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On this Day....28 September
van-smeiter Posted Oct 22, 2010
I'm not sure that the middle of the 18th century is correct. The words were sung to Louis XIV in 1686 (in French "Grand Dieu sauvez le roi, Grande Dieu vengez le roi" &c.) and the tune is attributed to Dr John Bull who was extant sixteenth/seventeeth centuries.
I suspect you're heading towards it's popularity during the 1745 Rebellion when it was sung in support of George II. The first known performance of words and music (as in the National Anthem we know today) was at the Drury Lane theatre in this year.
Leichtenstein has the same tune as God Save the King for her national anthem but the words are different. I know this because when England played Leichtenstein at football, it was memorable for being one of the few occassions when the English fans didn't boo the opposing team's national anthem!
Van 
On this Day....28 September
gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Oct 22, 2010
eats!
929AD is correct!
+3 to you
GT
On this Day....28 September
gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Oct 22, 2010
And again eats!!
Drury Lane Theatre is correct for another +3
The date as 1745 is also correct for a +3
For more points, who was the arranger???
GT
On this Day....28 September
pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? Posted Oct 23, 2010
It must have been Clayton Moore because he made his reputation as the lone arranger.
On this Day....28 September
van-smeiter Posted Oct 25, 2010
Boom boom.
Was it Thomas Arne or am I thinking of Rule Britannia? Somebody Carey is often credited with having written God Save the King but that has more to do with the claims of his son than any factual evidence.
van-smeiter (I only eats vermin at Hallowe'en 
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Oct 25, 2010
Well done Eats!!
It was indeed Thomas Arne!
Shiny +3 to you.
GT
On this Day....28 September
Geggs Posted Nov 15, 2010
Just out of interest, it was mentioned on the news on the 31st of October at a 2500th anniversery marathon was being held in Greece.
Which rather suggests that is the day, rather than 28th September.
Geggs
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Nov 15, 2010
Must not have taken 'Leap Years' into account, then!!!
GT
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Nov 21, 2010
Summary of the points!
Post 3 geggs: It was Marathon! +3
Post 5 pebbledrook: Phidippides was the name! +3
Harpo Marx was the Harpist. +3
Why 385 yards added to Marathon - +3 DGI
Post 7 Feisor: Marathon was 490BC. Correct +3
Harpo died in 1964. Correct +3
Harpo left his harp to the Nation of Israel.- +3 DGI
Post 21 bob: Wenceslas was the King. +3
Close to year. +1
Post 24 toybox: Killed by his brother. Correct +3
Post 25 bob: Brother's name was Boleslav. Correct +3
For supplemental info - +3DGI
Post 28 toybox: Beatles 
-5
Imagine -5
Post 44 toybox: Pope John Paul 1. Correct +3
Year was 1978. Correct +3
Post 54 toybox: God Save the Queen (King). Correct +3
Post 61 toybox: In a Cathedral. -5
Post 74 hygenic: In a Music Hall. Correct +3
Post 76 bob: Elizabeth was her first name. Correct +3
Post 78 bob: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. Correct +3
Post 80 van smelter: Wenceslas died 929AD. Correct +3
Post 81 van smelter: Drury Lane Theatre. Correct +3
First performed 1745. Correct +3
Post 85 van smelter: Music arranged by Thomas Arne. Correct +3
Thems the scores!
Will post to scoreboard later!
GT
On this Day....28 September
gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Nov 21, 2010
Scores duly posted...
GT
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- 81: van-smeiter (Oct 22, 2010)
- 82: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Oct 22, 2010)
- 83: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Oct 22, 2010)
- 84: pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? (Oct 23, 2010)
- 85: van-smeiter (Oct 25, 2010)
- 86: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Oct 25, 2010)
- 87: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 15, 2010)
- 88: Geggs (Nov 15, 2010)
- 89: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 15, 2010)
- 90: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 21, 2010)
- 91: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 21, 2010)
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