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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:16 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Who was Martha Washington? His bit of skirt?
(sorry, just realised people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones).
Abraham Lincoln?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:22 pm
by Weyland
Roosevelt?
(and that exhausts my knowledge of American presidents
)
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:58 am
by harry2
One of my great great great uncles William Harrison or Benjamin Harrison ?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:53 am
by dmac
It probably isn't one you'd guess
Want the answer?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:07 am
by peter1230
James Buchanan jr first 'wife' was Harriet Lane
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:16 am
by dmac
yep you're right.
Harriet Lane was James Buchanan's niece and she acted as his First Lady.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:12 pm
by peter1230
When Sir Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile he was not the first person to cross the line!! why not and who was the person who crossed before him??
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:19 am
by harry2
A priest.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:39 am
by Istenem
i know he had two pacemakers, the first of whom dropped out half way through and was replaced by a second chap. so him.
dunno the name but chris chataway pops up in this sort of thing so him?
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:22 pm
by peter1230
nope
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:27 am
by Northern Monkey
How about some sort of motorcycllist camerman??
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:22 am
by stuart4010
Was it some sort of Handicap race with Roger having the highest handicap i.e. having to run the full mile?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:13 pm
by peter1230
ok maybe i'll re-phrase the question:-
Who was the last person who crossed the line before him?
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:22 am
by harry2
The pacemaker, don't know the name. Trivia fact, the commentator was Norris McWhirter, whom, along with his brother, Ross, wrote the Guinness Book Of Records until the IRA blew the latter up in the seventies.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:51 pm
by Flying Spaghetti Monster
would it be the person who came last in the previous race, perhaps the slowest female runner as sometimes a female race is run before a men's?