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Tangled web we try to unweave.(Column)

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20070421
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QUESTION On Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? it was asked: Who wrote the phrase 'Oh what a tangled web we weave. . .'? The answer given was Walter Scott. I, like the contestant, thought it was William Shakespeare. Who is correct?

CHRIS CURTIS is a police sergeant from Bicester and one of the best quiz players in our local league.

When I saw him on Millionaire, I thought he had a good chance of going all the way, but he was caught out by this question and perhaps the pressure of the occasion.

It's interesting that when Chris Tarrant asked the audience, 54pc also thought ...

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