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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:34 am
by harry2
Cradle cannon. They changed the rules afterward so you could only play 35 consecutive cannons, then had to pot a ball instead. It was only about forty years ago that billiards was more widespread than snooker.
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:58 pm
by steveseagull
Apologies again, i will post the answer when i eventually find the damned thing!
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:01 pm
by steveseagull
Either Betcha or Harry to pose a Q. I cant find the answer, SORRY!
The wife (me) has disgarded it. First to post gets the point.
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:42 am
by harry2
What or who first appeared in the 1887 Beeton's Christmas Annual ?
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:47 am
by mr lugsy
elementary my dear harry
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:55 am
by mr lugsy
my namesake Sherlock Holmes.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:09 am
by harry2
Too easy.Over to Lugsy.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:36 pm
by mr lugsy
o.k thanks harry.
obama became the first black american president today,but who is widely considered as the first true example of a super-villain?
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:28 pm
by steveseagull
vlad the impaler springs to mind for no sane reason
al capone?
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:08 pm
by harry2
Alphonse Capone ?
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:13 pm
by mr lugsy
i should rephrase it to literary super-villian
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:15 pm
by steveseagull
the green goblin?
baron greenback?
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:16 pm
by steveseagull
moriarty?
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:16 pm
by mr lugsy
but no.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:17 pm
by mr lugsy
professor moriaty it is . well picked up and over to you.