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There’s half a dozen electronic jars of raspberry jam for anyone who poses a question which stumps everyone.
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What do the following five men of the 19th century all have in common?
Alexander Hamilton – one of the drafters of the US constitution
Alexander Pushkin – the great Russian poet
Evariste Galois – the famous French mathematician
Ferdinand Lassalle – the German/Jewish socialist philosoper
Mikhail Lermontov – another Russian poet, the name being familair perhaps because a cruise ship named for him wrecked on our coasts some years ago
What is the common element between the songs ‘Grandad’ by Clive Dunn; ‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ by Lou Reed, and ‘Good Morning Freedom’ by Blue Mink?
Herbie Flowers – Distinctive bass style, I’m an old bass player, still got a double bass but don’t play it anymore, my hands wont left me. Nik, my boy does though from time to time.
That “walk on the wild side” bass line classic
Didn’t know about that “Grandad” thing though – Hmmm
I know that Hamilton, Pushkin and Lermontov were all killed in duels.
I don’t know about the other two but I am willing to wager that they also died that way.
You’ld win your bet sigh, too sharp for me today Alwyn
Forbes magazine each year publishes a list of the 400 richest Americans.
Does anyone know the reason they chose the number 400 as the cut-off point?
What are the only two countries that are double landlocked (that is, they are landlocked, and all their contiguous neighbours are landlocked, too)?
I didn’t realise that Lermontov had died in a duel. Thanks for the new knowledge!
Was it because they had set a certain net-worth threshold and only 400 people surpassed that level when it was first tabulated?
Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan
I’ll give you a clue. The reason actually pre-dates the list and in fact pre-dates the original publication of the the magazine.
Given his performance thus far, I think Andrei should get not just electronic jam but an honorary guest spot on QI.
I had a feeling you’d know the answers!