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cathyml
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Posted at 21:25 on 7th May 2011
Was the VIP American or British or ?
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Marjorie Pope
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Posted at 21:33 on 7th May 2011
American     And perhaps I should have said she sang unofficially.
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cathyml
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Posted at 22:01 on 7th May 2011

Ahhh.  Was it Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to JFK?

If it was Marilyn then her real name was Norma Jean Mortenson and she was married to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller (2 out of 3) lol

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Marjorie Pope
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Posted at 08:53 on 8th May 2011
Yes, it was Marilyn Monroe.    Your turn.......
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cathyml
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Posted at 09:02 on 8th May 2011

Thanks Marjorie, and good morning to you, I hope you will have a wonderful day Smile

This famous lady of old history was responsible for burning Londinium to the ground as part of an uprising against occupying forces.

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cathyml
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Posted at 19:02 on 10th May 2011

Is this question too hard? 

Better add another clue - she was a Queen in AD.....

 

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Brenda Harvey
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Posted at 03:44 on 11th May 2011
Cathyml, I think I have the answer to this, but if it's correct, I know it only because I looked it up on the Internet. I was interested in your question so I read about Queen Boudicca (saw several different spellings of her name) who was a Celt who fought against the Romans, burning Londinium in the process. Is that right?
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cathyml
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Posted at 06:37 on 11th May 2011

With all the information available on the internet I don't see why we shouldn't use it!!

The questions are just to spark an interest and I think it is fun to find out more.

You will be happy to know that you are quite correct (and yes there are several spellings of her name).  Seems she was quite a woman!!

So Brenda Congratulations, it's your turn to think up a questionSmile

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Brenda Harvey
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Posted at 15:25 on 11th May 2011

Thanks, Cathy, but next time I'll try to figure it out on my own. British history is tough for us Americans. There's so much of it!

Here's my question. He is a well known musician who in 1970 was invited to write a concerto for his instrument to be played with the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Andre Previn. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best original musical score for the movie Ghandi. Who is he?  

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Brenda Harvey
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Posted at 18:29 on 12th May 2011

I see no one's answered my question so I'll put a clue in. He was a mentor to George Harrison and the Beatles when they traveled to India. George collaborated with him on a number of musical collections. 

 

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