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looksee

They probably put salt in the Dutch ones!

Corkgirl18

looksee wrote: »

They probably put salt in the Dutch ones!

Salmiakki style!

looksee

I love liquorice, but drop - yuck.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Colour??

New Home wrote: »

\o/

Still on Haribo, what's the difference between the Haribo Liquorice Wheels sold here/in the UK, and those sold elsewhere in Europe?

New Home

No, no and no (and salmiak/salted liquorice Scandinavian-/Nordic-/Dutch-style is RANK!!).

IrishZeus

The Irish ones probably have actual liquor in them?

New Home

Liquor and Ice, surely! :pac:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Is one wound clockwise and the other anticlockwise? A pure wild last gasp of desperation guess.

looksee

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

Is one wound clockwise and the other anticlockwise? A pure wild last gasp of desperation guess.

If you turned it over it would go the opposite way?

Does one have one of those speckled round sweets in the middle and the other doesn't?

Its an entertaining question anyway NH!

New Home

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

Is one wound clockwise and the other anticlockwise? A pure wild last gasp of desperation guess.

I was just waiting for this one.

looksee wrote: »

If you turned it over it would go the opposite way?

Does one have one of those speckled round sweets in the middle and the other doesn't?

Its an entertaining question anyway NH!

Let me know if you've given up.

Corkgirl18

Spelling? Or called something different?

New Home

Not what I was looking for (well, ok, they would have different names in each country).

Go on, it's quite easy! All right, I'll give you a ball of yarn (:pac: see what I did there? :pac:): Looksee's guess was the closest.

looksee

Well I have seen the wheels with the sweetie in the middle, but not being familiar with continental ones I have no idea how they are different. I have a notion I have seen ones without the sweetie too, so that doesn't get me any further forward!

New Home

Not that, you mentioned salt.

The continental ones (but not the German ones, for some reason), don't contain gelatine, and never did (and they taste nicer).

Right - another question, similar to this one: what's the difference between a regular "continental" Fanta and a Fanta around here?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

Not that, you mentioned salt.

The continental ones (but not the German ones, for some reason), don't contain gelatine, and never did (and they taste nicer).

Right - another question, similar to this one: what's the difference between a regular "continental" Fanta and a Fanta around here?

No idea why but the orange fanta is a different colour on the continent.

New Home

Yep, and it tastes more like Orangina, too.

Your go, Srameen.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

Yep, and it tastes more like Orangina, too.

Your go, Srameen.

Oh! I didn't think that was the answer. Leave it with me...

New Home

It seems that the recipes of many "common" products are adjusted depending on their target audiences, and more's the pity - no consistency!!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What, specifically, connects Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse and Pope John XII?

New Home

Wild shot: did they all die on the same day in different years? Or, one of your favourites, were they all left-handed? :pac:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

Wild shot: did they all die on the same day in different years? Or, one of your favourites, were they all left-handed? :pac:

No neither.


I've run out of famous lefties.

New Home

They all met you? :pac:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

They all met you? :pac:

Not even one of them.

Corkgirl18

All members of the 27 club? The pope is throwing me off..

They all died at 27

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

All members of the 27 club? The pope is throwing me off..

They all died at 27

Correct. The pope is a lesser known member of the 27 club.

Corkgirl18

Who is Ronald Wayne?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The poor guy who sold his 10% founding share of Apple for something ridiculous like $1000?

Corkgirl18

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

The poor guy who sold his 10% founding share of Apple for something ridiculous like $1000?

Absolutely!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What connects Speedy Gonzales, Bugs Bunny, Barney Rubble, Daffy Duck and Tweety Bird?

looksee

You mean apart from them all being cartoon characters?

Ninja edit, Warner Brothers cartoons?

Ted_YNWA

Mel Brooks?

Mel Blanc ..

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Mel Brooks?

Mel Blanc ..

That's it. All voiced by Mel Blanc

Ted_YNWA

Had Mel B, but posted too fast.

Gimme a few mins to shake the little old grey cells into gear.

Ted_YNWA

Who was the shortest president in the world?

Time in office, I mean not like our own short in stature one.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Juarez of Mexico was tiny.

IrishZeus

I know William Harrison was the shortest serving US president. 31 days I think before he died. No idea if he was worldwide shortest.

feargale

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Who was the shortest president in the world?

Time in office, I mean not like our own short in stature one.

Dammit. I read that very recently. Was it in 1930s Austria?

Ted_YNWA

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

Juarez of Mexico was tiny.

Nope, Benito Juárez was there for a while.

IrishZeus wrote: »

I know William Harrison was the shortest serving US president. 31 days I think before he died. No idea if he was worldwide shortest.

He was shortest US President, there is someone else with a good bit shorter serve.

Ted_YNWA

feargale wrote: »

Dammit. I read that very recently. Was it in 1930s Austria?

Nope, on both timeframe & country.

New Home

Were they all voiced by the same actor?

EDIT: AAAAAAAnd... guess who skipped a whole page?!

New Home

Do Popes count, or are they more like kings?

Ted_YNWA

New Home wrote: »

Do Popes count, or are they more like kings?

This chap served an even shorter period than shortest reigning pope.

Not going to mention who that is in case I spoil a future question by someone

feargale

I owe a question from a little time back.

Who was the only American who at different times was governor of two different U.S states?

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

I owe a question from a little time back.

Who was the only American who at different times was governor of two different U.S states?

Always remember this one for the name. Stuck in my head due to him being governor of Texas (Houston) and carrying the quintessential American idol name of Uncle Sam.

Sam Houston - Governor of Tennessee and Texas

feargale

IrishZeus wrote: »

Always remember this one for the name. Stuck in my head due to him being governor of Texas (Houston) and carrying the quintessential American idol name of Uncle Sam.

Sam Houston - Governor of Tennessee and Texas

Well done, sir. I wodered if it was too obscure to ask.

Beasty

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

This chap served an even shorter period than shortest reigning pope.

Not going to mention who that is in case I spoil a future question by someone

So I guess they were either assassinated, overthrown or died of stagefright when being sworn in. That points towards Latin America or Africa for me, but who and where are the basic facts I'm struggling with:pac:

what substance killed soldiers at ypres but saved more lives world wide afterwards!!!

feargale

Beasty wrote: »

So I guess they were either assassinated, overthrown or died of stagefright when being sworn in. That points towards Latin America or Africa for me, but who and where are the basic facts I'm struggling with:pac:

If I remember somebody came in on an interim basis and voluntarily resigned after about half an hour. Sudan?

Ted_YNWA

Beasty wrote:

So I guess they were either assassinated, overthrown or died of stagefright when being sworn in. That points towards Latin America or Africa for me, but who and where are the basic facts I'm struggling with

Yep, you have all the facts there bar the name.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

rusty cole wrote: »

what substance killed soldiers at ypres but saved more lives world wide afterwards!!!

Chlorine killed my uncle there, so in his honour, I'll say Chlorine.