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#63180 - 01/13/03 02:28 PM
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Can anyone tell me the answer to the following..... "Who had her left arm broken off in Madrid by vandals in September last year?"  Winning answer gets a virtual pat on the back from me and my eternal thanks! 
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#63181 - 01/13/03 02:32 PM
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Today's question mon Madrid is....... Madrid??  I'll refrain even though I know the answer to this simple question. That is if, in fact, it actually happened in September. (can't be too careful about TRICK questions.
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#63182 - 01/13/03 02:35 PM
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Oops! My fingers are too fat and I shouldn't have had the m in front! Must check the spelling in future! No catch, MM, but it's the last question in a quiz and I can't find the answer anywhere and it doesn't ring any bells at all. I can only think it refers to a statue in the city, or the Prado or somewhere like that?
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#63184 - 01/13/03 03:52 PM
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DING DING DING DING!! WE HAVE A WINNER!! 
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#63185 - 01/13/03 04:00 PM
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The Cibeles thingie wotsit?? Of course, I should have thought of that!! Well done, Jo, you get the Pat On The Back - hurrah! Er, what exactly happened then? (he says, still mystified )
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#63186 - 01/13/03 04:23 PM
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From http://www.ciudadrodrigo.net/digital/hojas/2002/05oct02.htm : CIBELES: Gran diosa, madre de toda vida. Se la considera la diosa de laTierra, de la fecundidad, del hogar y de la familia. En Pesinonte nació la leyenda del pastor Atis, del que la diosa se había enamorado, que enloqueció y murió después de haberse automutilado, pero resucitó más tarde, siendo transportado por Cibeles en su carro tirado por leones La pobre diosa no gana para sustos. Resulta que en una noche de juerga, unos jóvenes (ya se verá luego el adjetivo merecedor) quisieron bañarse en su fuente. Uno de ellos, más valiente y más atrevido, ataviado con un moderno calzoncillo, quiso, tal vez, alcanzar el cielo llegando a lo más alto de la diosa y, en su intento de ascensión, se apoyó en la mano izquierda de la señora y la rompió. Real More... 
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#63187 - 01/13/03 05:25 PM
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Thank you MM. I consider myself enlightened. I'll share the ten million Euro  prize with you and Jo-Anne, naturally! :p
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#63188 - 01/13/03 05:58 PM
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And for the bonus prize: Why is La Cibeles riding in a chariot? Hint: Go to Cibeles and ask the old man in the boina near the cuartel for the "answer".
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#63189 - 02/06/03 02:47 PM
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If you had had your hand broken off three times you'd feel entitled to ride in the chariot rather than walk too!
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