No - never heard of him - everyone in the 60s (too young for Wo I think) heard of this gal and her world-famous song!

"?????????" reached the Top 10 in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964, topping the chart in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It reached the Top 5 in Norway, Denmark, Ireland and South Africa, with the song making it into the lower reaches of the Top 10 in the Netherlands, West Germany, and the United Kingdom.

A wild guess-Vincent Kompany?>>

lol, sundried, i hadn't thought of him.

I was thinking of a certain Belgian detective with the extravagant moustaches!

Bonus question is ok.
4th airport is Liège - a nice city after all.

Hercule Poirot is the most well known fictional belgian detective. And for me Suchet is the best actor impersonating him.

In the charts : Jacques Brel I hope ?
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No a gal... Annie Cordy ? I saw her in Waterloo - everyone in Belgium wants here as his/her mother in law. A great person.

I'll do a quiz nr 2 if people who love bashing refrain...

In the charts : Jacques Brel I hope ?>

Nope the Singing Nun and Dominque!

Please do again!

Sorry for anything I said -it was not intended to be critical but in good nature.

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Cheers!

You know I like you PQ.

whew! me you 2!

I didn't know Liège airport is still used for passengers. This means our small country has five airports, and not four.

It is actually developing from what I heard.

5 airports seems normal since we have 5 governments, haven't we ?

Isn't Walloon a Belgian dialect?
I thought it interesting while we toured the area. They said people are insulted easy if you speak the wrong language.

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My Dad was awarded a silver star here. He said it was because he was the only one with a tommy gun and he had to cover his comrades. He was wounded there also. They trucked them in and they had no warm clothing. We went there and geez they were sitting ducks but such a nice monument was erected by the village for them and he received thank you letters till he was old from people of the region.

Love the frites and beer. Beer was like a pork chop in a bottle so food in my mind.

Hercule Poirot is the most well known fictional belgian detective. And for me Suchet is the best actor impersonating him.>>

agreed. WoinP. Is he as popular in Belgium as he is in the UK? At one time there was a Poirot story running on TV almost every afternoon. The dialogue in one of my favourites contains this gem :

Delivery Man: Morning, Sir, I've got a parrot for Mr "Poy-rot".
Hercule Poirot: No no no! Poirot. It is pronounced "Pwa-roe".
Delivery Man: I beg your pardon, Governor. I've got a "pwa-roe" for Mr "Poy-rot".

moules frites is my culinary favourite.

Macross. I am sure your father did more than just use his tommy gun. But people risking their lives to save others are usually quite humble.
Anyway we have never had something like ' US go home in Belgium'. And Americans as we call you are well loved. If you ask my children they should tell you US are ok guys that must be respected if for no other reason than the sheer number of young ones sleeping under immaculate white crosses.
Otoh We ll see in some years how much damage your president will have brought.

Ann no unfortunately Suchet is quite unknown here. I am not even sure the series has been dubbed. I certainly saw them on Dutch or Flemish channels meaning in original with subtitles in Netherlands. Double exercise !

One of the most famous Belgians here at least is Eddie Merckx- multiple Tour de France winner and one of top cyclists of all time.

Yes. And Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters. Both great tennis women.

I met her several times - she has an association called Justine for kids which gives holiday to families of a kid having cancer.

Very nice person. Like most Belgians obviously.

. Like most Belgians obviously.>

In ten years of doing bike tours in Belgium I have to agree! So many times locals helped out our cyclists with various needs. But we only went Oostende-Bruges-Gent-Antwerp-Dordrecht so in Flemish area. Assume Walloons just as nice?