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Yugoslavia?
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i once had a blazing row with a workmate about this. i said albania and she said slovenia.
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You are correct, it is Albania - although I would have accepted Macedonia cos I'm a benevolent Cardinal.

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Cardinal Richelieu wrote:You are correct, it is Albania - although I would have accepted Macedonia cos I'm a benevolent Cardinal.

Back to you sir.
Which bit am I missing- it said Skopje when I wikkied it just now?

Was Skopje in Albania when she was born or something like that?
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Sorry, I'm talking out my arse. Her family was Albanian, but she was born as you say in Skopje, which is now in Macedonia.

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do i still win?
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You're both winners.
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hurray!

the last time a choral song (i.e. sans instruments) was top of the pops was in 1986.

name it.
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Caravan of Love? Or is that a slightly different era? :?
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Matt V leaps like a salmon.
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Good man! (Worryingly, I'll be humming that for the rest of the afternoon now!) ;)

Who had a top 2 hit in the 90's with a song where the title consisted of 12 characters, which were all the same letter?
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mmm mmm mmm mmm once there was this kid who got into an accident and couldn't come to school.

can't think who it is by. some one hit wonder. agh! something with a number i think.
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It was the Crash Test Dummies I believe.
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Both right, but I guess as Mr Forty-Ten got the band name correct, he should take it away.

Good one chaps! ;)
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Cheers Mr Seventy-Eight (or is it Forty-Five)...

I've posted the same style of question before, but being bereft of ideas, i'm going for it again.

Calculate the Following:

Number of millilitres in a pint
(plus)
2 raised to the power 6 (2^6)
(divided by)
The Engine number of Gordon in Thomas the Tank Engine
(minus)
Treble 19.
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