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flying

how can a bumble bee fly when its so fat?

Festive Capitalisation

Does anyone know the correct way to capitalise the following sentence? Bear in mind that it is a sentence and not a banner... "Sending you our best season's greetings, and wishing you a merry...

gothic

odd one out

which is the odd one out OLD, AWN, GROVE, LACK,RANGE

jvhughes

Vietnam Research (pre war)

I am doing some research on everyday life in Vietnam before the war: traditional clothing, food, family names, customs etc Can anyone please help in any way? JVH

shedevil

Western Boundary

After the Revolutionary War, what was the western boundary of the United States?

egordon

an oddball whose name lives on in london.the son of irish rugby player, he formed successful business in 1970's ,while his two partners were better known,it was his personality that kept venture in...

chin85

Greek History

Why did Athens lose the Peloponnesian War?

springers

Bridge

<PRE>In which country did the card game bridge originate</PRE>

andrewwai

Manichaean

How do you intrepret the USA press using the word 'Manichaean' in describing President Bush's campaign stretegy- 'turning every argument into a Manichaean clash of conflicting world views'? Tks, you...

mycatis

Latin & Gaelic

Don't know if this is the right section for this question but anyway... Is there anywhere I could (try) to teach myself some basic latin phrases? Also looking for a good (affordable) course in gaelic,...

luckystrike

Teddy Bears

I've got a teddy bear and would like to trace it's history - eg, factory it was made in, dates, etc. I know nothing about it, and would have to rely on pictures. Can anyone recommend a...

Lardybloke

European Time Zones

Why is it that Portugal is on Grenwich Mean Time but Spain are an hour ahead?

james101

Does the Queen Have A Door Key?

Does the Queen every nip out for a pint of milk etc, come home and have to shout throught the letter Box? With all that secuity there must be locks on everything, Hee Hee

bobtheduck

prince william

does anyone care what he does and these staged documentries that he and harry do are just embarrassing,what makes him think he would be good enough to join the army anyway? could you see him serving...

Beswad

Prince William

So Prince William wants to join the army. If he was to be sent to Iraq and fight like any ordinary soldier would I would imagine the resistance fighters (terrorist) would want to kidnap him, if they...

kjc0123

the meaning of rap

What is the meanig of "get a bad rap" and "lay on the anti-gang rap" in the following sentences(specially, the meaning of rap)? 1. The images persist : a prairie fence where Matthew Shepard's limp,...

egordon

history ?

which hampshire public house is named after a lady who was ordered by a notorious judge of the day to be burned alive for sheltering a dissident of the church although, in fact, because of her...

ianess

1984 the book and its aftermath.

What [if anything] happened to George Orwell following publication of his book?

ll_billym

Royal Hospitals

Why are some hospitals "Royal" and some are not??

flashpig

Answerbank style

I have just written a question and found that a really similar question has been asked and answered. I don't find that too odd, but I find it weird that the wording of the question is really similar...

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