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  • mercia
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8920

    Pierre Laval was four times president of the council of ministers
    [and Laval is in Quebec]

    EDIT - Trois-Rives is in Quebec

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    • vinteuil
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 12761

      ... how many times was Ch de Gaulle President?
      His station is on that metro line - and he notoriously proclaimed "Quebec Libre!"

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      • Northender

        Laval is indeed in Quebec, as is Trois Rivières...keep going lads!

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        • mercia
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 8920

          ??? Eastman, Quebec ?

          [the direction of that metro journey ?]

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          • vinteuil
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 12761

            ... of course the Porte Dauphine -Nation line also takes one to Père Lachaise...

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            • Northender

              Porte Dauphine - Nation is just one line....
              (I'll be back in half-an-hour - that's not a clue, just a public service announcement!)
              Last edited by Guest; 04-08-12, 17:44.

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              • mercia
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 8920

                I'm stumped
                so we're looking for another Quebec municipality [of which there seem to be hundreds] which translates as ...... I'm not sure what ......... train lines .......... metro stations ............... or something ????

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                • Northender

                  Two of the clues lead to localities that have already been identified, while the third describes all of a transport system in one European capital and one line of a similar system in another. (Betjeman fans might be at an advantage here, although mercia has already given us the first part of the third element to the answer).
                  The three groups of musicians all earn their living in 'Q', which has also been identified.

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                  • Northender

                    The third element is not a locality, but the musicians concerned are, as in the other two cases, based in Quebec. All we need are the names of the three groups of musiciens québécquois concerned.
                    (I'll be back just after 2100)

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                    • amateur51

                      That's the trouble with you sophisticated metropolitan types, innit - too clever for your own good

                      It's yer gen-u-wine rhyming slang, innit - bobos = Bo Peep = sleep
                      Last edited by Guest; 04-08-12, 19:09. Reason: not good enough

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                      • amateur51

                        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                        Our lawyerly friend writes at 16:29.
                        The question was posed at 16:01.
                        And answered at 16:19...




                        Lawyers! dontcha just **** them


                        EDIT [I have been dealing with lawyers recently... ]
                        you tell him, vints - clock running at all times, you can be certain of that, I'm sure and treble on a Saturday

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26506

                          Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                          you tell him, vints - clock running at all times, you can be certain of that, I'm sure and treble on a Saturday


                          I hate you all!

                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • amateur51

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post


                            I hate you all!

                            Oh don't you take on so, young Sir, they be only playing with you all affectionate like

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26506

                              Revenge will be had in like style by-and-by, never you fear!

                              I have absolutely no clue about this puzzle!
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                              • Northender

                                What's the full name of the Paris underground system?

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