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

i am sure i do not not the answer to that

and i am sure i am glad about that too

Thats a shame captain - you could have brought me a drink there!

Clue - it's a literary reference.

Gosho-Gee,
could it be
the canteen at Victory Mansions in
George Orwell's 1984

you see, lighthousegirl? who would want to be there?

Thats a good point although I seem to remember quite enjoying it being 1984

we were all a lot younger then

That's pretty close - right book, wrong venue.

The correct answer was the Chestnut Tree Cafe, but I'll accept your answer.


Q3: Who owns the Brighton Pavillion?

One source says that Queen victoria sold it to the town of Brighton.
Perhaps they still own it?

Looks like it.

In 1830, when George died, it was taken over by the young Queen Victoria. However, she felt that she was too close to the "tourists" in Brighton, and bought a new summer home on the Isle of Wight. In 1850, she sold the Pavilion to the town of Brighton, taking all its interior furnishings with her - even the wallpaper! The Pavilion was then used for a number of mundane purposes for the next century or so(including as a hospital for wounded Indian soldiers ). When the town of Brighton decided to restore the Pavilion in 1980, a plea was made to the monarchy, and Queen Elizabeth II has slowly unearthed and returned most of the original interior fittings, furniture and other embellishments.

good old lizzy

I will post an easy question tomorrow just to get us going again. GD will take over agin in due coure I hope.

I wonder if GD and Mari-Rae ran off together. That's two s that I haven't seen lately.

i would be quite astonished if that was the case

What do these combinations signify?

K626
D998
O138 (Non-O205)
BMV1126

Not too difficult I hope.

wonders if loosehead has the keys to the bubbly cabinet and whether this is Q4. Decides to answer anyway.
In the Oral History Collection (Archyives of the University of Ilinois cutter numbers were assigned to index the abstracts.
the numbers signify what Oral History Abstract is being referenced.

Shagbark - you are thinking along the right lines. Try whistling a happy tune too...............

They're pieces of music, by Mozart, Schubert, Gershwin and Bach respectively. Can't see a further connexion, though: the Mozart is the Requiem and the Schubert is the last number in the catalogue, but beyond that ...

(This does seem a wee bit tricky )