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

France is named after the Franks, a German tribe that occupied the area around Paris years and years ago.

Germans keep trying to do that.

Paris contains a hotel that is part of the Hilton chain of hotels.

RF

The Hilton in Dubai has a rather snazzy helipad on the roof.

the helipad on the burj el arab hotel featured in that tennis advert

I've heard that "love" in tennis comes from the French for egg (l'oeuf), an egg resembling a nought in shape. This may or may not be true.

It is true.

and 'deuce' came from 1912 wimbledon champ Harry Thenet who was heard to exclaim "how the deuce is this oeff still level?"

In 1912...(you know the rest).

Kate Winslet was born in Reading.

King Henry I is buried at Reading Abbey although not his eyes, tongue, heart, ears and bowels. They're buried in Rouen, France.

not to be a killjoy, but this thread moves too fast and the linking to the previous thread kills the opportunity to correct errors, and there seems to be a quite a few of them.

i can't see how a challenge can work without killing the notion of linking.

The Rouen (or Rhone) Duck has similar plumage to its relative, the wild mallard.

I think it works ok, most of them link directly or indirectly and the odd misplaced posting makes it more of a challenge, to try to figure out the link

I dont have a problem with how it's going, though it isnt perfect.

The wild mallard tastes good with a nice sharp rhubarb jelly...

Just be careful not to cut yourself on that sharp jelly.

It's ok if you do, a bit of human blood improves the flavour, I find...

Robyn sounds like she could be from Transylvania. Do you like steaks?

Blood can be blue as well as red.


About post 111, you could try just posting your amendments. In a way that is linking back, actually, although it may be linked to a post further back than the previous one.

Or perhaps you could post a reply to the previous post and then add your correction as an afterthought. We're here to learn, after all.

medium with chips and a nice salad...

forget the steak and chips, a roquefort pear salad is delicous

Ew. not a fan of pears. I like the juice, I dont like the texture.

I like firm white grapes and cheddar as a snack