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Briefly back to divine wind if I may;

The kamikaze (Japanese: 神風, lit. 'divine wind') were two winds or storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan. These fleets attacked Japan in 1274 and again in 1281.[1] Due to the growth of Zen Buddhism among Samurai at the time, these were the first events where the typhoons were described as "divine wind" as much by their timing as by their force.

Well done Wodrik San.
That's what I was getting at.

PP

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:18 pm

Full Marks, PP!

Since you declared OH

Who won a great battle, and years later also died, on the Third of September?

Oliver Cromwell?

Indeed.
Well done, all yours!

^ Thank you

Q. Which kingdom has the motto Je maintiendrai ?

French speaking kingdom.

Belgium?

Maybe an old French colony?

talmacapt wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 22, 2022 5:05 pm

French speaking kingdom.

Belgium?

Maybe an old French colony?

Not French-speaking
Not a French colony
Belgium is not part of it now.

Is a current European monarchy with a king, after three previous queens; the next monarch will be a queen.

Must be Holland, Luxemburg is a dukedom.

If right, I am surprised.

Consider yourself surprised!

Je maintiendrai (I will maintain) is the motto of the Netherlands since 1815 .

The [motto] is actually the motto of the house of Orange-Nassau , which William of Orange inherited with the principality of Orange through the inheritance of René van Chalon . Originally the [motto] was Je maintiendrai Chalon, but Willem changed it to Je maintiendrai Nassau. After some time he omitted Nassau and this simply became Je maintiendrai.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Je_maintiendrai

Well done talmacapt, and over to you.

It was the proliferation of Queens that suggested the answer for me.

Who invented the pneumatic tyre?

Dunlop?

That is to say, John Boyd Dunlop.

That is not correct.

He thought he had but another had patented it before him.

I was thinking Charles Goodyear, but I think he was just credited with vulcanisation. I think the tyre company bearing his name was founded after his death.

Fred Flintstone.

My late ex-MIL was Miss Dunlop 1952. A very striking lady until she died in her 90s.

Not Goodyear.

Sadly neither Fred nor Wilma.

Dunlop claimed to have done it in 1888 but it was patented by another Scotsman in 1846.

Who is this other Scotsman.

It's long enough.

Robert William Thomson patented the pneumatic tyre in 1846.

The National Museum of Scotland website has the details.

Open house declared.

O/H. OK sticking with the same era. 1829 to be precise. For you railway enthusiasts. What was the top speed of Stephenson's Rocket?

29 mph.. Open house if correct

1DC wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:41 pm

29 mph.. Open house if correct

It is said to be 30 but close enough 1DC.

O/H

What type of vehicle did Tom Kruse drive in Australia?