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Someone somewhere on the internet announced that he was the king now and he wanted a sandwich. "He also wondered where his brother Richard was.) And he wrote a poem about it. Who?

John M. Ford?

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007996.html

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That's it, and for a while on Tuesday it was the only website I could view cos my ISP got hacked and their DNS servers got banjaxed... But that's it, your go!

Ouch, sounds nasty

Lemme think, I'll post something shortly.

The largest man made structure was taller than the Statue of Liberty in 2001 by how many meters?

Irony?

The Fresh Kills Landfill in New York City.

" Opened in 1948, it became one of the largest refuse heaps in human history. The site is 12 square km (4.6 square miles) in area; and when operational twenty barges, each carrying 650 tons of rubbish, were shipped in every day. Had Fresh Kills stayed open as long as originally planned it would have grown to be the highest point on the East Coast of the United States. It could be regarded as being the largest man-made structure on Earth, with the site's volume eventually exceeding the Great Wall of China. In fact in 2001 its peak was 25 meters taller than the Statue of Liberty. "



EDIT: Oh, sorry, the answer is 25 meters, lol.

Correct!

Your go!

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Goodness, been only a little while and this is already on page 2!


Okay, will return in a few minutes after I feel a good one

Who was the first king to be called "The Great"?


Maybe not so difficult, but oh well.

Complete guess: Alfred?

(Secondary guess: Ethelred)

Ta hell with guesses... Just looked it up: Cyrus II of Persia. Alexander the Great wasn't known as the Great during his time, but that may be your answer as well.

Edited at 00:46 Fri 17/07/09 (BST)

It was Alexander the Great, according to my research, but maybe I didn't look it up well enough. Your go then Clooney

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A certain Holy Roman Emperor declared himself as king of the Romans and above... what? This happened at the Council of Constance in 1414.

"It condemns the said person, by this same sentence, to stay and remain in a good and suitable place, in the name of this sacred general council, in the safe custody of the most serene prince lord Sigismund, king of the Romans and of Hungary, etc"

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/councils/ecum16.htm

Not too sure though thats the website i got it off

Good hunting, but the question is he declared himself king of the Romans and above... something. What was the something?

And http://www.papalencyclicals.net/councils/ecum16.htm is dead, by the way.

king of the Romans and of Hungary, etc., and most devoted advocate and defender of the universal church, as long as it seems to the said general council to be for the good of the unity of God's church that he should be so condemned. The said council reserves the right to declare and inflict other punishments that should be imposed for the said crimes and faults in accordance with canonical sanctions, according as the rigour of justice or the counsel of mercy may advise.

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Councils/ecum16.htm

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