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6 Which temperature scale is named after William Thomson?
That’s Lord Kelvin! Quite famous in Scotland.
So the Kelvin scale

How remiss of me! GG also known as Gorgeous George.

10 Emily Maitlis; Wallis Simpson; Eleanor Roosevelt; Margaret Thatcher? All played by Gillian Anderson. Well Emily Markus and Margaret Thatcher were 😜 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Mr Lazy; The Box of Delights? Weren’t they all dreams? 15 Glasgow; Bethnal Green; Bradford; Rochdale? He’s currentl...

9 Uruguay; Mexico; France; Argentina; Portugal; West Germany? The teams England beat in the 1966 World Cup. 11 Hale-Bopp; Holmes; Hyakutake; Lovejoy; McNaught; NEOWISE? Comets 15 Southampton; Cherbourg; Queenstown; 41º43’32”N, 49º56’49”W? Oooo this is the start of the Titanic route. I think people f...

1 Whose likeness was found on 6 December 1912 in Tell el-Amarna, Egypt? I’m pretty sure that’s Nefertiti. My neighbour had a necklace of her bust and I think I went to see it in a tiny museum in Berlin many many years ago. 6 What is the lowest staff rank in the British army? I think this is a tricky...

Diane, that is an excellent plan!

Email arrived 40 mins ago!

£100 for me this month! I checked on the website / App which told me. I still haven’t had an email about it.

Happy Birthday, Merry.

I hope it is both peaceful and fun!

Peregrines in Cathedrals seems to be a thing.

This tweet amused me greatly.

https://x.com/jayhulmepoet/status/17733 ... 34308?s=46

According to the very accurate rumour mill Anne has been ill since before Christmas.
We all know that is now destabilising hackers that are saying this.

@Furbs maybe it’s one of these things where the crashes aren’t happening more often, it’s just been reported more often. We see that at work, particularly with reporting of near misses, etc. @Merry I’m not keen on Suspension Bridges. When the new bridge over the River Forth was built, I refused to t...

I met some work friends for dinner over the weekend. As we are all of an age, we talked about pensions, retiring and tax, etc. Oh how we have moved on from our chats in our 20s and 30s! One of the things which took some discussion is the reduction on capital gains allowance to £3k from 6th April 202...

5 Suella Braverman is named after which TV character?
I’m sure I read her name is actually Sue Ellen. I’m guessing it’s Sue Ellen from Dallas.

2 Which religious site is overlooked by a 600m clock tower?
Mecca?

Well done Furbs. £100 is very welcome. I checked today and it said the results weren’t released until tomorrow 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow. I’m a field judge. Today, I was recording the distances and changing the order in the Women’s Shot Putt final and raking th...

Winchester?

The “Arthurian” Round Table is in Winchester
Mary married Phillip of Spain in Winchester Cathedral.
Your mum lived in Winchester.
The bloke is familiar, but his name escapes me, unless it is Phillip?

15 Entertainment; Football; History; Money; Politics?
I was listening to a podcast yesterday and it mentioned another called “The Rest is Politics” and how there were so many other podcasts which start with “The Rest Is….”
That’s my guess.

It’s fair to say I m not a happy bunny today. Firstly, I’m not very well. After a few days of a grumbly stomach on Monday / Tuesday which both me and the pharmacist thought might be trapped wind and got the appropriate medication, On Wednesday afternoon and evening, it was very very very painful. Ju...

That looks absolutely beautiful!

Aren’t presidential elections coming up in Russia shortly? Maybe a way of showing that dissent will not be tolerated? I know he couldn’t stand because of his criminal conviction, but intimidation is so on brand.