The All New GAGB Pub Quiz

[Bill D (wwh)]

Bump! :)

[Mrs Blorenge]

<MrsB wakes up after Bill bumps into her...>

... errr... what?...oh... It's me?... Sorry to keep you waiting folks... I hadn't realised...

Which two countries were involved in the shortest war on record?

(and for no extra bonus points, just the warm glow of being knowledgeable - Roughly how long did the war last?)

[Bill D (wwh)]

I very much doubt I'm right, but I'll try the Six Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbours, Egypt, Jordan, etc., in, I think, the 1960s.

In fact, noticing that you've asked for two countries I don't think I can be right, but I've started so I'll finish... :)

[Ten point nine]

Zanzibar vs GB. Match stopped after 40 mins, 2 tugs and a row boat sunk and the flag shot down off the Sultan's palace.

[Mrs Blorenge]

Zanzibar vs GB. Match stopped after 40 mins, 2 tugs and a row boat sunk and the flag shot down off the Sultan's palace.

Ding! Well done. :)

(1896 btw)

[Bill D (wwh)]

After posting my answer I googled this one. Apparently the palace and the harem were both destroyed during that short war. The palace was never rebuilt, but the harem was... :cool:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5472/worldshortestwark.jpg

[Ten point nine]

It's one of those daft entries from the 'Guiness Book of Records' that sicks in your mind and crops up from time to time in quizzes

So for my question what is recorded as the Longest War?

[Bill D (wwh)]

I can't answer this one, as I discovered the answer by googling the shortest war... :(

[martybartfast]

Well someone has to say it to get it out of the way:

The Hundred Years War

(cue QI style klaxon)

[Ten point nine]

'fraid so, bit longer than that one. Sorry no DING for Martybartfast

[Bill D (wwh)]

Well, we seem to be stuck on this one...

I said I can't answer it as I found the answer on Google, but as we're stuck and as I did find the answer before the question was asked, here goes...

The longest recorded war was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, which began in 1651 and lasted over 300 years.

[Ten point nine]

Ding to Bill D Peace was declared in the 1980's

A very Happy Birthday to you enjoy the rest of the day :cheers: :beer: :popcorn:

[Bill D (wwh)]

Thanks for the ding and the birthday wishes! :cheers:

As I was born on a Good Friday, and my father was of Irish blood, here's a question related to both those things...

Which famous Irishman always claimed to have been born on Good Friday in a year when it fell on April 13th (though a few have disputed that claim)?

[martybartfast]

The first famous Irishman to come to mind is G.B. Shaw, and he strikes me as the sort of person who might enjoy making such a claim.

[Bill D (wwh)]

The first famous Irishman to come to mind is G.B. Shaw, and he strikes me as the sort of person who might enjoy making such a claim.
I think he might indeed have enjoyed making such a claim, but it isn't him, I'm afraid.

[Mrs Blorenge]

Dave Allen, maybe?

[Bill D (wwh)]

Dave Allen, maybe?
Sorry, it's not him

If no-one's got it by then, I'll give another clue this evening.

[keehotee]

Is it the other famous Irishman - James Joyce?

[Bill D (wwh)]

Is it the other famous Irishman - James Joyce?
Sorry, Tim, it's not him either.

Here's the further clue I promised:

He was a well-known playwright.

[martybartfast]

Peter O'Toole ?

[Bill D (wwh)]

Peter O'Toole ?
Sorry, no, not him either. I'll give another clue tomorrow if no-one gets it in the meantime.

[Bill D (wwh)]

Ok, I said I'd give another clue, so here are a few quotes from him:

“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”

“Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.”

“Words are all we have.”

[Croft House Cachers]

Sounds like it mught be Brendan Behan?

[Bill D (wwh)]

Sounds like it mught be Brendan Behan?
Sorry, but it's not him either.

Here's another clue:

He lived the second half of his life in France, and wrote most of his later works in French then translated them into English himself. He is buried in Paris beside his wife Suzanne.

[Croft House Cachers]

Samuel Beckett. (Very bad that I didn't recognise those quotes since I did him for A Level, degree and am now an English teacher - whoops.)

[Bill D (wwh)]

That's a ding for Croft House Cachers! :cheers:

Over to you, folks...

[Croft House Cachers]

Thanks...who 'keeps all your dead hair for making up underwear'?

[keehotee]

The Jean Genie, of course.......

:)

[Croft House Cachers]

Ahhh, too easy!
Over to Keehotee.

[Bill D (wwh)]

Tim...?

[keehotee]

OK - an easy one for anybody that watched QI on Dave last night.....

What is Europe's tallest mountain?

[Bill D (wwh)]

I think we might need another clue for this one... :)

[martybartfast]

I'll get the ball rolling with Mont Blanc.

Having said that I think this is a trick question and it's not the highest mountain i.e. height of the summit above sealevel; but the tallest is greatest distance from the base to the summit, and as such I expect it's something that's sitting on the seabed with only a bit visible above the water.

Also I'm sure this one came up in "the other place" in the early days of their pub quiz.

[Handsyhands]

Ooh, ooh, this one's on the tip of my tongue, I don't think it was a trick question and I know it isn't Mont Blanc but another one in the Urals possibly beginning with El or was it Ul ? ....... my memory isn't so good nowadays, apparently Holland and Barrat do a great vitamin supplement for improving memory .... if only I could remember what it was called!

[Bill D (wwh)]

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6781/bump.jpg

[Handsyhands]

I still can't remember the name of the memory supplements from H&B so cheated and googled, I was on the right track with Urals and name beginning with El, and it's a proper mountain, none of your underwater stuff like Hawaii.

[Duckers]

AAaahhhhh

Isn't it a border thing..... Does the border start or end there?:cool:

[Bill D (wwh)]

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6781/bump.jpg

[martybartfast]

I do remember this question being on QI, and I think Handsyhands is right and that it's in the Urals now that they're officially part of Europe. With this in mind I've had a look at my Sunday Times World Atlas, and the highest mountain I can see in the Urals is:


Gora Narodnya

[Ten point nine]

Mt Elbus, where according to Greek mythology Prometheus was chained for pinching the fire of the Gods and giving it to man.

[keehotee]

ding

[Ten point nine]

In a deck of cards one of the Kings doesn't have a moustache, which one?

[Maple Leaf]

Hearts ?

[martybartfast]

Diamonds?

[Ten point nine]

And it's a DING to Maple Leaf :applause:

[Maple Leaf]

In Feb 1971, the last three coins to be introduced for decimalisation were the 1/2p, 1p and 2p coins.

To avoid confusion between the old and new coinage all three coins had the word 'NEW' incorporated into the reverse design.

In which year was the word ‘NEW’ removed from the coins?

[Mrs Blorenge]

I'll guess: 1974

[Maple Leaf]

I'll guess: 1974

No - later

[gazooks]

1978

[Bill D (wwh)]

1981

[Maple Leaf]

1978


1981

No, still later.

[gazooks]

1988

[Maple Leaf]

1988

too late :)

[martybartfast]

1983

[gazooks]

1985 :confused:

[Maple Leaf]

1983


1985 :confused:

Still too late .... so I know the next answer will be correct if people have been paying attention :p

[Bill D (wwh)]

Then it can only be...

1982

:) :) :)

[Maple Leaf]

Then it can only be...

1982

:) :) :)


Glad to see Bill has been paying attention :applause: :applause:

http://widget.slide.com/rdr/1/1/4/S/800000026d4fa59/1/135/QnDsv-X70D9HbPaAB49Qx-DOj4Ixr2Hq.jpg (http://www.slide.com/s/uevYpyZJ4T9i3998yotxAr-ts72enu_E?referrer=hlnk)

http://widget.slide.com/rdr/1/1/4/S/800000026d4fcf2/1/226/SHp61j6Jyj-pEBxwk05CtAAiwOPNGCPH.jpg (http://www.slide.com/s/pJlYXPlK4z9Z8Q9X0ZUfPRhUh-zmGunx?referrer=hlnk)

[Bill D (wwh)]

Thanks for the ding! :)

Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?

[Family_Moose]

Gordon Brown? :ohmy:

[Bill D (wwh)]

Gordon Brown? :ohmy:
:D :D :D

[Bill D (wwh)]

Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?

Ok, another clue:

He lived from 1762 to 1812.

[Bill D (wwh)]

Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
He lived from 1762 to 1812.

And another clue:

He was preceded by William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, and was followed by Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool.

[keehotee]

Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
He lived from 1762 to 1812.

And another clue:

He was preceded by William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, and was followed by Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool.

Come on - everybody knows this one...

(but I don't want to set the next question)

[Bill D (wwh)]

Come on - everybody knows this one...

(but I don't want to set the next question)
I thought when I set it that it was really easy and would be answered in five minutes flat... :ph34r: :p :D

Another clue this evening... :)

[Bill D (wwh)]

Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
He lived from 1762 to 1812.
He was preceded by William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, and was followed by Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool.

Oh, dear, we don't know our British history, do we? :p

His initials were SP. And before anyone suggests it, it wasn't SimplyPaul... :D

[Handsyhands]

was it spencer somebody? possibly a cornish surname :dunno:

[Bill D (wwh)]

was it spencer somebody? possibly a cornish surname :dunno:
It was indeed Spencer somebody. :)

The surname came into English from French, but is thought to have originated in Old Welsh, so Cornish isn't far off the mark (the old Cornish language was closely related to Welsh).

[Handsyhands]

Awww ...... It's on the tip of my tongue and I know I read it somewhere in the last couple of weeks. Iv'e been through all the books I thought it could be but I'm stuck for now. :confused:

[Bill D (wwh)]

Ok, I'll give the ding to Handsyhands. :applause:

The full answer is Spencer Perceval.

[Bill D (wwh)]

Handsyhands...?

[Handsyhands]

Sorry, I was up in the loft trying to find the book about assassinations!

Here we go, your starter for ten ... The largest building in Britain in the late 18th century measured 1,094 ft by 54 ft. Where was it and what was it used for?

[martybartfast]

It's probably a rope shed, and I'll go for Portsmouth.

Edit to clarify, a rope shed being a place where ropes are made.

[Handsyhands]

I thought I'd have you all tied in knots with that one ..... DING and over to our man at the match ..... Martybartfast!

[martybartfast]

Well I've been in a modern rope shed, and I'm only 15 miles from Portsmouth and have done the Dockyard tour a couple of times and seen where it was, I just wasn't sure whether there might have been a bigger shed in Chatham or somewhere else.

Can't think of a Q at the mo, so will pose one in the morning.

[martybartfast]

What job is Bumpber Harris most well known for? and although it was only a short engagement, during which he had his ups and downs, he had one particular characteristic which made him the ideal man for the job, what was that?

Edit to correct a typo in his name.
Also youve got a hint or 2 above but here's another clue:

He had one wooden leg.

[Bill D (wwh)]

I know who he was, and I know what he's best known for, but I've no idea what especially suited him for that job. :confused:

[martybartfast]

Looks like I made another cockup, and in correcting the typo in his name I made another typo, the name should be spelled

"Bumper Harris"

Anyway another clue, he worked at Earls Court tube station.

[Bill D (wwh)]

Looks like I made another cockup, and in correcting the typo in his name I made another typo, the name should be spelled

"Bumper Harris"

Anyway another clue, he worked at Earls Court tube station.
Ah, now I don't know who he was - I took the typo to be a mistake for Bomber Harris! :(

[Handsyhands]

Awww, I thought you meant 'Jumper Harris' .... he stuck a spring on his wooden leg and used to put posters up high on the walls. :lol:

[martybartfast]

I think I might have been a bit too obscure here, so here's all the relevant clues

He had his ups and downs.
He had a wooden leg.
He was employed for a day at Earls Court tube in the very early days of the underground system.
Although he travelled a lot he didn't go very far.

Why was he there?

[Dave Gerrie]

I think I might have been a bit too obscure here, so here's all the relevant clues

He had his ups and downs.
He had a wooden leg.
He was employed for a day at Earls Court tube in the very early days of the underground system.
Although he travelled a lot he didn't go very far.

Why was he there?

obviously then its something to do with testing the lifts - maybe the first ones installed on the Underground? However, I'm struggling to think why a wooden leg would be useful!

[martybartfast]

obviously then its something to do with testing the lifts

Close but no cigar yet....

[martybartfast]

Looks like it was too obscure.

Earls Court was the first tube station to get escalators, and he spend the day riding up and down to demonstrate how safe and stable they were.


Next person along please set another Question.....

[Bill D (wwh)]

Ok, I'll pick this up...

On the 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima by a B29 bomber. What was the name of the aircraft?

I'm asking for the name given to that particular aircraft by its crew.

[Bill D (wwh)]

I'll give another clue tomorrow if no-one's got it. :)

[Family_Moose]

Not sure if I get this the right way around, but is the answer you are looking for for this raid - Enola Gay?

[Bill D (wwh)]

Not sure if I get this the right way around, but is the answer you are looking for for this raid - Enola Gay?
That's a ding to Family_Moose...! :)

Enola Gay was the name painted on the lead aircraft in that raid, which was the one that actually dropped the atomic bomb.

[Family_Moose]

OK....so now we get to set one...

A very topical one, which I just heard on BBC coverage of rememberance parades in France.

What was the Operation name for the Normandy landings?

Family_Moose

[Bill D (wwh)]

I think we might need another clue for this one...

[martybartfast]

Wasn't it Operation Overlord?

https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=db9c0bc5-b32e-4b4d-a12d-aeb028fde290

[Family_Moose]

Wasn't it Operation Overlord?

https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=db9c0bc5-b32e-4b4d-a12d-aeb028fde290

Ah, not quite. Overlord was the over-arching operation name for the invasion of the entire of NW Europe. The landings themselves had a seperate name.

HHmm....clue......

How about...shares the same name as the fourth largest planet in the solar system?

[gazooks]

Neptune

[Family_Moose]

Well done.

Operation Neptune!

Over to you...

[gazooks]

Who played the Sheriff John T Chance in the 1959 film Rio Bravo?

[martybartfast]

Well I know the major players in the movie, but not totally sure of the characters, so I'll go for Marion Morrison, AKA "The Duke", AKA John Wayne.

[gazooks]

a 'Well Howdy Partner' DING to martybartfast :applause:

[martybartfast]

What are/were "Palmerstons Follies" ?

[Team Cobra UK]

Defensive forts around the south coast of England, presume Victorian era due to the name. Only know this as looked into Martello towers when i was younger as i lived near one.

[martybartfast]

DING

The term refers to fortifications around the South Coast built at the instigation of Lord Palmerston to protect us from a perceived threat from France. By the time they were finished we were friends with France again and didn't fire a shot in anger so they were christened Palmerstons Follies.

[Team Cobra UK]

Yeeee...:)

OK what is the next number in the list... 5, 20, 1, 18

Clue...You may like a beer or two and be a little sporty.

[gazooks]

4

[Bill D (wwh)]

Bump...

[Team Cobra UK]

4

DING.... well done the next number on a dartboard is 4 (sorry for delay been away with work)

[gazooks]

With Wimbledon just around the corner ....

What is the score of 40-all called in a game of tennis?

[Family_Moose]

Deuce!

[Bill D (wwh)]

Bump...

[gazooks]

Oops sorry... :o

Ding to Family_Moose :applause:

[Family_Moose]

Sorry for the delay. Was over the over side of the country having a holiday, and doing some caches.

Anyway.

One from Mummy_Moose.

What is the capital city of Ecuador?

[Bill D (wwh)]

Bump...

[Bill D (wwh)]

Double bump... We're cacher's, we know geography. Don't we? Is there really no-one out there who knows the answer to this? :(

[keehotee]

It's either Quito or Guayaquil.

I've been to both - but to be honest one was a container terminal and the other was a flying visit (haha) to the airport..... so no idea which is the capital.

[Bill D (wwh)]

It's either Quito or Guayaquil.

I've been to both - but to be honest one was a container terminal and the other was a flying visit (haha) to the airport..... so no idea which is the capital.
Well, it's not for me to say which, but you're right with one of them! :)

[Family_Moose]

ooopse.

DING for Keehotee.

The answer according to Mummy_Moose is Quito.

Over to you now.

[keehotee]

...---...

What does it stand for - and when was it first used?

Edited to add - yes, I will be pedantic with the answer ;)

[martybartfast]

...---...

What does it stand for - and when was it first used?

Edited to add - yes, I will be pedantic with the answer ;)

SOS

I believe it was first used 'in anger' so to speak by the Titanic when it was sinking.

But something tells me you're looking for more.

[keehotee]

SOS

I believe it was first used 'in anger' so to speak by the Titanic when it was sinking.

But something tells me you're looking for more.

Wrong on both counts I'm afraid (I did warn you I was going to be pedantic.... ) :)

[keehotee]

-... ..- -- .--.

[DrDick&Vick]

International Morse code distress signal or the German name for it is Notzeichen and it was first used in 'anger' in 1908 by a Cunard ship.
That took a lot of reading all my old maritime books.

[keehotee]

For which you can have a ding.

...---... doesn't actually stand for anything (there are no letter breaks between the ... and --- ).
It was chosen as an easily transmittable and recognizable series of dots and dashes, and repeats without pause ...---...---...---...---...---...---

Over to the doctor.......

[DrDick&Vick]

Okay following on from the previous question.
What was the name of the 'Cunard' ship that first used the ...---... emergency signal.

[gazooks]

a popular 'catch 'em out' pub quiz question as most choose the Titanic...

but was the Slavonia a few years earlier ...... I think.:blink:

[DrDick&Vick]

Ring a Ding :applause:
You are spot on 99.9% of people answer 'The Titanic' but as you say it was the Slavonia in 1908.

Over to you. :applause::applause::applause:

[gazooks]

How many Oscars did the 1959 film Ben Hur win?

[martybartfast]

I know it was a lot, I'll guess a round 10.

[gazooks]

sorry no ;)

[DrDick&Vick]

following on from the last answer and using the good old method of counting up, I will say
11

[gazooks]

Ding to DrDick&Vick :applause:

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok here we go witha nice easy one

Who won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of an anthropophage?

[martybartfast]

I've no idea what an anthropophage is but I'll guess the Elephant Man was one, in which case it would be John Hurt who won the oscar.

Edit: I've just looked it up so I'll save you the bother of telling me that I'm wrong ;)

[keehotee]

Hannibal Lector's the only one I can think of.....so Antony Hopkins???

[DrDick&Vick]

Sorry for the delay I just forgot to look at this one.

DING a LING to keehotee

[DrDick&Vick]

bump bump

[keehotee]

OK - an easy one - just like my BPJC cache (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=db8a91c2-af39-435a-ba54-ed62f114a09b) (hint hint)
What is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it's radius also known as, and what is it - to nine decimal places?

[DrDick&Vick]

Racked my brains for this one as it is a long time since I used it but I think it is Pi and 3.141592
In my long distanced youth I used to be a toolmaker and used this a lot in the good old pre-computerised machinery days.

[rutson]

No, ratio of radius to circumference is 2Pi = 6.283185307

[DrDick&Vick]

Bump Bump , we need an answer from Kehotee

[keehotee]

Ding to Rutson ....

[DrDick&Vick]

Earth calling Rutson

[rutson]

Pi is an irrational number. So is φ. What is it?

[Ten point nine]

1.618 also known as the Golden Ratio gets mentioned in books about pyramids and in the Da Vinci Code

[rutson]

1.618 also known as the Golden Ratio gets mentioned in books about pyramids and in the Da Vinci Code

DING :)

[Ten point nine]

Which Presidents does Forest Gump meet in the film?

[gazooks]

JFK & Nixon ?

[Ten point nine]

Two out of three. Last one gets the ding

[martybartfast]

Ronnie Reagan?

[Ten point nine]

No ding there, Reagan was a bit later....Think Vietnam War era....Could be tricky!!!

[gazooks]

Johnson

[DrDick&Vick]

ok lets try Johnson then.

[Ten point nine]

No Ding I'm afraid. We already have JFK & LBJ another president around that era is required. Could be "Tricky"?

[gazooks]

Nixon

[DrDick&Vick]

Seems that this has lost track somewhere

JFK & Nixon ?
followed by

Two out of three. Last one gets the ding
then eventually

Johnson
followed by

No Ding I'm afraid. We already have JFK & LBJ another president around that era is required. Could be "Tricky"?
Does this refer to Nixon as in the first post
This is the first reference to LBJ {Lyndon Johnson}
So looks like we have the three, just who gets it?
;)

[martybartfast]

Methinks Ten Point Nine got a little confused.

Gazooks gave JFK & Nixon first off, and Gazooks was the first to name Johnson, so I reckon he gets the ding despite the confusion.

[gazooks]

on the film theme then...

Who played Al Capone in the 1987 film, The Untouchables?

[DrDick&Vick]

according to the missus that would be the 'her description' lovely Robert De Niro

[gazooks]

correct :socool:

[DrDick&Vick]

Okay a nice and easy one for the TV addicts.

Lennard Pearce was one of the main characters in which 1980's TV series?

[martybartfast]

Grandad - Only Fools and Horses.

[DrDick&Vick]

You is to clever or spend toooooo much time watching TV :applause:

Ding a Ling to you then

[martybartfast]

What is notable about the Castleford Grammar School roll of honour?

[martybartfast]

OK Hint time, it's about who carved it.....

[martybartfast]

A Sculptor....

[DrDick&Vick]

he was pupil there maybe

[martybartfast]

Oops, forgot about this.

It was carved by a pupil at the time.
The pupil went on to be a pretty famous sculptor

So how many 20th C English/Yorkshire sculptors can you name who might have been around in 1914-1918.

Big clue it's not Barbara Hepworth!

[DrDick&Vick]

I'm afraid I can name NONE.

[martybartfast]

OK well have the ding anyway, and google Henry Moore.

http://clarification.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/henry-moore-at-work2.jpg

[DrDick&Vick]

OK one for the music memories.
I was born 1942 in Harrow. Died 2000 (although my death was erroneously reported on air some 2 years earlier). Studied and taught art.
My first band opened for the Who on tour in 1974/75
Described by one of my contemporaries as "possibly the finest lyrisist we've seen".

Who am I??

[DrDick&Vick]

BUMP any answers

[DrDick&Vick]

Anybody going to limp in with an answer

[Bill D (wwh)]

Ian Dury - the limp gave it away! :)

[DrDick&Vick]

Well I had to give a hint as nobody had attempted an answer, so
DING and over to you

[Bill D (wwh)]

Thanks for the ding! :)

This city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. Its inhabitants are known as ouagalais. What is its full name, and which country is it the capital city of?

[Family_Moose]

:wacko:

[DrDick&Vick]

https://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/richardmullans/crazy.gif

[Bill D (wwh)]

It seems it might be time for a clue...

The city is in Africa.

[Just Roger]

Judging by the name of the inhabitants, the colonial power was France or Belgium :confused:

[martybartfast]

Well I've absolutely no idea, but going by what Roger said I'll have a guess at the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Belgian Congo) as the country, no idea about the city name though.

[DrDick&Vick]

Must be an age thing but for once I can honestly say "Don't know a damn thing guv, honestly!!"

[Bill D (wwh)]

I'm afraid it isn't the Democratic Republic of Congo, but Just Roger is right about France having been the colonial power there, and the country's first language is French.

Next clue: The full name of the city is Ouagadougou. That just leaves the name of the country...

Another clue tomorrow evening if necessary.

[Just Roger]

It suddenly came to me. Burkina Fasso.:)

[Bill D (wwh)]

It suddenly came to me. Burkina Fasso.:)

That's a DING to you! :)

[Just Roger]

Thanks Bill.

John Buchan was a well known Author but what was his "Day Job" during the second half of the 1930's?

[DrDick&Vick]

he was a Politician who served as a Governor somewhere if I remember correctly, the place doesnt spring to mind just yet

[Just Roger]

I'll give you the DING for that. He was Lord Tweedsmuir and was Governor General of Canada.

[DrDick&Vick]

OK here is a nice easy one for the 'older' people on here.

What was the D Day invasion password?

[martybartfast]

Well the operation was Overlord, don't know whether that was also the password.

[DrDick&Vick]

Sorry, Overlord was the codename but not the Password

[DrDick&Vick]

bump this up

[gazooks]

thunder

[DrDick&Vick]

Nope
hint:
It was a very American phrase

[gazooks]

the only other one I'm aware of was Flash

used by the airbourne troops

[DrDick&Vick]

Flash & Thunder were the passwords used by the American Airborne so I shall award you the DING

The general password was Mickey Mouse

[gazooks]

What is the chemical formula of snow?

[martybartfast]

I'm guessing this must be a trick question, but I'll go for the obvious anyway:

H2O

[gazooks]

No flies on you .... DING :socool:

[martybartfast]

Who was the first monarch from the house of Tudor?

[gazooks]

Henry III ?

[Just Roger]

Henry VII

[martybartfast]

Henry VII


DING

[Just Roger]

Mr Norway crossed the Atlantic in 1930.

I want either his Christian names (Both of them) or the name number of the conveyance he traveled in/on.

[DrDick&Vick]

hazard a guesse at the form of transport being a zeppelin but what number I don't know and as far as names go no idea!!

[Just Roger]

Time for some hints.
i Mr Norway was the real name of a well known Author.
ii The conveyance was British

If nobody gets it, tomorrow, I'll give you his initials

[martybartfast]

How about the R101 airship, I seem to remember that there was someone well known on it, as for the author something is telling me H. G. Wells, but I think it might be a bit late for him, and I don't know his names.

[Just Roger]

Wrong but in the right area. It was actually the R100. The one which didn't crash. The R100 was designed by Barnes Wallace (Bouncing bombs) and Mr N.S.Norway was the chief calculator. His christian names were Nevil Shute, which was the name he wrote under.

MartyBartfast was so close though not close enough for a ding.

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To replace that question here's a very easy one.

What is the artist van Klomp's most famous work?

[martybartfast]

Ze fallen Maddona mit ze big boobies.

[Just Roger]

Ze fallen Maddona mit ze big boobies.

DING

[martybartfast]

Who wrote the poem that begins:

Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough!It isn't fit for humans now,

[Just Roger]

I'm pretty certain that I know this one but waited 24 hours to see if any one else answered it. I think it's Betjeman.

[martybartfast]

DING, looks like it's just you and me at the mo!

[Bill D (wwh)]

DING, looks like it's just you and me at the mo!

Nope, not quite...! :)

Would you believe I also knew the answer and I did exactly what Just Roger did, but he got here first?!

[Just Roger]

Hope someone else might know this and join in.

What was the name of the REAL ship whose wrecking in the Hebrides in 1941 was the inspiration for the 'SS Cabinet Minister' in a novel byCompton Mackenzie?

[gazooks]

Hope someone else might know this and join in.

The rules are no googling - so the questions need to be fairly common knowledge type questions - then more poeple might join in ;)

[DrDick&Vick]

I actually know this one but only because one of my interests is shipwrecks. Then again probably not many people could answer it.

POLITICIAN

[Just Roger]

DING to DrDick&Vick

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok a TV one for the 'older' players

At which army camp was Sgt Ernie Bilko first based?

[Family_Moose]

Not sure about 'older' players, but when I watched it as a kid (probably re-runs), it was Fort Baxter. I always wanted to join Bilkos' army, as they never seemed to do anything apart from enjoy themselves and avoid the officer.

[martybartfast]

Not sure which was first but he was also posted at Camp Fremont, so I'll throw it in just in case...

[DrDick&Vick]

nope, sorry

[martybartfast]

nope, sorry
If that's aimed at me, tben I think Family_Moose must be right 'cos I'm sure he was only at Fort Baxter and Camp Fremont, unless there was a pilot which had him at another base.

[Family_Moose]

Oh dear. It's probably like the trial episode of Star Trek, where everyone usually states that KIRK first commanded the USS ENTERPRISE, when we all know that PIKE got there first!!!!

[DrDick&Vick]

Sorry I missed the post (I blame it on age)
Ding to the FAMILY MOOSE

[Family_Moose]

What is the oldest commissioned vessel in the Royal Navy?

[gazooks]

HMS Victory ?

[Family_Moose]

A quick DING!!!!

2nd Sea Lords personal flagship.....

[gazooks]

Which of the Marx brother's original name was Adolph?

[DrDick&Vick]

can only name two so will hazard a guesse at Groucho or Harpo, ok lets go with Groucho

[martybartfast]

I'll guess at the 'straigh' one, Zeppo.

[gazooks]

no and no

only two left :lol::lol:

[martybartfast]

I'll go with Chico, if its wrong then DrDick&Vick can come in with the other one they mentioned.

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok then I will come in with HARPO https://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/richardmullans/Smilies/smileyonaharp7xi.gif

[gazooks]

Ding to DrDick&Vick :socool:

[DrDick&Vick]

What does a polyorchid man have at least 3 of?

[Just Roger]

It's probably not Orchids but I seem to remember Orchid comes from the latin that has something to do ith reproduction so I'll guess 'Testicles'

[DrDick&Vick]

Spot on https://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/richardmullans/Smilies/clap.gif
So it's a DING and over to you.

[Just Roger]

Which playwright wrote; "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune, to loose both looks like carelessness"?

[martybartfast]

Which playwright wrote; "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune, to loose both looks like carelessness"?


I think it was Oscar Wilde, in "The Importance of being Ernest"

Edit to quote the question as my reply starts the top of a new page.

[Just Roger]

Right on both counts. Lady Bracknel to Mr Worthing.

DING

[martybartfast]

What is the Tann Hill Inn's main claim to fame?

[DrDick&Vick]

if it's the one in Yorkshire it's the highest in GB

[martybartfast]

It is, and it is

DING

[DrDick&Vick]

OK here we go with another easy one.

Which English county with a sea border has the shortest coastline?

[gazooks]

Somerset ?

[DrDick&Vick]

Nope, sorry!!

[Family_Moose]

If you count some of the lower region of the river Severn estuary as coast, is the answer Gloucestershire?

[Just Roger]

Does North Somerset count as a county these days? If so I reckon that could be it.

[DrDick&Vick]

No sorry, try going up country a little way!

[Maple Leaf]

Two spring to mind, but will go for ....

Merseyside

[DrDick&Vick]

No sorry, getting closer

[Family_Moose]

Northumberland?

[DrDick&Vick]

very close now, Santa may hold the Secret!