What links:
9 Uruguay; Mexico; France; Argentina; Portugal; West Germany?
10 Orange blossom; sun; warm; white; wild?
11 Hale-Bopp; Holmes; Hyakutake; Lovejoy; McNaught; NEOWISE?
12 Anti-Masonic; Bull Moose; Free Soil; Know Nothing; Nullifier?
13 Mia Dolan and Bella Baxter?
14 Bourgeois; Muñoz; Kapoor; Eliasson; Nauman; Whiteread?
15 Southampton; Cherbourg; Queenstown; 41º43’32”N, 49º56’49”W?
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"... not to be told a story, but to live inside a dream." - Hades, The Burnt City
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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 forget that she had 2 stops after Southampton. I spent years thinking she left Cherbourg then went to Southampton and then thought the stop in Ireland was Belfast, but no.
I assume the coordinates are where she sank / lies today.
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 forget that she had 2 stops after Southampton. I spent years thinking she left Cherbourg then went to Southampton and then thought the stop in Ireland was Belfast, but no.
I assume the coordinates are where she sank / lies today.
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12 Anti-Masonic; Bull Moose; Free Soil; Know Nothing; Nullifier?
I'm pretty sure they're American political parties. At least, I've heard of the Know Nothing party.
I'm pretty sure they're American political parties. At least, I've heard of the Know Nothing party.
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Just to amplify on #12; Theodore Roosevelt stood in the 1912 US presidential election on the Bull Moose ticket, so I think these are joke-ish political 'parties' of failed Presidential candidates.
Roosevelt was VP of William McKinley, the third President to be assassinated - in 1901. He'd not long won the election as the incumbent, so Roosevelt became President and retained the office in the 1904 election. However, the Republicans chose a very fat man called William Taft as their candidate in 1908, hence Roosevelt casting around for a party that would adopt him in 1912. Taft won but only served one term, losing to Woodrow Wilson in 1912 because Roosevelt split the Republican vote. Taft became senior justice of the Supreme Court, appointed by President Harding in 1921 and serving until 1930.
Roosevelt was VP of William McKinley, the third President to be assassinated - in 1901. He'd not long won the election as the incumbent, so Roosevelt became President and retained the office in the 1904 election. However, the Republicans chose a very fat man called William Taft as their candidate in 1908, hence Roosevelt casting around for a party that would adopt him in 1912. Taft won but only served one term, losing to Woodrow Wilson in 1912 because Roosevelt split the Republican vote. Taft became senior justice of the Supreme Court, appointed by President Harding in 1921 and serving until 1930.
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10. Not sure about orange blossom but the others are English translations of the Spanish Costas - del Sol, Calida, Blanca and Brava
14. Juan Munoz, Anish Kapoor, Rachel Whiteread and Eliasson (Icelandiic but don't know his first name) are living sculptors so I assume the others are too.
14. Juan Munoz, Anish Kapoor, Rachel Whiteread and Eliasson (Icelandiic but don't know his first name) are living sculptors so I assume the others are too.
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And MYF has just informed me that Mia Dolan is Emma Stone's character in La La Land - not that that helps me any! But it might help someone else..
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Oh - of course, characters played by Emma Stone. "Bella Baxter" is her character in Poor Things.
Apparently the Coast of Orange Blossom is the Costa del Azahar near/in Valencia. https://www.roughguides.com/article/costa-del-azahar/
Was Anish Kapoor the guy who got someone to make a really black black and then wouldn't let anyone else use it?
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..and now you say that, she won Best Actress Oscar for Poor Things last month and I think she might have done for LaLa Land too.
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6.5/7 - for a moment there, I thought we were going to get that rare beast, a double full house! so close!
9 England’s opponents in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
10 Name origins of Spanish Costas: del Azahar; del Sol; Cálida; Blanca; Brava.
11 Recent comets.
12 Historical US political parties.
13 Oscar-winning roles of Emma Stone: La La Land and Poor Things.
14 First artists to exhibit in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.
15 Maiden voyage of the Titanic.
9 England’s opponents in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
10 Name origins of Spanish Costas: del Azahar; del Sol; Cálida; Blanca; Brava.
11 Recent comets.
12 Historical US political parties.
13 Oscar-winning roles of Emma Stone: La La Land and Poor Things.
14 First artists to exhibit in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.
15 Maiden voyage of the Titanic.
"... not to be told a story, but to live inside a dream." - Hades, The Burnt City