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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#261 Post by Smeagol » Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:28 pm

Josiah Wedgwood

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#262 Post by ian16th » Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:29 pm

An odd ode about newspapers distributed from Manchester.

In the late 60's when we moved to Hereford, to our great pleasure, we discovered that for some quirk of the distribution system, in Hereford we received the edition of the Daily Telegraph that was printed for the North East!

The sports news was all 'local' just for me.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#263 Post by Wodrick » Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:03 pm

Smeagol has the con.

Sorry didn't see the previous page Ian16th was there first.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#264 Post by ian16th » Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:39 am

Nothing to hand.

OH.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#265 Post by larsssnowpharter » Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:22 am

As it's OH.

What is the real name of the author of 'The adventures of Pinocchio'?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#266 Post by Capetonian » Wed Feb 26, 2020 1:10 pm

I know he was a carpenter, no idea of his name.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#267 Post by larsssnowpharter » Wed Feb 26, 2020 3:05 pm

He may have done a bit of woodwork but was better known as a journalist political agitator and author.

The book referred to is allegorical and reflects his political beliefs.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#268 Post by llondel » Wed Feb 26, 2020 3:49 pm

Cyrano de Bergerac?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#269 Post by larsssnowpharter » Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:34 pm

This writer is Italian.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#270 Post by llondel » Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:47 pm

I was thinking more of the nose...
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#271 Post by larsssnowpharter » Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:48 pm

I know.

It was very droll!
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#272 Post by Wodrick » Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:20 am

Does any body know ?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#273 Post by Capetonian » Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:31 am

Complete guess, maybe Pinocchio was an anagram of the writer's name?

Pino Chio?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#274 Post by larsssnowpharter » Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:28 am

It appears not but full marks for not answering Walt Disney!

The book (a great read btw) was written by Carlo Collodi but that was just his nom de plume. His real name was Carlo Lorenzini.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#275 Post by k3k3 » Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:59 am

Who invented what after experimenting with coffee cans and cat food tins?
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#276 Post by Capetonian » Thu Feb 27, 2020 11:02 am

Crude telephone system with waxed string between cans?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#277 Post by k3k3 » Thu Feb 27, 2020 11:12 am

Nope, think transport.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#278 Post by k3k3 » Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:07 pm

The 50th anniversary of Louis Blériot’s first aerial crossing of the Channel is significant...
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#279 Post by Capetonian » Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:11 pm

Was a vacuum cleaner involved?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#280 Post by k3k3 » Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:25 pm

It was, I think you've almost got it.
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