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flash_uk wrote:Queen Mary's dollhouse.
I am very impressed by that guess. I didn't have a clue.
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I attended a presentation ceremony two weeks ago. Someone who received a presentation at that ceremony was among the dignitaries at this evening's Euro 2016 medal ceremony.

Who was that person?
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AHB wrote:
flash_uk wrote:Queen Mary's dollhouse.
I am very impressed by that guess. I didn't have a clue.
The story is documented in here.
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DRT wrote:I attended a presentation ceremony two weeks ago. Someone who received a presentation at that ceremony was among the dignitaries at this evening's Euro 2016 medal ceremony.

Who was that person?
Was it JDAW?
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AHB wrote:Was it JDAW?
Close, but no.
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I have a feeling we're going to need some clues...
(I blame you, Mike)

Rui Moreira?
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PhilW wrote:Rui Moreira?
No, but you guessed the correct profession and nationality. The man in question is shorter and more portly than Rui Moreira.
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António Costa
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flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Correct!
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DRT wrote:
flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Correct!
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flash_uk wrote:
DRT wrote:
flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Correct!
:roll:
Is the answer Constantinople?
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DRT wrote:
flash_uk wrote:
DRT wrote:
flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Correct!
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Is the answer Constantinople?
Correct!
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I was going to guess ‘clockwise’. Then decided that I wouldn’t because it would surely be marked correct, and I don’t have a question.

Derek’s question.
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jdaw1 wrote:I was going to guess ‘clockwise’. Then decided that I wouldn’t because it would surely be marked correct, and I don’t have a question.

Derek’s question.
Damn. Should my post be moved to the Elementary Schoolboy Errors thread?
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DRT wrote:Damn. Should my post be moved to the Elementary Schoolboy Errors thread?
No, but it could be quoted there.

Correct? Thought so. My question.

A book, not primarily about wine or port, remarks that “… the connoisseurs. Among such, tawny port was once a fashionable treat …”. What date is this book?
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Is this a book on gastronomy?
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1910
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It must be from the future, as tawny Port is still a fashionable treat.
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DRT wrote:Is this a book on gastronomy?
It discusses food, drink, clothing, exercise, and other matters, but is not about any of them.
Glenn E. wrote:It must be from the future, as tawny Port is still a fashionable treat.
Before then.
TLW wrote:1910
Before then.
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1840
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1888?
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The start of the Edwardian period, but only just; 1902.
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LGTrotter wrote:The start of the Edwardian period, but only just; 1902.
Before then.
DRT wrote:1888?
Before then.
flash_uk wrote:1840
Before then.

Which is why I liked the “tawny port was once a fashionable treat”.
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OK, I think the book is perhaps a Debrett's kind of thing, so I'll guess 1769, being the first year of Debrett's.
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1815?
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