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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:54 pm
by Cardinal Sin
"And Then There Were None" is the title of a detective story by Agatha Christie (an absolutely rip-snorting read btw) where 10 people (with shady pasts) get murdered one-by-one on a remote island.
However, what was the more politically-incorrect name of the book when it was first released?
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:45 pm
by harry 3
Ten little n i g g e r s / i n d i a n s
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:53 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Well done that man....
It was based around the nursery rhyme of the same name...
Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were Nine.
Nine little Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were Eight.
Eight little Indians traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were Seven.
Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped his own self in halves and then there were Six.
Six little Indian boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were Five.
Five little Indian boys going in for law; One got into Chancery and then there were Four.
Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were Three.
Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were Two.
Two little Indian boys playing with a gun; One shot the other one and then there was one.
One little Indian boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.
Over to Harry
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:51 pm
by harry 3
How many different albums were number one in the uk charts during 1959 ?
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:18 pm
by grecian
One? - the original soundtrack to 'South Pacific'?
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:41 pm
by harry 3
Tooooooooooooooo easy...
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:42 am
by grecian
Sorry, once again me holding things up I note. OK, which album has spent the longest consecutive spell at number one in the UK album charts so far this millennium? The run in question was eight weeks.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:02 am
by Cardinal Sin
Just cos you said Millennium I'll go for Escapology by that buffoon Robbie Williams.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:31 am
by gambogaz1
I'll say the arctic monkeys ?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:31 am
by Istenem
how about that beatles compendium hoojemawotsit?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:37 am
by harry 3
Appropriately (cockney) named James Blunt.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:59 pm
by grecian
harry2 wrote:Appropriately (cockney) named James Blunt.
That's quite right Harry, and you saved me from having to make the rhyming slang gag myself. The album was 'Back to Bedlam' - over to you.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:51 pm
by harry 3
What is the name of the numbered cube used in many board games ?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:55 pm
by Flying Spaghetti Monster
a single one is called a die, they are normally used in pairs and hence often reffered to as dice, plural of die
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:58 pm
by harry 3
Was hoping to catch a fish there. Over to you Rob.