Brit General Cinema Quiz.

[Donald the Great]

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in THE DAMBUSTERS what justification did Barnes wallis give for the use of a wellington bomber to test his bouncing bomb

Not as heavy as sthe other bombers?

[zabadak]

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in THE DAMBUSTERS what justification did Barnes wallis give for the use of a wellington bomber to test his bouncing bomb

More manoeuvrable?

[tex]

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Just a guess. Was it that by using a Wellington he wouldn't be taking up a Lancaster from operational duties so more likely to get an aircraft?

Logical guessing Staffs...but wrong.

[tex]

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Not as heavy as sthe other bombers?

Nah.

[tex]

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More manoeuvrable?

Nah.

[Donald the Great]

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Only one that could fit the round bomb?

[tex]

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NO. The answer is that Barnes wallis actually designed the Wellington bomber....someone else post.

[staffslad]

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Of course...he is so much associated with the bouncing bomb that his other work gets overlooked.

Name the two cinema films that Morecambe and Wise made in the 60s.

[staffslad]

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Correction. Name the three cinema films that Morecambe and Wise made in the 60s.

[Donald the Great]

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NO. The answer is that Barnes wallis actually designed the Wellington bomber....someone else post.

good one tex. Must have forgotten that from the Dambusters.

[Donald the Great]

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I watched one of them but cant remember name. They played spies from memory.something Assignment?

[staffslad]

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I watched one of them but cant remember name. They played spies from memory.something Assignment?

Not Assignment.

[Donald the Great]

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Wasnt one of their films a sort of Agatha Christie spoof? Set on a train.

[staffslad]

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Wasnt one of their films a sort of Agatha Christie spoof? Set on a train.

I think that may be one they made much later.

[zabadak]

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I know this one - The Magnificent Two, The Intelligence Men and That Riviera Touch!

OK, which universally panned Michael Caine film from the '70s is based on a book by Arthur Herzog?