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The Knowledge.

BRAIN TEASER No 50

APRIL 2004

As this is the fiftieth Brain Teaser here are some questions with very obscure links to 50!

1. Which City Livery Company is fiftieth in order of seniority?
2. 50 Berkeley Square W1 is claimed to be the most haunted house in London. Apart from the ghosts, which British Prime Minister used to reside there?
3. This ‘House’, close to Buckingham Palace, was originally built for a young William IV in 1825. Which royal personage was born there in 1950? Clue, her grandmother died there.
4. He lived at 50 Lawford Rd NW5 and died in 1950. He wrote celebrated books including the autobiographical Down and out in Paris and London. Name him. Clue, he had the same surname as a Prime Minister.

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