h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Egon. Being involved in the foundation of a band, and singing on more than half of their songs, for a total of nearly 8 years in the charts, to my mind makes Mr Webb a touch more than a 'guest vocalist'

And yes of course it's Three Girl Rhumba. The first time I ever heard the Elastica track on the radio I thought it was a cover version, and was shocked to find out that it wasn't.


Q2: Where did Napoleon formally surrender after Waterloo?

**sings ABBA song in head**

At Waterloo, Napolean did surrender...



Nope, I'm out.

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I didn't say he was aguest vocalist. but they were his backing band, rather than ta band he was actually *in*.

Scott King, however, was *IN* aband called the Shadows, and was lead vocalist.

So to mark "who was the lead vocalist of the Shadows? Scott KinG" incorrect seems odd.

Napoleon surrendered on board HMS Bellerophon, just off the port of Rochefort.

It is indeed fitting that Napoleon surrendered to the captain of the Bellerophon, instead of to Wellington or a famous Admiral. The nation of shopkeepers were the people who eventually defeated Napoleon, and the Bellerophon was not the flashy flagship of the period, but a typical, everyday 74 gun ship-of-the-line of the period, manned by the typical Briton, many of who had been shopkeepers before being pressed (drafted) into service.

Egon, I'm not arguing with you. I represent the management here, therefore unless I say I am wrong, I am always right. Got it

And yes you're right with the HMS thing-umy-jig.


Q3: What is the only duty of the Grachtenvisser branch of the Amsterdam police?

Are you sure yoou've spelt Grachtenvisser right? According to google, there isn't a single webpage on the entire web containing that word.

No?

Yes, it's finally a google proof answer, mind you google didn't really help the answer to the last question I tried did it?

Really? I get several hits telling me exactly what they do

I get: "Your search - Grachtenvisser - did not match any documents.
No pages were found containing "grachtenvisser"."

Add a 's'

The Amsterdam police have a special unit known as the 'Grachtenvissers' (canal fishers). They deal with the perpetual problem of cars and their passengers who have ended up in the canals.

It's always useful having a few Dutch folk hanging around in the thread


Q4: How many Oscars did Hitchcock win for Best Director?

None.

Hitchcock was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for his work on "Rebecca," but the Oscar that year went to John Ford for "The Grapes of Wrath." Later, Hitchcock was nominated for the Best Director Oscar four more times -- for "Lifeboat" (1944), "Spellbound" (1945), "Rear Window" (1954), and "Psycho" (1960) -- but the statuette was always taken home by another director.

Assuming you mean "*Alfred Hitchcock, and there are no other Hitchcocks who might have won one...

Then the answer is Zero.

Correct


Q5: Who wrote a song all about sixty-three pounds?

Sixty Guineas (=£63) is the ransom demand mentioned by Robert Louis Stevenson in "Kidnapped"

Has Andrew L-W plagiarised ANOTHER story into a West End musical hit????

maxwell shefield won't be pleased if he has

Don't look at me, I am just bookmarking.

Hmmm, yes. I think that it is high time that I dropped a clue or two

Don't get too bound up with the monetary use and definition of the word "pounds".