The All New GAGB Pub Quiz

[Maple Leaf]

I think I should have gone with my other choice then ....

County Durham

[Just Roger]

Teeside?

[DrDick&Vick]

Ding a ling to Maple Leaf
It is indeed County Durham, so over to you for the next question

[Maple Leaf]

A seasonal one .... easy if you know, but not if you don't :D

Name Santa's nine reindeer ....

[Family_Moose]

Dancer
Prancer
Dasher
Vixen
Donna
Blitzen
Comet
Cupid

Plus I'm guessing for the ninth it has to be Rudolph!!

(Only 8 are mentioned in Twas the night before Christmas)

Luxury of having a 3.5yr old who LOVES this stuff this year! :D

[Maple Leaf]

Told you it was an easy one ... and yes, Rudolph is the ninth.

Ding to Family Moose :applause:

[DrDick&Vick]

Bump
Calling Family Moose, your turn!

[DrDick&Vick]

As we seem to be without a question I shall jump in and set one.

Each of the following are the initials of film titles starring Steve McQueen. Name the films.

a. T M S
b. T T C A
c. T G E
d. T B
e. T C K
f. T T I
g. T S P

[martybartfast]

I'll kick it off with

a. The Magnificent Seven
b. The Thomas Crown Affair
c. The Great Escape
d. T B
e. The Cincinatti Kid
f. The Towering Inferno
g. T S P

[DrDick&Vick]

a. The Magnificent Seven :applause:
b. The Thomas Crown Affair :applause:
c. The Great Escape :applause:
d. T B ???????
e. The Cincinatti Kid :applause:
f. The Towering Inferno :applause:
g. T S P ???????

Spot on so far and 5 out of 7 is good so being benevolent I shall give you the DING.
d: The Blob made in 1958
g: The Sand Pebbles made in 1966

[martybartfast]

Well I was wondering whether T B would turn out to be Bullit with some prefix!

Anyway:

What connects the following:

Lilly Allen
Mark Wahlberg
Ann Boleyn (reputedly)
Chandler (from Friends)
Me
and some others who will be added to the list if it drags on.

[keehotee]

And me......

Nipples?

[martybartfast]

DING Yep, they all have a third nipple, but I went one better and I've got 4! I was going to give Scaramanga as a big hint.

[keehotee]

Whoops

Ok - without Googling - who, or what, is a cachalot?

[DrDick&Vick]

DrSolly?? :dunno:

[Just Roger]

Is it some sort of shellfish?

[keehotee]

Is it some sort of shellfish?

Getting closer - but no ding yet :)

[DrDick&Vick]

consulted my mine of information (the wife) and she reckons it's a whale of some sort

[keehotee]

You can have the ding for that - it's a sperm whale :)

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok a little music quiz.
Below are some lyrics from 3 songs that include a lady's name, give the lady's name and the song title.
2 out of 3 gets the DING

1} Your lips feel like winter, your skin has turned to white.

2} She got a police bike, she got a turned up nose.

3} Thought she was a woman but she was another man.

[Bill D (wwh)]

Well, I know one of them, but only one, so I won't post that and spoil it for anyone else. :)

[DrDick&Vick]

any takers, it's not that hard.

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok, I will give the ding for one right answer!!

[Maple Leaf]

Does Bill want to post his one answer ....

[DrDick&Vick]

I've been waitinng for it

[DrDick&Vick]

any takers on naming one and getting the DING

[gazooks]

oh go on then

3 - Jo Jo - Get Back - Beatles

[gazooks]

googling the other two

1 Lady d'Arbanville - Lady d'Arbanville ? - Cat Stevens

2 Blue Jean - Blue Jear - David Bowie

[DrDick&Vick]

Ding to you. It was actually somebody called Loretta in Get Back but near enough.

"JoJo was a man who thought he was a loner
etc etc

Sweet loretta Martin thought she was a woman
etc"

[gazooks]

Ding to you. It was actually somebody called Loretta in Get Back but near enough.

"JoJo was a man who thought he was a loner
etc etc

Sweet loretta Martin thought she was a woman
etc"


That was the one from memory and not google ;)

Mount Ararat is in which country?

[martybartfast]

Jordan?

[DrDick&Vick]

Jordan?

Thought that Jordan had two Mount Ararat's :eek:

[gazooks]

Not the answer I have on the card :(

[DrDick&Vick]

Turkey ?

[gazooks]

Ding to DrDick&Vick :cheers:

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok a nice easy music question:

What was Ike and Tina Turner's last UK hit single, reaching number 4 in 1973? It was rerecorded by Tina Turner in 1991 but only managed to reach No. 23?

[DrDick&Vick]

bump, any answers?

[Bill D (wwh)]

Not from me, I'm afraid. I thought it might be "River Deep, Mountain High", but I googled to check if I was right, and accidentally found the correct answer. :(

[DrDick&Vick]

Now that really is the limit mate!!

[Bill D (wwh)]

Now that really is the limit mate!!

:D :D :D

[martybartfast]

Nutbush City Limits?

[DrDick&Vick]

Ding Dong, the man wins a coconut!

so over to martybartfast

[martybartfast]

What was particularly notable about the rescue of the crew of the Forrest Hall, on the evening of 12th / morning of 13th Jan1899?

[Just Roger]

What was particularly notable about the rescue of the crew of the Forrest Hall, on the evening of 12th / morning of 13th Jan1899?

Pure guess. I'm sure it was around that date so it could be the one at Porlock where they couldn't launch the lifeboat because of the high seas and so they manhandled it over a headland during the night, to launch it on the other side.

[Family_Moose]

Another guess. Was it the first rescue by the RNLI?

[martybartfast]

Pure guess. I'm sure it was around that date so it could be the one at Porlock where they couldn't launch the lifeboat because of the high seas and so they manhandled it over a headland during the night, to launch it on the other side.


Ding to Roger.

The lifeboat was at Lynmouth but they couldn't launch due to the high sea. So 60 men and 100 horses pulled a 10 tonne boat & trailer up a 1-in-4 hill, over 15 miles of moor, down another 1-in-4 hill and launched from the beach at Porlock. They sent a team of men ahead with equipment to widen the tracks, cut down trees and demolish walls so they could get through. And they got everyone off alive.

Fascinating story if you ever get the chance to read it.

[Just Roger]

Try this one then. Where is the M96 "Motorway"?

[Bill D (wwh)]

It's a "dummy" strip of motorway built for training purposes at the national Fire Training college just outside Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire.

[Just Roger]

It's a "dummy" strip of motorway built for training purposes at the national Fire Training college just outside Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire.

Thats a DING to Bill.

If you look on GE you can see a 4 car shunt on the "Motorway" and on the railway line it looks as though a car has hit a train on a level crossing.

[Bill D (wwh)]

Thanks! I used sometimes to drink in the pub that some of the staff at the Fire College used, which made that a fairly easy one to answer! :)

Ok, next question:

What was the name of the character played by Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption?

[martybartfast]

Absolutely no idea of the spelling of the surname but phonetically it's

Andy Dufreen


I expect it's dufresne or something similar

[Bill D (wwh)]

Ding to martybartfast!

Your second spelling of his surname is the correct one. :)

[martybartfast]

Who is buried in Westminster Abbey and Stinsford Churchyard?

[Just Roger]

As no one else has had a go yet, I'll have a guess at Jane Austen. I have a vague recollection of hearing thet she is buried in two places

[martybartfast]

Nope, she's in Winchester Cathedral

[Fianccetto]

Is it Thomas Hardy?

[martybartfast]

DING.

His heart is buried in the local church yard next to his wife, the rest of him is in Poets corner in Westminster Abbey.

[Fianccetto]

I've just started reading Jude The Obscure (picked up on a secondhand books shelf somewhere) which had some biographical notes in it. Sounds romantic, but then why his heart would be buried with his first (estranged) wife, ignoring his second wife, puzzles me. Spose his second wife might have outlived him, still confusing. Funny lot, the Victorians.

OK, here's one. I haven't gone through all the previous questions to check it's not already there, apologies if it is.

What is an Emordnilap?

[DrDick&Vick]

well it's PALINDROME backwards which is a word that can be read forwards or backwards

[Fianccetto]

well it's PALINDROME backwards which is a word that can be read forwards or backwards

True, but an emordnilap is slightly different.

[Bill D (wwh)]

I think we need a hint. :)

[DrDick&Vick]

My son (uni graduate etc.) has just told me that it is a word that spells another when printed backwards.

[Fianccetto]

That's a DING to DrDick&Vick!

[DrDick&Vick]

OK a nice easy one then:

What did Britain export to Lake Havasu City, Arizona?

[martybartfast]

London Bridge?

[DrDick&Vick]

Memo to me:- MUST MAKE THE QUESTIONS HARDER THAN THIS!!!!

DING to Martybartfast

[martybartfast]

What was the name of the pub in Bree where the Hobbits first met Aragorn?

[Just Roger]

Prancing pony. Licensee: Barliman Butterbur

[martybartfast]

Ding

[Just Roger]

Thanks. Now try this. Where are the 'Islands of Langerhans'?

[DrDick&Vick]

post deleted

[Just Roger]

This seems to have got split over a page boundary so I'll repeat it here.

Where are the 'Islands of Langerhans'?

As it is nearly 24 hours I'll give you a clue. Do not think geographically.

[martybartfast]

On the head ? (phrenology!)

[Just Roger]

On the head ? (phrenology!)

No. But on the right lines.

[martybartfast]

Well my other thought was hands (palmistry)

[Just Roger]

Well my other thought was hands (palmistry)


No. More internal

[Just Roger]

I'm going to be away fr a few days and, as nobody has got it I'll give you the answer and leave it for someone else to set one.

The answer is they are clumps of cells in the Pancreas. I'm guessing that there is a link between Islands and Insulin.

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok an nice tricky one, I'm sure that someone will pop up with the answer staright away to prove me wrong.

https://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/richardmullans/Geocaching/stones.jpg
Look at the picture,and answer two out of the three questions to get the ding

1) What are they?
2) What were they for?
3) Where are they?

[DrDick&Vick]

Bumping this up as surely at least one person on here has walked past these.

[Bill D (wwh)]

I know where they are in a general sense, but I can't remember exactly where I've seen them or what they are. :(

[DrDick&Vick]

if one person should know the answer Tim will be that person, he must have walked past them a few times.

[martybartfast]

OK I'll have a go.

The path looks like a railway track bed, the stones look like part of a Victorian lego set, the terrain is clearly hilly, so putting 2 & 2 together I'll guess

They're stones from a large construction project that was never completed.
The construction they were for was a railway viaduct.
They're on Dartmoor.

Probably all wrong, but you never know your luck.

[DrDick&Vick]

OK I'll have a go.

The path looks like a railway track bed (yes), the stones look like part of a Victorian lego set, the terrain is clearly hilly, so putting 2 & 2 together I'll guess

They're stones from a large construction project that was never completed. CLOSE
The construction they were for was a railway viaduct. CLOSE
They're on Dartmoor. YES

Probably all wrong, but you never know your luck.

Close on two and correct on one

[martybartfast]

Well I had a look at the rest of your pics on Photobucket by following the link to the image. Having been slightly distracted by the "Bouncy..." pics I think I might have now deduced what these blocks are connected with, but I'll leave the question open, as although it's not Google, it's sort of cheating.

Still keep having flashbacks to the "Bouncy..." pics :wub:

[DrDick&Vick]

yes Bouncy is a nice .gif

[lebowsk1]

I've seen them on a walk from Princetown but can't remember exactly where or what they are.

[DrDick&Vick]

As nobody is getting the answer to this one, it is as follows.
Near Kings Tor, Dartmoor, the picture is the track track leading into Swell Tor quarry. The object in question are partially finished corbels for London Bridge which were never collected.

Ok next person to log into this thread can put up the next question.

[Bill D (wwh)]

Ok, here goes...

What was the first name of the landscape architect Capability Brown?

[martybartfast]

Lancelot, there was something about him at the weekend (Countryfile I think), where they visited the village where he was born.

[Bill D (wwh)]

DING to martybartfast!

[martybartfast]

What did (or didn't) happen at the Reichenbach Falls in May 1891?

[Bill D (wwh)]

I believe Sherlock Holmes fell to his death there, only to be resurrected by public demand.

[martybartfast]

DING, it's where Holmes & Moriaty fell to their death, however Holmes was later resurrected as you say due to public demand.

I'd forgotten I was the last question setter, I must admitI expected it to go PDQ.

[Bill D (wwh)]

Thanks for the ding! :)

What is a Googlewhack? And no Googling... :p

[Bill D (wwh)]

Anyone?

[DrDick&Vick]

my son reckons it's a search contest but not sure exactly what.

[martybartfast]

It's when you stick two words into Google, and it only returns a single page, a-la "Dave Gorman's GoogleWhack Adventure".

[Bill D (wwh)]

Richard, you were on the right lines, but that's a DING to martybartfast!

[martybartfast]

Quick and easy one (I think).

I'm going away for a few days and will be visiting Princetown, which large government institution is nearby?


Feel free to self-ding as I won't be back until after the weekend (or it could be longer :ph34r:)

[DrDick&Vick]

Unfair question as I get all twitchy at the thought of the place.:eek::eek::eek:

[lebowsk1]

Dartmoor Prison

[lebowsk1]

Walter Sobchak, Theodore Donald "Donny" Kerabatsos, Jesus Quintana and The Dude are all characters from a film that has a bit of a cult following and has a convention held every year for it's followers.

Name the film

[gazooks]

Pure guess but considering your caching name...

The Big Lebowski ?

[lebowsk1]

DING A LING to you, a brilliant film that is well worth watching over and over again.

[gazooks]

What is the longest line of latitude on the Earth?

[DrDick&Vick]

that just has to be the Equator

[gazooks]

Ding to DD&V :socool:

[DrDick&Vick]

Sorry folks, been without a decent internet for a few days but back now.

When a vessel is in distress, they send out a distress signal which uses the code words " MayDay"

What is the origin for using the words MayDay ?

[martybartfast]

I was always told it's a corruption of the french for "Help me" - "M' aider", but I feel a QI style klaxon coming on........

BTW I accidentally hit the thanks button so you got a thank you for that question :eek:

[DrDick&Vick]

Ding a Ling correct!!

[martybartfast]

What were the first names of "The Blues Brothers"?

[Palujia]

Jake and Ellwood ?

[martybartfast]

DING.

[Palujia]

What sort of dog was "Hooch" ?

[Palujia]

Getting a bit worried that this was a bit cyriptic! Dog from the Tom Hanks film "Turner and Hooch" ??

[DrDick&Vick]

I think it was big silly looking breed with a silly sounding French name

[Palujia]

I think it was big silly looking breed with a silly sounding French name
Yeees a dog from a well known wine producing area in France (hint hint)

[DrDick&Vick]

only one I can think then is a Bordeaux

[Palujia]

DING !! a Doge de Bordeax (Doge with an "e" !)

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok a nice easy one for you all.

What animal are the Canary Islands named after?

[Palujia]

Tricky one - Cave Canem !
(te necet lingendo)
Dogs
Strange - had this on the Pub quiz the other night and - along with everyone else - got it wrong !! Won't forget that one in a hurry !!

[DrDick&Vick]

Oh dear way too easy.
DING to you

[Palujia]

Who reportedly said "able was I ere I saw elba" and what is it an example of (2 in one !!)

[martybartfast]

Well it's a Palindrome, that's the easy bit.

Wasn't Napoleon Bonaparte sent to Elba at one point? so I'll guess him.

[Palujia]

Ding ! to you

[martybartfast]

Well my missus thought Napoleon had been exiled to a town in Northern France, what a numpty, she doesn't know here Arras from her Elba.

:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause: :applause::applause::applause::applause::applause: :applause::applause:


Anyway onwards,

Who built the first tunnel under the Thames in London?

[Just Roger]

Marc Brunel, Father of Isambard Kingdom who was his assistant. It is still in use carrying the Northern line (I think) of the Underground

[martybartfast]

Ding

[Just Roger]

Here's one for those of you who can remember the 70's.

You will remember the Lorraine Chase Luton Airport Advertisement from the 70's,

"Were you truly wafted here from paradise?"
"Nah, Lu'on Airpor'!"

What product was she advertising? (Hint - It wasn't Luton Airport)

[Palujia]

Campari !!

[Just Roger]

DING

[Palujia]

What "postal" honour did Wellington get after Waterloo ??

[DrDick&Vick]

Sorry, havn't got a clue, then again I was never anygood at history. Did he get some boots??

[Bear and Ragged]

Did he get his face on a stamp?

[Palujia]

Nope! Think about Aspley House !!
Wellington's London Address

cheers
palujia

[Just Roger]

1 London

[Palujia]

DING !!!
Wellington had already got his "dukeship" so the king gave him the unique address of "no 1 London" - neat eh !
cheers
palujia:cheers:

[Just Roger]

Try this one.

Who came from the same place as the nuts?

[Palujia]

Nuts? Try Brazil - so perhaps Pele ??

[Just Roger]

Nope. It's a quote. "I'm ???????? from Brazil - where the nuts come from"

[Palujia]

Aaah - dim memories - either Carmen Miranda ? or Charley's Aunt (Dona something ?) But Pele sounds better !!
cheers
palujia

[Just Roger]

Charley's Aunt (Donna Mari D'Alvadores) gets the

DING


He/She is the eponymous hero of a farce by Brandon Thomas which opened in 1892 and broke all records with a first London run of nearly 1500 performances.

[Palujia]

Cor! another one "dredged" from the depths ! Saw that when I was a very young person and wondered why a "lady" was smoking cigars !! long before cross dressers etc. I digress;-
Where did the great train robbers hide out ? (The name of the farm will do!!)

[DrDick&Vick]

Somewhere near Oakley in Bucks.

[Palujia]

Ah so - but what was the name of the farm ??

[Just Roger]

I've been leaving this hoping that someone else would answer it but it seems to be stuck.

Leatherslade Farm near Brill.

I heard a very interesting talk a few years ago by the copper who was the first to discover it after the baddies had abandoned it.

[Palujia]

DING !!
As a retired officer from Thames Valley Police, the Great Train Robbers featured large in my early years. Some of the instructors at Eynsham Hall Police College had been involved in the searches and subsequent prosecutions. We were all taken to the Force Museum and shown all the exhibits including the Monopoly board which they played on with real money !
Sorry I have not got back sooner but out in caravan for a few days and the wretched mobile internet didn't want to work !!
cheers
Palujia

[Just Roger]

Keeping it topical (Oil slicks): What was the name of the tanker that hit the Seven Stones reef off the Scilies in 1967

[Palujia]

I remember that one
Torrey Canyon !!

[Just Roger]

DING

[Palujia]

Staying withthe theme:-
Who shot JR ??

[martybartfast]

Never watched it so I can only remember 2 names from the series, I'll guess

his wife Sue Ellen.

[Palujia]

Negatory to that one

[The Crunchy Nutter]

Maggie did it :-D

Oh hang on - that was The Simpsons... :D

It was Sue Ellen's sister but I can't remember her name...

[martybartfast]

Maggie did it :-D
...Sue Ellen's sister...

I guess that rules out Cliff Barnes then (the only other name I can remember).

[DrDick&Vick]

Kristin I think

[Palujia]

DING

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok let's keep it entertainment based

In the film Airport, what is the name of the airport?

[Palujia]

It was supposed to be in Chicago - so it should be

O'Hare International ??

[DrDick&Vick]

They didn't use the actual name but a fictional one which is the one that is needed

[Palujia]

Stuck on this one - I admit to looking at the secondhand videos on the market in Witney on Saturday - but no luck - no googling, so I thought if I just happened across a copy of the video !!! Beats me !!

cheers

palujia

[DrDick&Vick]

Chicago is the right area and the fictional airport was named after a dead president.

[Palujia]

Would he be the one with the memorial ? Lincoln perhaps (guess ???)

[DrDick&Vick]

DING a LING

Lincoln International is spot on.
Over to you

[Palujia]

Cor, that was luck - I nearly put Kennedy !!! -
What famously "grew on trees" on April fool's day 1957 ?

[Just Roger]

Spaghetti. It must have been true because Dickie Dimbleby said so on Panorama

[Palujia]

DING
My gran believed it for years !!!:applause:

[Just Roger]

Try this one.

What was the name of the dog that the Russians sent up to orbit the earth before they sent Yuri Gagarin to be the first man in orbit?

[Palujia]

Laika !

[Just Roger]

Woof oops- I mean DING

Apparently the name means 'Barker'

[Palujia]

I never knew that !! Wasn't there some later controversy about the fact that there were no plans to get her back ??

Who was a friend of Van Goch and was famous for his paintings of Polynesian ladies ?

[Just Roger]

I never knew that !! Wasn't there some later controversy about the fact that there were no plans to get her back ??

Who was a friend of Van Goch and was famous for his paintings of Polynesian ladies ?

I was too young to remember but I would be surprised if there wasn't an outcry in this country as AFAIK there were no plans for her return, which would have little effect on the Russians now and, at that time, even less.

[martybartfast]

I never knew that !! Wasn't there some later controversy about the fact that there were no plans to get her back ??

Who was a friend of Van Goch and was famous for his paintings of Polynesian ladies ?

Was it Gaugin ? (not sure of the spelling).

[DrDick&Vick]

my missus reckons that is more or less right

[Mrs Blorenge]

Yeah... more or less... Gauguin... like penguin... but French-er. :p

[Palujia]

DING
to Martybartfast (according to the log posted first)

[DrDick&Vick]

BIG BUMP for Marty

[martybartfast]

Oops,


So given the big hint from Dr Vick.

What shape and colour was Mr Bump?

[DrDick&Vick]

I know he is not RED
He might be GREEN
But in reality I am not sure

[Palujia]

That was a cunning reply I think he may be this coloured but I seem to remember white bandages on a sort of "egg" shape

[martybartfast]

DING


He was round, and blue with white bandages.

[Palujia]

Near enough then !! But digging in loft and finding old books I could swear he was more egg shaped than round !!. However - on the subject of books. Who writes about Kay Scarpetta ?

[DrDick&Vick]

as I am reading 'Body Farm' at the moment I shall refrain from answering, but if it is unanswered when I finsih the book I will answer then https://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/richardmullans/Smilies/flag_of_truce.gif

[DrDick&Vick]

OK book finished and it was written by Patricia Cornwell

[Palujia]

RING A DING !!

[DrDick&Vick]

OK continuing with fiction, who writes about Hieronymus Bosch?

[Palujia]

Michael Connelly writes about Harry Bosch I think (tried lone coyote but didn't get too far) prefer Grisham or Cornwell !

[DrDick&Vick]

DING
once you get into them they are good, try and start with the The Black Echo

[Palujia]

Will try again !!Just re-reading all my early Tom Clancy ! Who or what is a Hamilton Stovare ?

[DrDick&Vick]

you threw me when you made it two words.
It's a dog

[Palujia]

DING !!

[DrDick&Vick]

Someone else jump in and set a question:applause:

[Matrix]

Someone else jump in and set a question:applause:


How about ..


Published in 1984, what is the title of Iain Banks first novel, the title reffering to a huge clock face encased in a glass box and salvaged from a local dump ?.

[Palujia]

Horrible book - Wasp Factory !! Another Auther I have trouble with !
Stick to classics (Harry Harrison etc)

[Matrix]

Horrible book - Wasp Factory !! Another Auther I have trouble with !
Stick to classics (Harry Harrison etc)

DING !!!!

[Palujia]

Sorry - away for the weekend - back now!
Who wrote "Trustee from the Toolroom" ?

[DrDick&Vick]

well shute me down that would have been good old Nevil

[Palujia]

THAT'S A BIG 10/4 RUBBER DUCK
DING !!

[Palujia]

PS - One of my favourite books - a good straight forward moral tale - an honest man facing, and overcoming life's challenges for unselfish reasons. An unfashionable stance in this materialistic age !!

[DrDick&Vick]

what is the popular name for the Peewit?

[Palujia]

Was waiting for someone else to jump in !
We always have a "Big Book of British Birds" in the Caravan, and a smaller one in the car. Have not turned into "Twitchers" yet, but always on the lookout for new birds. Have seen lots of
LAPWINGS
in our travels (Saw a pair of kingfishers this week whilst looking at the dawn on the lawn by the river at the Hotel I work at - brilliant colours and a lovely dawn)

[DrDick&Vick]

DING DING

[Palujia]

Ding Ding ! that reminds me of a famous song - who sang about "That big six wheeler, scarlet painted 97 horsepower Omnibus - hold very tight please (Ding Ding !!!):applause::applause:

[martybartfast]

No idea really but it sounds the sort of thing George Formby would have sung.

[DrDick&Vick]

Ding Ding ! that reminds me of a famous song - who sang about "That big six wheeler, scarlet painted 97 horsepower Omnibus - hold very tight please (Ding Ding !!!):applause::applause:

It should end with Ting Ting not ding ding

[Palujia]

Maybe you're right but it sounds like Ding Ding to me !! further to the magic lyrics:-
" At 20 miles per hour in the middle of of the road,and jackal taxi drivers can only swear and cuss. Its worth it just to ride inside that 30 foot long and 10 foot wide, inside that monarch of the road, observer of the highway code. That big six wheeler etc !!! "
Think Dinner jackets and a grand piano

[Just Roger]

Surely it was Flanders and Swann of Hippotamus fame

[Palujia]

MUD, MUD GLORIOUS MUD !!
DING DING

[Just Roger]

Who designed a development which was Jerry built in the 1680's by a Property developer - George Downing - 1st Baronet, and is still standing today?

[Palujia]

Off the top of my head, would that be the official residence of our local MP? the Rt Hon David Cameron and the rest of his ilk - now gated and guarded by London's finest ??

[Just Roger]

It would indeed. Winston Churchill wrote that Number 10 was "shaky and lightly built by the profiteering contractor whose name they bear."

BUT Who designed them?

[Just Roger]

Clue time

A mile or so to the east of this development, on another building he designed, is an inscription that says something like, "If you seek his monument, look around you."

[DrDick&Vick]

a big guess here, how about Wren?

[Just Roger]

That's the one - good guess. Over to you with a
DING

[DrDick&Vick]

Only two London Underground stations have all the vowels in them, name them?

[Palujia]

Got one with a lot of thought Mansion House The other I confess that I had to look on the inside cover of the diary for !! South Ealing.So 1/2 a Ding ??

[DrDick&Vick]

Ding to both of your answers, the rules only say NO GOOGLING or using any other search engine, nothing wrong in looking in a book

[Palujia]

Thanks - I carry a lot of reference books about in the caravan/car. Birds, wild flowers, National Trust, fungii, maps by the ton, but I always get a pocket diary in my "christmas tree present" bits and bobs. Inside cover - a complete map of London underground !!!(albeit now so small I am thinking about using a magnifying glass !!!) I digress.
Who said:-
"I'm just going outside and maybe some time"

[martybartfast]

Who said:-
"I'm just going outside and maybe some time"

Captain Oates, he never came back.

[Palujia]

It was indeed, a very gallant gentleman

Ding

[martybartfast]

If you ever get the chance to read Sir Ranulph Fiennes' biography of Scott of the Antarctic give it a go, a very good read.


Anyway:

In American Football who gets to play in the Superbowl ?

[Palujia]

Yep, have read the book = have read lots of books on Scott and also Shackleton = both very brave and in a lot of ways very stupid, self centred, and self publicising. But ultimately both very English in the great "Empire" sence of the term.
Anyways
The winners of the play offs of both American Football leagues (or conferences as they call them)This (apparantly) makes the winners the best American Football team in the known universe - for a year at least

[martybartfast]

The winners of the play offs of both American Football leagues (or conferences as they call them)This (apparantly) makes the winners the best American Football team in the known universe - for a year at least


DING

[Palujia]

Who played the President in the great TV series
"West Wing"

[Matrix]

Martin Sheen :cool:

[Palujia]

DING
to you and "God Bless America"

[Matrix]

Who played Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October ?

[DrDick&Vick]

Harrison Ford

[Matrix]

Harrison Ford

No sorry :(

[Palujia]

Alec Baldwin

[Matrix]

DING !!

[Palujia]

One of my all time favourite films - Shawshank Redemption - from which Opera is the wonderful Duetino Sull'aria that Andy plays over the prison sound system ?

[jamesrodgersjr]

Madame Butterfly - Puccini ? =0/

[Palujia]

Nope, Sorry not that one

[Palujia]

No opera fans or Shawshank Redemption fans out there ????
Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
Someone jump in with another question

[DrDick&Vick]

In which book and film is room 237 a frightening place?

[Palujia]

Nineteen eighty four ?

[DrDick&Vick]

Nope

[Palujia]

Not terribly good with films "she who must be obeyed" tends to make our choices so Gladiator was the last one
Try
Psycho ?

[DrDick&Vick]

nope, sorry!

[Palujia]

Got it (I think) Shopping in Witney and slunk in to W****stones to buy the new Clive Cussler (the Spy) Had a sneaky peak in the reference section - The Shining !! Although by the description of the film I don't think she who must be obeyed will be watching it any time soon !!

[DrDick&Vick]

DING to Palujia

[Palujia]

Hurrah !! Thank goodness for book shops !!
Right - a three part question :-
a. Who was Ernie's "heavyweight" enemy
b. Where did he come from and
c. What was his occupation !!

[Palujia]

No takers ? Clue ?
Milkman !!

[DrDick&Vick]

Hurrah !! Thank goodness for book shops !!
Right - a three part question :-
a. Who was Ernie's "heavyweight" enemy Two Tone Ted
b. Where did he come from and NOT SURE
c. What was his occupation !!Baker

Thats about all I can remember

[Palujia]

Near enough:-
2ton Ted, from Teddington, who drove the Baker's van !!
DING:socool:

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok, one for the TV watchers!

Reg, Ron, Phoebe, Yvonne & Gary were all characters in which TV series?

[martybartfast]

Goodnight Sweetheart, I was getting some reruns on one of the Cable channels before I went off on my jollies.

[DrDick&Vick]

DING A LING to Marty

A series that we found quite amusing and also enjoying the reruns at the moment.

[martybartfast]

Just watching the Formula 1, which is being led by Aussie Mark Webber who should be leading the world championship by the end of the afternoon as long as he keeps it on the track; hence:-

Name the two Australians who have been previous Formula 1 World Champions.