DaleCooper
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Franz Joseph
About time for another clue.@Peterthegreat says, King Boris; @DaleCooper, Franz Joseph. Neither, alas. (Taking it that Boris of Bulgaria is meant -- he was a great railway enthusiast, was he not? -- so he must have been a good guy .)
I've perhaps been a bit unkind -- our anti-hero is not a very well-known historical figure: just, he anyway used to have a certain amount of fame in stamp-collecting circles, because of his postmark-related craziness. (Hint -- this stuff happened when postage stamps were a very new invention.)
Yes, sorry -- I've been meaning to give one.About time for another clue.
Victor EmmanuelYes, sorry -- I've been meaning to give one.
Narrowing things down: the gent was doing his thing near the end of the time when Italy was a bunch of assorted different polities of one kind and another; he was a "big wheel" in one of those, in fact the biggest in that particular one.
Sounds like Machiavelli, but he was too early to issue stampsNope -- Garibaldi is generally reckoned a "goodie" in that milieu. Our guy was definitely a "baddie" (as well as a narcissist).
The clay was pressed four times before the bricks were fired.Next question:
Many bricks made by the London Brick Company were marked "PHORPRES". What was the significance of that legend?
NoThey contained Phosphorus?
So close but...the moulds were made by someone who couldn't spell "four"
That's it, your turn...The clay was pressed four times before the bricks were fired.
Had a school visit to the brickworks back in the 60s. I knew the info would come in useful one day.No
So close but...
That's it, your turn...
Fighting the Menoptera on Dr WhoWhere would you find a Zarbi?
That didn’t take long.Fighting the Menoptera on Dr Who
Remember there were other TV series within the Dr Who Universe.If memory serves me right, there were 2 K9 robot dogs,
Romana & Leela were the female characters both with Tom Baker as the Doctor.
that's the third mistressSarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane for thoseSarah Jane Smith. K9 also appeared in some David Tennant episodes but I can’t think which of his three assistants was with him at the time.
ThreeBut how many dogs?
No! More than thatThree
FourNo! More than that