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Old 28-10-2005, 19:08   #31
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12. What is the usual name for a gun with multiple rotating barrels

Gatling

13. Which bridge did Billy Joe McAllister jump off, in the song by Bobbie Gentry?

Tallahassee Bridge

17. Which Dutch artist was famous for his woodcuts of mathematically inspired tessellations?

MC Escher.
#12 & #17 correct, #13 not quite right on the spelling
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7 isaac Asimov?
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Old 28-10-2005, 19:08   #33
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jpr williams ??
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6) dr strangelove ?
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Old 28-10-2005, 19:09   #35
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Old 28-10-2005, 19:09   #36
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13. Which bridge did Billy Joe McAllister jump off, in the song by Bobbie Gentry?
Tallahassee Bridge
#13 not quite right on the spelling
So remove l's s's or e's to taste
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18. Which 1973, low budget Sci-Fi film involved four bored astronauts & a talking bomb?

Dark Star

20. Whoââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s †˜razorâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Å ¾Ã‚¢ can be stated as †˜given two equally predictive theories, choose the simpler.ââ‚à ƒ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢?

William of Okham or Occam
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Old 28-10-2005, 19:10   #38
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6) dr strangelove ?

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Old 28-10-2005, 19:13   #39
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Well, that's all of my inspiration used up for the day ....
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Old 28-10-2005, 19:15   #41
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can I have a bonus point if I don't know any ?
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13. Talahassee?

14. Carnuba gum?
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can I have a bonus point if I don't know any ?
good try, but no
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