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FRENCH SOCCER TEAM 1959

FRENCH SOCCER TEAM 2008

Quiz Show Howlers

LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS)
Alex Trelinski: What is the capital of Italy?
Contestant: France.
Alex Trelinski: France is another country. Try again.
Contestant: Oh, um, Benidorm.
Alex Trelinski: Wrong, sorry, let's try another question.
In which country is the Parthenon?
Contestant: Sorry, I don't know.
Alex Trelinski: Just guess a country then.
Contestant: Paris

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THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)

Anne Robinson: Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what - Prison or the Conservative Party?

Contestant: The Conservative Party.

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BEACON RADIO (WOLVERHAMPTON)

DJ Mark: For pounds 10, what is the nationality of the Pope?

Contestant Ruth from Rowley Regis: I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?

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Famous London Pubs - The Blind Beggar

The Blind Beggar is a public house in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located in the Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel. It was built in 1894 on the site of another inn, established before 1654, and named after the legend of Henry de Montfort, a son of Simon de Montfort. In the legend, Henry was wounded and lost his sight in the Battle of Evesham in 1265, and was nursed to health by a baroness, and together they had a child named Besse. He became the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green and used to beg at the crossroads. The story of how he went from landed gentry to poor beggar, became hugely popular in the Tudor era, and came to be adopted in the arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in 1900.
The Blind Beggar is a common tourist attraction for Salvationists. It is known as the site on which The Salvation Army started, as in 1865, it was outside the public house that William Booth preached his first open air sermon which led to the establishment of the East London Christian Mission, later to become the Salvation Army. William Booth is commemorated by a nearby statue.

The Blind Beggar is notorious for its connection to East End gangsters, the Kray twins. On 9 March 1966, Ronnie Kray shot and murdered George Cornell, an associate of a rival gang, the Richardsons, as he was sitting at the bar. The murder took place in the then saloon bar.
The pub is also a popular starting point for the Monopoly Pub Crawl, despite being located on the board's third space.

Thought For Today

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
Italian Proverb