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  1. Never heard of that one ! Thanks for the ding Cromwell Street = Fred & Rose West Rillington Place = Reg Christie Hilldrop Crescent = ?
  2. Nope limit is Sovereign, Prince of Wales and 24 others = 26 (2 vacancies at this time!). Sorry - No Ding Order of Merit ? - (that's the one I aspire to)
  3. Good idea - the answer is Wentworth Woodhouse, previously owned by the Earls Fitzwilliam, one of whom was the man who died with Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, John Kennedy's sister As Hellfire1917 made the suggestion, I'll pass the question setting to him/her, in the hope that something less obscure will come up
  4. Yes of course - I'm a little embarrassed that this has gone on so long - and I must say that I don't think dodgydaved's hint is particularly helpful I did say some time ago that i'd be happy if someone searched for it
  5. You could open it up to Googling, or give a hint. BTW I already googled and would never have guessed it. Please feel free to get an answer in any way you can - the players here are able to answer really obscure questions (to me), and I tend to forget that others may not have the same interests as me
  6. A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised! Would you like to explain the connection dodgydaved? Or do you think that Devonshire & Hartington will convince players that we're not cheating :D JFK's sister married the Marquis of Hartington (son of the Duke of Devonshire) and they lived at Chatsworth. She is buried in Edensor churchyard, Edensor being the estate village. Sorted!! Thanks for that After the death of her husband, John Kennedy's sister Kathleen died in a plane crash with her lover The lover was the owner of a house with allegedly the longest facade in Europe at 606 feet What's the name of the house? OK - some clues - the house was vandalised by Mannie Shinwell, in his capacity as Minister of Fuel and Power. Due to his hatred of inherited wealth, he turned the immediate surroundings of the house into the 'largest open cast mining site in Britain' The house was later bought by a private individual, who has tried to sue the successors to the National Coal Board for subsidence caused at that time It's in South Yorkshire
  7. A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised! Would you like to explain the connection dodgydaved? Or do you think that Devonshire & Hartington will convince players that we're not cheating :D JFK's sister married the Marquis of Hartington (son of the Duke of Devonshire) and they lived at Chatsworth. She is buried in Edensor churchyard, Edensor being the estate village. Sorted!! Thanks for that After the death of her husband, John Kennedy's sister Kathleen died in a plane crash with her lover The lover was the owner of a house with allegedly the longest facade in Europe at 606 feet What's the name of the house?
  8. A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised! Would you like to explain the connection dodgydaved? Or do you think that Devonshire & Hartington will convince players that we're not cheating :D
  9. I think that's Harry S Truman where he just added the S to fit in with other Americans - not even enough imagination to come up with a name Still don't know what Ike's middle name is though
  10. I think it's best if it goes back to koselig so perhaps h/she could ask another question ?
  11. Thanks... I did have a little peek - does that make me a bad person?? An easy one then. Who is this?? My link Clue : 1972 Had a little peek at what UncleMalcy ? I just couldn't dredge up the name (I don't find Swedish names easy - it took me a month to read "The girl with the dragon tattoo") so I had a little peek at Wikipedia. So your advice would be, whenever we don't know the answer, to search for it ? I don't have time to look for the relevant quote from Simply Paul - something along the lines of no googling - but doesn't it seem contrary to basic fairness ? Would you do this in a pub quiz ? Is there any point in attempting to compete with you ?
  12. Thanks... I did have a little peek - does that make me a bad person?? An easy one then. Who is this?? My link Clue : 1972 Had a little peek at what UncleMalcy ?
  13. Wow, that was quick - the level of obscure knowledge on here never ceases to amaze me Please accept the ding
  14. Thanks for that What was the name of the man known as 'The Brides in the Bath' murderer, executed for the crimes in August 1915 ?
  15. Yes you're quite right UncleMalcy Ding to you http://www.gwoodward.co.uk/guides/marriages.htm link supplied in case of doubters
  16. It wasn't that easy - remembering the date was tricky Thanks for the ding At what age could women marry in England in 1928 ?
  17. I'll give it a try - at the beginning of a Pathe News film?
  18. Wasn't he ? Apologies if I've misled - i honestly thought ( and still do ) that he was
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