A Conversation for The Quite Interesting Society

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Post 41

Rod

Q:
I was the first!

The first what?
When was I first?
Where was I the first?


Klaxons:
. marathon
. Citröen
. Cadbury
. h2g2
. zips

DGI:
. a Company
. flies
. flies/flys or flew!!

Clues:
. First of its kind in the UK



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Post 42

gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA

That's about it so far Rod!!


smiley - smiley
GT


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Post 43

Rod

I think post41 is called displacement activity


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Post 44

gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA

smiley - okRod!


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GT


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Post 45

shagbark

Would I be right in guessing that this company was there before WW2?


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Post 46

shagbark

Oh and rod left out : Not a computer.


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Post 47

gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA

Pre WWII Shagbark??


No!



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GT


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Post 48

Deadangel - Still not dead, just!

Was it Glocester - The maker of the Meteor (sp?) The first British Jet Plane?


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Post 49

shagbark

Has this QI been abandoned?
If not does it have anything to do with fibre optics?


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Post 50

MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship.

Genetics?
Drosphola. smiley - sorry Daren't google for spelling!!!

The basis of genetics? And genetic deformities like eye colour, wings or no wings, 6 legs or more or less!

Really smiley - yikes stuff, but the forerunner of gene testing.

MMF

smiley - musicalnote


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Post 51

gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA

Nudge, Nudge!!!!

Clue time!!

It is a 'shop'!

It sells!

'What'??


Mine was first, there are now establishments all over the UK!!!


Try again!

smiley - smiley
GT



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Post 52

Deadangel - Still not dead, just!

First supermarket?


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Post 53

shagbark

First Pyhoto studio?


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Post 54

shagbark

that would be pre-WWII.
He said it wasn't.
A shop started after WWII selling...contraceptives?


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Post 55

shagbark

Or perhaps a video store.


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Post 56

gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA

Supermarket, deadangel?

Tut, Tut!

Wrong, smiley - bluelight -5

smiley - sorry!
GT

All others wrong too, but no more klaxons.........


YET!!!!!!


smiley - smiley
GT


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Post 57

shagbark

So smiley - puff
Klaxons:
. marathon
. Citröen
. Cadbury
. h2g2
. zips
. supermarket
DGI:
. a Company
. flies
. flies/flys or flew!!

Clues:
. First of its kind in the UK
. not pre WWII
. a shop (not a person) now found in many places.
.not a video store.


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Post 58

gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA

Correct Shagbark!


Something to get your teeth into, isn't it???



smiley - biggrin
GT


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Post 59

shagbark

a flying dentist's office?


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Post 60

Rosemary - reincarnated courtesy of BBCiD

Something travel agent related?


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