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Gimbal Locke gets ten pointz from ze Belgian jury! :D
Can Belgians give points to Belgians :?:


New question: a human, his robot, his spaceship and several aliens are stuck on a planet.

What is the name of this planet (which is the title of the novel too)?
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Can Belgians give points to Belgians :?:
Chocolate might be better :D
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In this weather, I prefer a Belgian beer! :P
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In this weather, I prefer a Belgian beer! :P
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Could it be "Shakespeare's Planet" By Clifford D. Simak?
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Gimbal Locke wrote:
New question: a human, his robot, his spaceship and several aliens are stuck on a planet.

What is the name of this planet (which is the title of the novel too)?
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Could it be "Shakespeare's Planet" By Clifford D. Simak?
Fatleaf impresses with a fast and correct answer :!: :!:

BTW, I just found the book online in PDF format.

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Which film is this quote taken from:

"My right arms offend me, I will cut them off!"
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John Carter?
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Well that didn't last long :roll:

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Lol I've never actually seen the film John Carter, just googled it! :lol:

When a natural phenomenon occurs and impairs one of the senses of most of the human race, another species starts to rise and gain control of the planet...

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The Day of the Triffids, published in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, under the pen-name John Wyndham.
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Lol yeah that's right. Was an easyish one but I did try to make it hard...

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Dang! One of my favorite novels!
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In which film does a football star survive a gas chamber and defeat an emperor?
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Flash Gordon?
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