The Challenge

[spursfan]

Help please with the following questions
Q34 What was the German WW1 equivalent to Hill 60.It was a fiercely contested peak in the Vosges mountains?
Q48 The largest ever majority for a political party in this country was in the 19th century when which party gained 67% of the popular vote?
Q96 Which folk tune was banned from the BBC airwaves during WW2 as it was to be the D-Day signal to the French Resistance?
Many Thanks

[kettledrum]

I think the Germans referred to Hill 60 as either Hohe 60 or Doppelhohe 60. There should be an umlaut on the 'O' of Hohe, but I forgotten how to do them.

[brokenbank]

H�he 60 (Umlaut Alt 148)

[kettledrum]

Brokenbank - thanks for that: that's what I thought but when I do it, ↕ this is what I get!

[Ont-ice]

96. The Lincolnshire Poacher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire_Poac her_%28numbers_station%29

[brokenbank]

Alt 148 only works if you use the number keys on the right side of the keyboard......not sure why. (Update from Mrs. Brokenbank who is our resident computer expert)

[kettledrum]

Thank you again, Brokenbank & Mrs B, but I am using the number keys....one more try.....↕...!!!....It's not the only thing up the spout on my computer....it'll have to go in to my local debugging centre quite soon for a major overhaul, but meanwhile it's got to limp on until after my daughter's wedding on 30th June......less than a fortnight now!

[spursfan]

kettledrum & brokenbank
Thank you both for your replies to my question
The confusion was probably caused by the way I worded the question but what I am looking for is a German equivalent to Hill 60.This hill was a fiercely contested peak between the Germans and the French in the Vosges mountains in WW1
spursfan

[spursfan]

Hi Ont-ice
Thank you for your answer to Q96,it is great to hear from you again
Regards
spursfan

[Ont-ice]

Quote: Lord Palmerston's stance was very popular in the country and his party achieved the biggest parliamentary majority since 1835.
He was a Liberal.
I checked 1835 : William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, He was a Whig.
Robt Peel Jnr precedes Lamb and succeeds him, but never had a majority.
So I thinks it's between Palmerston and Melbourne.
My money's on Palmerston.

[spursfan]

Ont-ice
Many thanks for this answer
spursfan