple like the color of bad meat, they're a Purple Gang." |
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Who painted this modest piece?
“I've seen the world's women. Australia has some of the most beautiful. A nation that does not love the beauty of women is doomed. I've fought for the freedom of women and the grand army of wowzers would have me hung from the lamppost. But women knew what I meant.” — Norman Lindsay.
Norman Lindsay's The Red Robe. Definitely my favourite artist now, wonderful imagination, wonderful models!
Where on Earth is this?
Mouse over and explore.
What measurably links Helen of Argos to a high flying former US Senator from Utah?
“High flying” is often code for astronaut, Jake Garn was a Senator who took a trip in the space shuttle Discovery in 1985 and set a new all-comers vomiting record. In commemoration his name has been applied to the unit of space motion sickness, one Garn is defined as being as sick as it is possible for a human being to be.
Helen of Argos was also known as Helen of Troy, although it is hardly PC to call a woman after her abductors is it? Helen had the face that launched a thousand ships, hence the origin of the unit the milli-Helen, the unit of female facial beauty sufficient to launch one ship.
They are linked by whimsical units of measure.
In what ways are these two people related?
Trick question. Although you managed to come up with a few extra links fundamentally Janet and Jesse Jackson simply share the same surname, initials and racial-cum-ethnic origin.
Who prosecuted the world heavyweight boxing champion for being a homosexual?
Bob Massingberd. Captain Blackadder's first choice for legal representation, although not Richard Curtis's first choice for his name. In the Corporal Punishment episode of Blackadder Goes Forth the name Bob Massingberd is overdubbed over the name of a real lawyer, the decision was taken that to leave it in might cause the man problems as being illegal advertising. Can anybody lip-read the original?
Edmund: Oh, no need for that, Perkins, I'll just dash off a couple of notes, one asking for a sponge bag, and the other sending for my lawyer.
Perkins: Oh, your lawyer now, yes sir. Don't you think that might be a bit of a waste of money, sir.
Edmund: Not when he's the finest mind in English legal history. Ever heard of Bob Massingberd?
Perkins: Oh, yes indeed, sir! A most gifted gentleman!
Edmund: I remember Massingberd's most famous case, the case of the bloody knife. A man was found next to a murdered body, he had the knife in his hand, thirteen witnesses that seen him stab the victim, when the police arrived he said, I'm glad I killed the bastard. Massingberd not only got him off, but he got him knighted in the New Year's Honours list, and the relatives of the victim had to pay to have the blood washed out of his jacket.
Perkins: And he's a dab hand with the prosecution as well, sir.
Edmund: Yes, well, look at Oscar Wilde.
Perkins: Oh, butch Oscar.
Edmund: Big, bearded, bonking, butch Oscar. The terror of the ladies. 114 illegitimate children, world heavyweight boxing champion, and author of the best-selling pamphlet, "Why I Like To Do It With Girls" — and Massingberd had him sent down for being a whoopsie.
Chronomentrophobes and Triskaidekaphobes probably will not get past the first line of this book. Which one ?
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George Orwell's 1984 opens: "It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen." (They wouldn't even get past the title of James Thurber's Thirteen Clocks.) |
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Venky
Who is this?
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His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand opening new session of parliament in Bangkok, Sunday Feb. 4, 2001. |
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Where would you most likely find a straight line, one end of which is 934.4 cm away from a line that curves slightly towards it?
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On a running track. One mile = 1609.344 metres. Since a lap in lane 1 is (usually) 1600, 800, 400, or 200 metres, depending on the venue, a 1-mile race will require respectively 1, 2, 4, or 8 laps plus an additional 9.344 metres. The 1-mile (straight) finishing line will therefore be 934.4 cm ahead of the inside end of the starting line, which is (again, usually) slightly curved to compensate for the differences in lane lengths. |
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Don
There are six Jims, but only one Tom, one Dick and one Harry. Who are Tom, Dick and Harry?
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The six Jims would be James Madison, James Monroe, James Polk, James Buchanan, James Garfield and Jimmy Carter. So Tom would be Thomas Jefferson; Dick would be Richard Nixon; and Harry would be Harry Truman. |
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Thomas Jefferson (1801-09) Richard M Nixon (1969-74) Harry S. Trueman (1945-53) James Madison (1809-17) James Monroe (1817-25) James Knox Polk (1845-49) James Buchanan (1857-61) James A. Garfield (1881) Jimmy Carter (1977-81) |
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Demar
Whose Plan was completed by the shooting of a chiropodist?
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Ed Wood Jr. "Plan 9 From Outer Space" The film was made by Ed Wood Jr., a transvestite visionary who really and inexplicably believed in his terrible product. When his star, Bela Lugosi, died before primary shooting, he intercut two minutes of home movie footage with a clever substitution - his wife's chiropodist, who was a "skull double". The rest of the man looked nothing like Lugosi, so Wood simply had him walk through the film with his cape wrapped around his face. |
Demar |
Alan
Set up the white pieces on a chessboard. Now move any single piece twice, that is, make two consecutive legal moves with the same piece. How many different board arrangements can be made? Arrangements only count after the second move, ignore any opposing moves.
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27. Each pawn can end up on either the 4th or 5th rank (16 positions); each knight can advance to one of five different squares (10 positions), and either knight can advance then retreat, leaving the board unchanged (1 position). |
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Alan's answer is not only correct but lucid and readable, quite a feat.
3iff
Which out of this world rock star had a name so good you couldn't make it up?
Hotblack Desiato. A London estate agent whose name was so perfect that Douglas Adams simply borrowed it.
“Hey, Zaphod,” said Ford, grabbing for his arm and, on account of the third Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, missing. He pointed a swaying finger. “There's an old mate of mine,” he said, “Hotblack Desiato! See the man at the platinum table with the platinum suit on?”
Zaphod tried to follow Ford's finger with his eyes but it made him feel dizzy. Finally he saw.
“Oh yeah,”' he said, then recognition came a moment later. “Hey,” he said, “did that guy ever make it megabig! Wow, bigger than the biggest thing ever. Other than me.”
“Who's he supposed to be?” asked Trillian.
“Hotblack Desiato?”' said Zaphod in astonishment, “you don't know? You never heard of Disaster Area?”
“No” said Trillian, who hadn't.
“The biggest,”' said Ford,
“loudest ...”
“Richest ..” suggested Zaphod.
“... rock band in the history of ...” he searched for the word.
“... history itself,” said Zaphod.
“No,” said Trillian.
“Zowee,”' said Zaphod, “here we are at the End of the Universe and you haven't even lived yet. Did you miss out.”
Disaster Area, a plutonium rock band from the Gagralacka mind zones are generally held to be not only the loudest rock band in the galaxy, but in fact the loudest noise of any kind at all.
Who are these guys?
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This is the heavy metal band 'Korn'. From left to right: 'Fieldy' (Bass), Brian 'Head' Welch (Guitars), Jonathan Davis (Vocals), James 'Munky' Shaffer (Guitars), David Silveria (Drums) |
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Squarely in Montreal, London in triplicate (possibly more), formerly in Sheffield, gastronomically across the USA and beyond, also in Singapore, Alexandria, Southend and Manchester.
Where is it terminal?
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The answer might be Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay) because there used to be a station called Victoria Terminus. The powers that be have since changed the name to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (after a local hero) so as to leave no vestiges of British rule. The locals, however, still refer to it as VT. Alternatively, if you are strict about it being "Terminal" over "Terminus", then I think there is a Victoria Terminal Station in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. · Square Victoria Station is a station on the Montreal metro · London has the Victoria Railway Station, Victoria Bus Station and the Victoria Tube Station (it also has the Victoria Coach Station - is there a Victoria Police Station?? · Victoria Station is a chain of restaurants across the US and Canada · Singapore had a Victoria Station, I think, which, I believe, has been renamed City Hall Station (which is close to Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall) - BTW, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia has a hotel called Victoria Station · Alexandria has a tram station called Victoria · Southend has a Victoria Station on the Liverpool Street Line · One of Manchester's main rail stations is the Victoria Station. (I believe there is also a tram station) |
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Which song started in 1949 and went on for 40 years until the author had had enough?
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Billy Joel's "We didn't Start the Fire", which speeds through numerous historical events in the 40 years from 1949 to 1989 till he ends with ".. I can't take it anymore" 1949 Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe Dimaggio 1950 Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe 1951 Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye" 1952 Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye (chorus) 1953 Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc 1954 Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock" 1955 Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland 1956 Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez (chorus) 1957 Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai" 1958 Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Stark weather, homicide, children of thalidomide 1959 Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go 1960 U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo (chorus) 1961 Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land" Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion 1962 "Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson 1963 Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say (chorus) 1964 to 1989 Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan "Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore (chorus till fade) | Venky |