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Q106: Where is it?

labrador road 26
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#1 · Posted: 3 Dec 2006 01:36
Sorry to all for the delay, but I had difficulties coming up with a new question.

Where is a leech being ghastly to dear old captain Haddock? This is sort of a Yamilah-question, so beware.
mondrian
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#2 · Posted: 3 Dec 2006 12:13
Nice question, that. And a question that foreign (non-english) language speakers might be able to answer.
Ranko
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#3 · Posted: 3 Dec 2006 20:27
Yes, good question Labrador.
I think I got this one as soon as I saw the name.

Dr. Leech concludes at the beginning of Red Rackham's Treasure that Archie has a bad liver and thus bans him from drinking any alcohol! It is indeed ghastly news as the treasure hunt is put in jeopardy. Personally I would have gotten a second opinion. I mean, a couple of beers out on deck while searching for the island, maybe throw a fishing line over the side... Bliss. :-)
labrador road 26
Member
#4 · Posted: 4 Dec 2006 08:10
Well done Ranko, the doctor A. Leech is exactly whom I was asking about. Your turn.

By the way, when I saw the name I thought of Archibald Leach which was the real name of actor Cary Grant who also shares his first name with the captain.
edcharlesadams
Trivia Challenge Score Keeper
#5 · Posted: 4 Dec 2006 17:56
when I saw the name I thought of Archibald Leach which was the real name of actor Cary Grant who also shares his first name with the captain.

And also the name of John Cleese's character in A Fish Called Wanda, named because Cleese and Cary Grant both grew up in Weston-super-Mare, UK.

Well done Ranko, the point goes to you.

Ed