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From the depths of my memory I think I know this but I'm not going to answer as I've got a busy day today and I'll be out of Internet range (lucky me) to check. So if I'll let it run for a bit....
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Ah, the old "I know the answer but I'm not going to tell you" routine
More a case don't answer unless you have the next question ready to go
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For those who do not (already) know the answer, here are a couple more of zag's names in the same group:
Margaret Mitchell (author of Gone with the Wind) and William Huskisson (former MP for Liverpool and former President of the Board of Trade)
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As there are no takers I will have a go, they were all killed in traffic accidents - Cars, trams and trains
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Correct!
Roland Barthes - Hit by a laundry van while walking home from a lunch party hosted by François Mitterrand.
Pierre Curie - Run over by a horse-drawn vehicle.
Antoni Gaudà - Struck by a tram and died from his injuries three days later.
Margaret Mitchell - Struck by a speeding automobile, while on her way to see a movie; died five days later without fully regaining consciousness.
William Huskisson - Hit by Stephenson's Rocket at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and died that evening.
Next question will be from zagatoes30....
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Ok sticking to the theme of accidents.
China & India have the highest number of deaths through road related accidents, both close to 250,00 per year (China just over, India just under) but which country is 3rd and how many ?
China & India have the highest number of deaths through road related accidents, both close to 250,00 per year (China just over, India just under) but which country is 3rd and how many ?
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Good guess, number 4 but not the answer I am looking for
midlifecrisis
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Staggering Stats, a quarter of a million! With a Billion people in each country thats equivalent to 15,000 people in this country.
I'm guessing Brazil as it's populos and quite laissez faire with driving rules...
I'm guessing Brazil as it's populos and quite laissez faire with driving rules...
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There is the right answer Brazil is 3rd but with a lot less deaths, just a mere 41,000.
Over to MLC for the next question
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Wow, ok what is Onychophagia?
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S'not 'maybe' it is definitely eating something!
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Cannibalism?
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Yeah yeah. Very good.
Some people can do wordplay, and some can work spanners. I'm mostly the former.
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Very close...but it'snot the right answer...
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On that basis, your spanner wielding is to be feared
Well, I'm fearful about it, which is why I'm going to have to get someone else to disconnect my battery tomorrow. (While I stand about saying things like "I hope you're not going to charge me too much" and "I do hope my ABS sensor problem isn't terminal". But I will try to keep a positive attitude.)