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by Peter Gill


  Baltimore, 1, 2

  Barbados, 1, 2, 3

  Barclaycard, 1

  Barn-megaparsec, 1

  Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, 1

  Bartholdi, Frédéric, 1

  Baseball, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Basketball, 1

  Baudoin, King, 1

  Bay of Pigs, 1

  BBC, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  Beatles (The), 1, 2

  Beedle the Bard, 1

  Beijing, 1

  Belgium, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Bell, ‘Cool Papa’, 1

  Belson, Jane, 1

  Benchley, Peter, 1

  Benfica, 1

  Bennelong Point, Sydney, 1

  Bennett, Ronnie, 1

  Berkeley Square, 1

  Berlitz, Charles, 1

  Berlusconi, Marina, 1

  Bermuda Triangle (The), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Berra, Yogi, 1

  Best Western, 1

  Bible (The), 1

  Big Ear (The), 1

  Big Horn Mountains, 1

  Big Mac, 1

  Biggs, Ronnie, 1, 2

  bin Laden, Osama, 1

  Bird, Peter, 1

  Birmingham, Alabama, 1

  Birmingham, England, 1

  Black Sabbath, 1

  Blackadder, 1

  Blackmore, Richie, 1

  Blackpool Beach, Lancashire, 1

  Blaine, David, 1

  Blue Riband, 1

  Blyton, Enid, 1

  BMI, 1

  Bodyline Series (The), 1

  Boeing, 1

  Bohemian Rhapsody, 1, 2

  Bolero, Ravel, 1

  Bolivia, 1

  Bond, James, 1, 2

  Bonds, Barry, 1

  Bonzo Dog Doo–Dah Band, 1

  Book Club, BBC Radio, 1

  Booth, John Wilkes, 1

  Boston, Massachusetts, 1

  Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1, 2

  Bradman, Sir Donald, 1, 2, 3

  Brando, Marlon, 1

  Brazil, 1, 2

  Brett, Simon, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Brezhnev, President, 1

  Brin, Sergey, 1

  Brinks–Mat Robbery, 1

  Britain, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  British Museum, 1, 2

  Brixton, Prison, 1

  Broadway, New York, 1

  Brooklyn Dodgers, 1

  Brooks, Kix, 1

  Brosnan, Pierce, 1

  Buell, Mrs Henry, 1

  Bundaberg Rum, 1

  Burmese Red Junglefowl, 1

  Burning Mountain, Dudweiler, 1

  Burton, Sir Richard Francis, 1

  Bush, Kate, 1

  Bussanmas, Ken, 1

  Butariti, 1

  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1

  Bute, Earl of, 1

  Butler, Fiona, 1

  Calcium, 1

  Cambridge, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Cameron, David, 1

  Camposelice

  Duchess of, 1

  Duke of, 1

  Canada, 1, 2, 3

  Cantata on Christ’s Grave, Mozart, 1

  Canterbury, Kent, 1

  Canyonlands National Park, 1

  Cape Canaveral, 1, 2

  Capitol Building, 1, 2

  Capone, Al, 1

  Caribbean, 1

  Carlson, Evans, 1

  Carroll, Lewis, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Casanova, 1

  Castro, Fidel, 1

  Catshill, Worcs, 1

  Cayambe, Ecuador, 1

  Centralia, Pennsylvania, 1

  CERN, 1, 2

  Chadwick, Henry, 1

  Challenger, 1

  Chamberlain, Wilt, 1

  Chaplin, Charlie, 1

  Chaplin, Charlie Jr, 1

  Chapman, Mark, 1

  Chariots of Fire, 1, 2

  Charleston, Oscar, 1

  Charlton, Bobby (Sir), 1

  Chase, Owen, 1

  Chase, Salmon P., 1

  Chatwin, Bruce, 1

  Chicago, 1

  Chimborazo (Mount), Ecuador, 1

  China, 1, 2

  Cholila Valley, Argentina, 1

  Christie’s, 1

  Christmas Disease, 1

  Christmas, Stephen, 1

  CIA, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Circular Quay, Sydney, 1

  Civil War, American, 1, 2, 3

  Clarkson, Jeremy, 1

  Cleese, John, 1, 2

  Clermont Club (The), 1

  Cleveland Indians, 1

  Clinton, Bill, 1

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1, 2, 3

  CN Tower, 1

  Cobb, Ty, 1, 2, 3

  Cockburn, Sir George, 1

  Cockfosters, 1

  Coffin, Owen, 1

  Cointreau, 1

  Coke, 1, 2

  Coldplay, 1

  Coleman, Gary, 1

  Columbia, 1

  Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur, 1

  Concorde, 1

  Concordski (TU), 1

  Constant, David ‘Connie’, 1

  Cook Islands, 1

  Cook, Captain James, 1

  Cook, Elizabeth, 1

  Cool Hand Luke, 1

  Corona, New Mexico, 1

  Costello, Elvis, 1

  Court, Margaret, 1

  Cox, Brian (Prof.), 1, 2

  Crawfordsville Weekly Argus, 1

  Cricket, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Crippen (Dr), 1

  Crosby, Bing, 1

  Croton Oil, 1

  Crude Oil, 1

  Cuba, 1

  Cumbria, England, 1

  Cunard, 1

  Czolgosz, Leon, 1

  Danish pornography, 1

  The Dark Side of the Moon, 1, 2

  Darwin, Charles, 1, 2, 3

  David, Hal, 1

  Davis, Charles, 1

  Davis, John, 1

  Dawkins, Richard (Prof.), 1

  Deep Blue, 1

  Deep Purple, 1

  Deep Thought, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Defoe, Daniel, 1

  Delaware, Ohio, 1, 2

  Delligatti, Jim, 1

  Dennis, Felix, 1

  Derby, 1

  Desert Island Discs, 1, 2

  Deutsche Bahn, 1

  Devon, England, 1

  Dew, Walter (Insp.), 1

  Diana, Princess of Wales, 1

  Dickens, Charles, 1

  Dictionary of the English Language, 1

  Dilithium, 1

  DiMaggio, Joe, 1

  Dirac, Paul, 1

  Dire Straits, 1

  Discworld, 1

  Disney, 1

  Dobin, Sam, 1

  Doctor Who, 1, 2, 3

  Dollar, 1, 2, 3

  Don’t Panic, 1

  Dorset, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Dorset, Ray, 1

  Dracula, 1

  du Pré, Jacqueline, 1

  du Sautoy, Marcus (Prof.), 1

  Dublin, Ireland, 1

  Duckworth-Lewis (method), 1

  Duffy, Hugh, 1

  Durian fruit, 1

  Dylan, (His Bobness), 1, 2

  Dynamite, 1

  E = mc2, 1, 2

  E.V. Haughwout Building, 1

  Easter Island, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Ebbets Field, 1

  ebook, 1

  Ecuador, 1

  Edinburgh, Scotland, 1, 2

  Edward VII, King, 1, 2

  Edward VIII, King, 1

  Edward, Prince, 1

  Edwards Air Force Base, 1

  Edwards, Blake, 1

  Egyptian Ma’at Law, 1

  Ehrman, Jerry (Dr), 1

  Eiffel Tower, Paris, 257

  Einstein, Albert, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Eisenhower, President, 1

  Elizabeth II, Queen, 1, 2, 3

  Elliott, Martin, 1

  Empress of Ireland RMS, 1

  Enewatek Atoll, 1

  England, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,

  Englehardt
, Charles W. (Jr), 1

  English Triple Crown, 1

  Equity, 1

  Eric von Contrick, 1, 2

  Eros (Anteros), 1

  Essex, 1

  Europe on Five Dollars a Day, 1

  European Cup, 1

  European ELT—Extremely Large Telescope, 1

  Eusebio, 1

  Exeter, 1

  Falkland Islands, 1

  Falklands Conflict, 1

  Fantastic Films, 1

  Farrand, Phil, 1

  Fat Man, 1

  Fayed, Dodi, 1

  FBI, 1, 2

  Federer, Roger, 1

  Fermi, Enrico, 1

  Ferris, George Washington, 1

  Feynman, Richard, 1

  Fez, Morocco, 1

  Fifth Avenue, New York, 1

  Finding Nemo, 1

  Fitzgerald, Ella, 1

  Fleming, Ian, 1

  Flight 1, 2

  Flying fox, 1

  Foie gras, 1

  Football, 1

  Forbes magazine, 1, 2

  Ford, Model–T, 1

  Forgotten Raiders of ’1, 2

  Forshaw, Jeff (Prof.), 1

  Fort McHenry, 1, 2, 3

  Forty-Two Gang (The), 1

  France, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Frankenstein, 1

  Fraser, Mad Frankie, 1

  Friendly Islands, 1

  Fröbe, Gert, 1

  Frommer, Arthur, 1

  Fry, Stephen, 1, 2, 3

  Gaiman, Neil, 1

  Galileo, 1

  Galton, Sir Francis, 1

  Gates, Bill, 1, 2

  Gauguin, Paul, 1

  Geneva, Switzerland, 1

  George VI, King, 1

  Germany, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Gestapo, 1

  Giancana, Sam, 1

  Gibson, Josh, 1

  Gillard, Julia, 1

  Gilliam, Terry, 1

  Gilligan’s Island, 1

  Gilmour, Ian, 1

  Ginsters, 1

  Gladwell, Malcolm, 1

  Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, 1

  God, 1

  Golden Gate Bridge, 1

  Goldeneye, 1

  Goldfinger, 1

  Goldman, William, 1

  Golf, 1, 2

  Gonzalo, Infante, 1

  Google, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Googleplex, 1

  Gore–Tex, 1

  Gorgonzala, 1

  GrabMusik, Mozart, 1

  Graceland, 1, 2

  Graf, Steffi, 1

  Graff Jewellery, 1

  GRB 090423, 1

  Great Attractor (The), 1

  Great Court Run, 1

  Great Garrison Flag, 1

  Great Isaac Lighthouse Incident, 1

  Great Ocean Road, 1

  Great Pyramid, 1

  Great Train Robbery (The), 1

  Great White Shark, 1

  Greece, 1

  Greene, Graham, 1

  Gretzky, Wayne, 1

  Groening, Matt, 1

  Groundhog Day, 1

  Grylls, Bear, 1

  Guarneri, 1

  Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1

  Gung ho, 1

  Gutenberg Bible, 1

  Gutenburg, Johannes, 1

  Guyots, 1

  H2G2, 1

  Hadley, Mick, 1

  Haemophilia, 1

  Hahn, Otto, 1

  Hamblin, John, 1

  Hamburg, 1

  Hanks, Tom, 1

  Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1

  Harvard Great Refractor, 1

  Harvard University, 1, 2

  Hawaii, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Hawking, Stephen, 1, 2, 3

  Heft, Bob, 1

  Hemingway, Ernest, 1

  Hendrix, Jimi, 1

  Hercules, ARA, 1

  Higgs’ boson, 1

  High Noon, 1

  Highgate Cemetery, 1

  Hiroshima, 1

  Hitch-hiker’s Guide to Europe, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Hitler, Adolf, 1, 2, 3

  Hoffman, Abbie, 1

  Hoffman, Dustin, 1

  Hole in the Wall, 1

  Hole in The Wall Club, 1

  Hollywood, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Holy Roman Empire, 1

  Honolulu, Hawaii, 1, 2

  Hornsby, Rogers, 1, 2

  House Select Committee on Assassinations, 1

  How Not To Be Seen, 1

  Hubble Constant (The) 1

  Hungary, 1, 2

  Hurst, Sir Geoff, 1

  Hydra Centaurus, 1

  Hydra, Greece, 1

  Hyper-inflation, 1

  I Got You Babe, 1

  I, Robot, 1

  Ice Hockey, 1

  Icelandic rotted shark, 1

  In Patagonia, 1

  In the Summertime, 1

  Incunabula, 1

  Intel, 1

  International Mercantile Marine (IMM), 1

  iPad, 1

  Isle of Wight, 1

  Ismay, ‘Baccy’, 1

  Ismay, J. Bruce, 1, 2

  Istanbul, Turkey, 1, 2

  Izzard, Eddie, 1

  Jackie Robinson, 1, 2

  Jackman, Chris and Grace, 1

  Jackson, Michael, 1, 2

  James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, 1

  Japan, 1

  Jardine, Douglas, 1, 2

  Jaws, 1

  Jesse Windows, 1

  Jesus, 1

  Jodphur, Pakistan, 1

  Johnson, Samuel, 1

  Johnston organ (The), 1

  Jolson, Al, 1

  Jordan, Michael, 1

  Jules Rimet Trophy, 1

  Jumpin’ Jack Flash, 1

  Kama Sutra (The), 1

  Kate Bush, 1

  Keck, W.M., 1

  Keeling Curve (The), 1

  Keeling, Charles, 1

  Keightley, Chris, 1

  Kendall, Henry, 1

  Kennedy, President, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Kennedy, Robert, 1

  Kermit the Frog, 1, 2

  Kerouac, Jack, 1

  Ketama, Morocco, 1

  Khoikhoi, 1

  Kindle, 1, 2

  King, Martin Luther (Dr), 1

  Kingsford-Smith, Charles, 1

  Kiribati, 1

  Kirikiti, 1

  Kirk, Captain, 1

  Kissinger, Henry, 1

  Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, 1

  Köchel catalogue, 1

  Kola Superdeep Borehole, 1

  Korea, 1

  Korean War, 1

  Krakatoa, 1

  Kramer, Stanley, 1

  Kray Twins (The), 1, 2

  Kray, Charles, 1

  Kubrick, Stanley, 1, 2

  Kurnell, Sydney, 1

  Lajoie, Nap, 1, 2

  Lake Montauk, 1

  Langevin, 1

  Larcum Kendall K1, 2

  Large Hadron Collider (LHC), 1, 2

  Larwood, Harold, 1, 2, 3

  Lawley, Sue, 1

  Lego, 1

  Lemieux, Mario, 1

  Lemmon, Jack, 1

  Lennon, John, 1, 2

  Leonard, Buck, 1

  Level 1, 2, 3, 4

  Lewis and Clark, 1

  Libra, 1

  Ligeti, György, 1

  Lightyear, Buzz, 1

  Lincoln, President Abraham, 1, 2

  Lithuania, 1

  Little Mermaid, Copenhagen, 1

  Livingstone, David, 1

  Lloyd, John, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Lloyds Insurers, 1

  Lockheed Starfighter, 1

  Loire, 1

  London, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

  London Eye, 1

  Lonely Planet Guide, 1

  Lorraine Motel, Memphis, 1

  Los Angeles, California, 1

  Lost, 1

  Louvre (The), 1, 2

  Lovell, James, 1

  Lübeck, Germany, 1

  Lucan, Lor
d, 1

  Lynch, Grayston, 1

  M42, 1

  M55, 1

  Ma, Yo-Yo, 1

  Macbeth, 1

  Madang, 1

  Mainz, 1

  Makin Island, 1

  Man Booker Prize, 1

  Mana, 1, 2

  Manchester, England, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Manchester United, 1

  Manchester University, 1

  Manhattan Project (The), 1

  Mantle, Mickey, 1

  Marathon, 1

  Marianas Trench, 1

  Marlborough Diamond, 1

  Marley, Bob, 1

  Marvin, The Paranoid Android, 1

  Mary Celeste, 1

  Mass in B Minor, JS Bach 1

  Matterhorn (The), 1

  Matthews, Sir Stanley, 1

  Mauna Kea, Hawai’i, Hawaii, 1

  Mauna Loa, Hawai’i, Hawaii, 1

  Mauretania, RMS, 1

  Mayfair, 1

  McCartney, Sir Paul, 1, 2

  McDonald’s, 1, 2

  McGwire, Mark, 1

  McVitie, Jack, 1

  Mears, Ray, 1

  Meitner, Lise, 1

  Melbourne, 1

  Melville, Herman, 1

  Memphis, 1, 2, 3

  Merkel, Angela, 1

  Merritt Island, 1

  Messier, Charles, 1

  Metro (The), 1

  Mexico, 1

  MG, 1

  Miami, 1

  Michelangelo, 1

  Microfortnight, 1

  Microsoft, 1, 2, 3

  Midnight Cowboy, 1

  ‘Mike’, 1

  Miliband, Ed, 1

  Milky Way, 1

  Milligan, Spike, 1

  Milli-helens, 1

  Milliways, 1

  Milne, AA, 1

  Minogue, Danii, 1

  Minogue, Kylie, 1, 2

  Mississippi, State, 1

  Mississippi, River, 1

  Mitchell, RJ, 1

  Moai, 1, 2

  Moby Dick, 1

  Molybdenum, 1, 2

  Monopoly, 1

  Montecito, California, 1

  Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, 1

  Montrose, SS, 1

  Monty Python, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Moonbow, 1

  Moore, Dudley, 1

  Moorgate Control, 1

  Moorgate Station, 1

  Morecambe, Lancashire, 1

  Morgan, J. Pierpoint, 1, 2

  Mosquito, 1

  Mount Everest, 1

  Mountain, 1, 2

  Mozart, 1

  Mt Rushmore, South Dakota, 1, 2

  Mulder, Fox, 1

  Müller, Heinrich, 1

  Mundus, Frank, 1

  Murray, Bill, 1

  Mussorgsky, Modest, 1

  Na’alehu, Hawai’i, Hawaii, 1, 2

  Nagasaki, Japan, 1, 2

  Namibia, 1

  Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin), 1

  NASA, 1, 2

  Nash, Elizabeth, 1

  Navigator Islands, 1

  Negro League, 1

  Neil Innes, 1

  New Mexico, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  New Scientist, 1

  New York, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  New Zealand, 1, 2

  Newfoundland, 1

  Newhaven, West Sussex, 1

  Newhouse, Benjamin, 1

  Newman, Paul, 1, 2

  News of the World, 1

 

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