David Meadows
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Deep Purple Mastermind
Just read the BBC "Mastermind" questions in Darker Than Blue (yeah, I read very slowly). Not counting the dodgy question, I got 14 out of 16.
I suppose everybody else got all 16? 
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24/5/2004, 13:04
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purpletemple
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Re: Deep Purple Mastermind
Was that the show where they said Graham Bonnet had been a replacement for Gillan in 73?
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24/5/2004, 13:12
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David Meadows
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Re: Deep Purple Mastermind
Yes 
Apparently Simon Robinson complained to the BBC and they admitted their researchers had made a mistake 
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24/5/2004, 13:32
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MrEd45
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Re: Deep Purple Mastermind
...okay, I'm bored...time for a question:
What was the amount of the award that HEC Enterprises + Deep Purple were awarded in thier victoriuos lawsuit against Rod Evans + the promo company that concocted the "Bogus Deep Purple 1980" fiasco?
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27/2/2005, 21:27
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LakeGeneva
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Re: Deep Purple Mastermind
About £600k?. However, my memory is terribe because I only read this a couple of weeks ago in "The Deep Purple Story " !
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28/2/2005, 11:29
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Milan Fahrnholz
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Re: Deep Purple Mastermind
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MrEd45 wrote:
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LakeGeneva wrote:
About £600k?.
How much is that in normal - by that I mean American  / - money?
Something about $ 900.
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28/2/2005, 15:18
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Milan Fahrnholz
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Re: Deep Purple Mastermind
Huh, why mind missing zeros? Zeros are of no value, that´s what makes them zeros.
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28/2/2005, 15:33
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Nigel Young
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Re: Deep Purple Mastermind
MrEd45 wrote:
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What was the amount of the award that HEC Enterprises + Deep Purple were awarded in thier victoriuos lawsuit against Rod Evans + the promo company that concocted the "Bogus Deep Purple 1980" fiasco?
Compensatory damages were US$168,000 together with US$504,000 for punitive damages.
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28/2/2005, 15:46
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