The All New GAGB Pub Quiz

[DrDick&Vick]

as an avid F1 fan I shall sit this one out but a good question with one easy answer and another one that may need a little thought

[Palujia]

Sir Jack Brabham and Alan Jones:cheers:

[martybartfast]

DINGO to Palujia

[Palujia]

What is the name of the only english town with an exclamation mark in its title ??:confused:

[DrDick&Vick]

To easy for a seasoned caravanner like me, it's ????????????????????
Come on somebody else join in, I will answer on Friday if it is still open.

[Just Roger]

I dispute the 'town', more of a village but how about Westward Ho!

[Palujia]

DING !!

[Just Roger]

Sticking to the spelling of towns/villages theme. Please read the question carefully - without using the web, maps, atlases or any other references, can you spell the FULL name of that place in Anglesey that is usually abbreviated to LlanfairPG?

[Palujia]

In a word - No ! I'll leave this one to the cunning linguists !!

[Just Roger]

DING to Paulija which I don't think he was expecting. The question was "Can you spell . . . " Not, "How do you spell . . . " Like I said, read the question carefully.

[Palujia]

Well my ghast is flabbered - but I'll take the Ding for :-

llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliog ogogoch :cheers:

(which I did now look up !!!)

Who wrote the book:-

Puckoon

[martybartfast]

Spike Milligan

[Palujia]

DING !

[martybartfast]

Where would you find these letters printed in this order

TF
F
T
S
W
WNA


and for a bonus ding what do the acronyms stand for?

[Just Roger]

On the side of a ship. They are Loading lines

TF= Tropical Fresh
F=Fresh
T=Tropical
S=Summer
W=Winter
WNA=Winter North Atlantic

Beside these is a circle with a horizontal line through it, projecting outside the circle and on the ends of the line, in the case of a British Registered ship the letters L & R. These stand for Loyds Register which is the UK Certifying Authority.

[martybartfast]

DING for the answer

and a big
DING the acronyms.

[Just Roger]

Sticking to a Nautical Theme.

Brunel's last ship, the Great Eastern, after some years as a passenger ship, was converted to another use. After its conversion it carried out a notable task in 1866. What was that task?

[Dan1980]

It completed the first transatlantic telegraph cable, and then repaired the failed attempt from the previous year.

[Just Roger]

It completed the first transatlantic telegraph cable, and then repaired the failed attempt from the previous year.

DING DONG one for the cable and another for the repair.

Over to you

[DrDick&Vick]

BUMPING this one back up for Dan1980 to set a question

[Dan1980]

Whoops, I somehow missed the DING! :o

OK, we might as well stay with ships. A nice easy one:

What were the names of the Titanic's sister ships?

[4 and the dog]

Olympic and Britanic.

[Dan1980]

That's a DING

I told you it was an easy one! ;)

[4 and the dog]

Still with ships, why would this hades dweller be on board??

[martybartfast]

Still with ships, why would this hades dweller be on board??

Is there supposed to be a picture attached, or is this a cryptic question?, or maybe it's just too early and my brain hasn't woken up yet.

[4 and the dog]

Is there supposed to be a picture attached, or is this a cryptic question?, or maybe it's just too early and my brain hasn't woken up yet.

No picture supposed to be attached, cryptic question, coffee I.V. stat :D

[DrDick&Vick]

Oh well thats me out of it, no good at cryptic stuff.

[4 and the dog]

Another name for hades is hell.....

Who lives in hell....

[4 and the dog]

Ok - to move this on as it seems noone will get it ...

occupant of hades - the devil

why would he be onboard?

The devil is the name given to the longest continuous seam on the ships hull.

'''paying'' was the name given to caulking by the old sailors, and gives rise to the phrase - the devil to pay - the seam, called the devil, had to be caulked but it was held over as a punishment duty as it was such a vile job, especially if the ship was under way.

Ok, a non cryptic one to get things moving - we all know the penguin cant fly - but can you name 3 other birds with wings that are flightless??

[DrDick&Vick]

Ostrich for one and possibly an Emu, thats all I can think of

[martybartfast]

and Kiwi

[4 and the dog]

There's around 40 species of bird that cannot fly - they survived as they evolved because they live in really isolated places that also had a lack of predators.

That's a DIIIIII and and IIINNNGGGG :D

Hmmm .. a split answer - fair to give it to DrDick&Vick and they got 2 of the 3?

[DrDick&Vick]

OK then, a film one

Scenes from which 007 film were shot at Stoke Poges golf club, in Buckinghamshire?

[martybartfast]

In the voice of Shirley Bassey :-

GoldFinger

:applause:

[Palujia]

Have we given up on this quiz ? Cummon giz a quezzie !

[DrDick&Vick]

My apologies folks I have been a little busy and my mind was on other things.

DING to Martybartfast

[martybartfast]

Well I'd forgotten all about this, otherwise I'd have self dinged.

Anyway, you might have found a cache in a 50 Cal ammo box, but what does "50 cal" mean?

[Palujia]

Being an ex squaddie and familiar with the Browning, I'll let someone else answer this one !!

[4 and the dog]

Well I'd forgotten all about this, otherwise I'd have self dinged.

Anyway, you might have found a cache in a 50 Cal ammo box, but what does "50 cal" mean?

50 caliber - or more accurately .50 caliber. The diameter of the barrel the ammunition is fired through. Don't know if it's in inches or mils though now. Inches I think given I remember a 22 rifle being referred to as such looooooong before decimalisation lol. So the 50 cal box would hold mmunition rounds suitable for firing through a gun with a .50 caliber barrel.



Or something like that :wacko:

[martybartfast]

DING

All the salient points were in there somewhere :) the 0.50 cal means half an inch, which is the diameter of the round, although in reality I believe the round is 0.51 inches in order to create a tight fit on the rifling.

[4 and the dog]

Ok then, your starter for 10:

Dick Powell, Humphrey Bogart, James Garner, Elliot Gould and Robert Mitchum have all played which hard drinking character in film?

[martybartfast]

Philip Marlowe?

[4 and the dog]

And that's a DING :cheers:

[martybartfast]

Very quick one then as I don't have time to think up anything else.

Who wrote the Philip Marlowe novels.

I'm kind of expecting "4 and the dog" to sit this one out.

[4 and the dog]

Very quick one then as I don't have time to think up anything else.

Who wrote the Philip Marlowe novels.

I'm kind of expecting "4 and the dog" to sit this one out.

:coffee:

:popcorn:

:beer:

[Palujia]

That would be Raymond Chandler

[4 and the dog]

(Who's got the dinger)

[martybartfast]

Me,

DING.

[Palujia]

Righto !

Who wrote about "Wilt" ??

[4 and the dog]

Righto !

Who wrote about "Wilt" ??

Wilt's brother Droopy :dunno:

[Palujia]

Nah - but keep trying !!

[4 and the dog]

Katie Price :dunno: :p

[martybartfast]

OK I was keeping out of this one, hoping that someone else would get it but it doesn't look likely.

Tom Sharpe, I've read all his books, my fave is a toss up between Wilt and Rioutous Assembly - Hillarious

[Palujia]

Ding !!:socool:

[martybartfast]

The Royal Armories collections in 4 cities, where are they?

[4 and the dog]

I know 3, so as you want 4 I'll go the bar instead and get another round in :cheers:

[martybartfast]

Well if no-one gets all 4 I might give it to the first one to 3, so worth having a go....

[Palujia]

I was waiting to see if anyone else could get them but
1. Tower of London
2. Leeds
3. Fort Nelson
4. New one in Louisville Kentucky

[martybartfast]

DING

Been to the first three, but not the US one.

[Palujia]

Yep - me too. I have an old mate who does "bangs" for the Royal Mil College at Shrivenham and he has been sending bits over to Kentucky. I like the Tower best (I go there and then on to the Imp War museum when I go up to town !) Anyway another super intelligent and eurudite question :-
Who sings the theme tune to the Cartoon "Shaun the Sheep"

[4 and the dog]

Who sings the theme tune to the Cartoon "Shaun the Sheep"

Thanks for bringing back the buried memory of my ears bleeding every afternoon to CBBC :eek:

That would be Vic Reeves :blink:

[Palujia]

He even talks to those who cannot bleat !!!

Ding !!

[4 and the dog]

Ok, well, in 1967 Radio 4 replaced what BBC radio service?

[ardip912]

BBC Radio 4 replaced the BBC Home Service.

[4 and the dog]

and thats a DING

[ardip912]

Oh Heck, does that mean I've got to do something?

[martybartfast]

Oh Heck, does that mean I've got to do something?

Yes, you've got to ask the next question, or was that the next question?

[ardip912]

Thanx, yes that was a question but it wasn't the next one.

This one is. At 5,320 km long, the Australian Dingo Fence is reputedly the worlds longest man made structure. Why was it built?

[martybartfast]

Well on the face of it the name "Dingo fence" would appear to be a bit of a clue, but I think it's actually to stop the spread of rabbits.

[ardip912]

That's a 3,306 mile DING. Oh, rabbits were the reason; it was converted to a dog fence in 1914. Why do I know this???:confused:

[4 and the dog]

Well on the face of it the name "Dingo fence" would appear to be a bit of a clue, but I think it's actually to stop the spread of rabbits.

Ohhhh I would have walked right into that ... I was so going to write ''well durrr, to keep dingos out'' !! but I just knew there'd be a twist and I couldnt think what!!! :cheers:

[martybartfast]

Who slew the Minotaur in Greek/Cretan mythology?

[4 and the dog]

Who slew the Minotaur in Greek/Cretan mythology?

Mrs. Crabapple, because she was fed up of him kicking his ball into her rhodedendrums :dunno:

[Palujia]

I done bin to Creeeete mate. I reckon it were that old Athenien bloke
Theseus wot done the deed.Occupational hazard of being a Minotaur, but up until then it was pretty peachy - good lodgings and all the virgins you can eat !

[martybartfast]

DING,

And I was Theseus in a School assembly as a nipper.

[Palujia]

We all know that RJ Mitchell designed the Spitfire - but who designed the Hurricane ?

[ardip912]

Whilst the Spitfire was the 'romantic' fighter of the Battle of Britain, the Hurricane was the workhorse. Sidney Cam at Hawker had a great deal to do with the design of said Hurricane so I'll go with him. :confused:

[Palujia]

Slight spelling mistake but near enough !!
Sydney Camm !!
DING !!

[ardip912]

mm, thanks.

Returning to the Spitfire idea. Spitfire Island, near to the site at Castle Bromwich where the aircraft was assembled and test flown, boasts a special commemorative sculpture. What is the sculpture called, and for a bonus ding, why would Bilbo be interested?

[4 and the dog]

That would be the Sentinel designed by Tim Tolkein. Never thought about it before but from the name it's likely he's related to JR Tolkien who wrote the Lord of the Rings and the Hobit - hence the Bilbo link???

[ardip912]

That would be a DING then. Tim is grandson of the writer. :cheers:

[ardip912]

Oooops, forgot the bonus DING!! sorry.

[4 and the dog]

Losely based on the previous links,

A box without hinges key or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.

What is it???

[martybartfast]

An egg, it was one of the riddles Bilbo posed to Gollum (or the other way round) in The Hobbit.

[4 and the dog]

The ding is away for routine service, so for now, you'll have to settle for a

BUZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz!!

[DrDick&Vick]

turn missed by default
4 and the dog set the next question.
Go Go Go Go

[martybartfast]

OK, I sort of forgot about this and as 4 and the dog haven't jumped in I'll go with:


Who had a hit with an Album called "Moonflower"

[ardip912]

Moonflower - Flor d'Luna - was by Santana. I bought this album for my wife on our 1st wedding anniversary. The track Europa, (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile), was played at her funeral.

[ardip912]

Sorry, that seems a bit of a downer. It wasn't supposed to be. :o

[martybartfast]

Moonflower - Flor d'Luna - was by Santana. I bought this album for my wife on our 1st wedding anniversary. The track Europa, (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile), was played at her funeral.


DING for Carlos, and a good choice on your part, it's a beautiful piece of music.

Over to you.

[ardip912]

Contrary to the Hollywood take on things, what did the crew of HMS Bulldog manage to 'pinch' in May 1941?

[ardip912]

Urmm. :dunno: If it's a clue you want, they pinched it from U110.

[jammie*dodger]

Urmm. :dunno: If it's a clue you want, they pinched it from U110.

Was it the enigma machine?

[ardip912]

:cheers:
DING!
:applause:


Over to you.

[jammie*dodger]

Which 70's kids TV show featured the Phantom Flan Flinger?

[ardip912]

Taxi driver Benny Mills will know. Might not have been the original, but he was indeed at one time the very PFF himself. (Rumour had it that at one time the PFF was in fact a certain female executive of the show.) Jim 'Nick Nick'D had something to say along those lines anyway.

Observation, not an answer.

[DrDick&Vick]

I thinks it was tis one, Tiswas, for some reason my son & daughter enjoyed watching it.

[jammie*dodger]

DING!

Your turn ;)

[DrDick&Vick]

OK, we will stay on kids programs.

Posh Paws was a soft toy that featured in which 70's/80's children TV program?

[Palujia]

Noel Edmonds Multi coloured swap shop !!!

[DrDick&Vick]

Sorry, been a bit busy.
DING to Palujia.

[Palujia]

Who was the cow in the Magic Roundabout !!!:socool:

[martybartfast]

'twas Ermintrude dear heart!

[Palujia]

BOING ! said Zebedee !!

[Maple Leaf]

A little bump .. to martybartfast

[martybartfast]

Sorry I forgot about this, here's an easy one for those of a certain age.

In pre-decimal currency:

How many pennies in a shilling
&
How many shillings in a pound

[DrDick&Vick]

12 and 20

Too flipping old

[martybartfast]

Kerching to the old geezer :ph34r:

[DrDick&Vick]

Okay, another one for the old uns!!
If you had 2 tanners, a florin and half a crown in your pocket, how many 'OLD' pennies would you have had?

[Maple Leaf]

Pass .... I'm not that old :eek:




Ok, yes I am ... but I was at primary school at the time of decimalisation so was only given pennies and halfpennies. :(

[DrDick&Vick]

I actually remember the introduction as I was running a newsagents and we had two tills as we had to be able to take old and only give change back in new.

[martybartfast]

Well I was a Junior school when it happened.

tanners (& threepeny bits) were not uncommon for a young lad get hold of, a shilling was something you put in the gas meter, and getting half a crown was a special occasion. Florin's were rarely seen.

So I'll guess at the Florin and:

2xtanners = 12p
Half a crown=2/6 = 30p
Florin, now was that 5 bob? If so that's 60p

Total 102p
(enough to could go to the pictures, have fish, chips & a bottle of tizer, and still have enough left for the bus fare home.....)

PS if I get the DING for this I promise the next question will be something more contemporary :)

[DrDick&Vick]

Going to give you that one as you got 2 of the 3 correct.
Tanner = 6d x 2 = 12d
Florin = 2 shillings = 24d
Half a Crown = 2s & 6d = 30d
Total actually 66d
The 5 bob was actually a Crown (hence half a crown = 2s 6d)
Ding a ling and over to you

Used to be:
Farthing = 1/4 penny
Halpenny
Penny
Threepenny bit
Sixpenny bit (tanner)
Shilling (bob)(1s)
Florin (2 bob)(2s)
Half a crown 2s 6d
Crown 5s
Tenbob note (10s)
Pound note (20s)
Five pound note (no I never had a white one, not that flipping old)

[martybartfast]

What's the maximum size of a "Tweet"?

[thekennelat79]

4'6" or to you 1.5 metres :D

[martybartfast]

4'6" or to you 1.5 metres :D

Wrong (but you knew that anyway!)


Come on, there must be some twitterers on here...

[thekennelat79]

What's the maximum size of a "Tweet"?

We are all twits on here :applause:

Oh all right then, let's try and be sensible, and say 140 characters (give or take a smidgen). :lol:

[martybartfast]

We are all twits on here :applause:

Oh all right then, let's try and be sensible, and say 140 characters (give or take a smidgen). :lol:


DING

[thekennelat79]

Right, let's try this one (with no Googling/Wiki).

What is the height of the current proven tallest man (ie he has actually been accurately measured)?

[Maple Leaf]

7ft something ..... so I will guess at 7ft 3"

[thekennelat79]

7ft something ..... so I will guess at 7ft 3"


Up a bit :lol:

[ardip912]

Seem to remember something like 8 ft and an inch or two. A farmer from Turkey?

[Fermentum]

I got this, this is easy. The guy off the film Avator, the blue man, he was 10ft tall.

YESSSSS!!!!

[thekennelat79]

Seem to remember something like 8 ft and an inch or two. A farmer from Turkey?


Ding!

That's near enough for me :)

[ardip912]

Ding!

That's near enough for me :)
(Was it 8' 1" or 2"?)

Here we go;

We know Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon; who was the last step off? (Nearly 38 years ago)

[thekennelat79]

[quote=ardip912;44958](Was it 8' 1" or 2"?)

I have it listed as 8'1" :ohmy:

[ardip912]

[quote=ardip912;44958](Was it 8' 1" or 2"?)

I have it listed as 8'1" :ohmy:

Thanks, I seem to remember that earlier this year the worlds tallest met the worlds shortest. I couldn't remember how short the shortest was otherwise that would have been my next question.

[Maple Leaf]

Here we go;

We know Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon; who was the last step off? (Nearly 38 years ago)

bump ... as it got left behind on the previous page.

[ardip912]

Thanks to Maple Leaf for bumping my question onto a current page.

Not sure whether there is a lack of interest or a lack of knowledge. This came from a local 'pub quiz' where five of the eleven teams got it right. Before you ask, no we didn't.

Our hero was the Commander of Apollo 17, the last manned lunar expedition. Can't really give a clue. Perhaps you will need to resort to research!!

[Palujia]

Sorry Ardip - Did'nt realise that this was the question
The commander of Apollo 17 was Eugene Cernan - So I suppose that he was the last man to stand on the moon

[ardip912]

That's a DING then. Strangely, he wasn't the last man to step onto the moon. That was his co-pilot who got out the lunar module after him, but got back in before him.

ardip912

[Palujia]

'Eere we go again then :-
Who said:_
"They may go up tiddly up up and down tiddly down down but they're still Gits!"

[thekennelat79]

I have a cunning plan to get a "Ding" :)

Our hero is talking about the RFC in "Blackadder Goes Forth"

[Palujia]

Well done Baldrick a big
Ding

to you

[thekennelat79]

What is the strongest muscle in the human body?

[martybartfast]

Is it the Gluteus Maximus (buttocks?), which was also the name of a Roman in one of the Asterix books.

[thekennelat79]

Is it the Gluteus Maximus (buttocks?), which was also the name of a Roman in one of the Asterix books.

Sorry, but that's not the one. :dunno:

[DrDick&Vick]

I seem to remember from another quiz somewhere that it could be the tongue

[thekennelat79]

Ding Ding :applause:

Of course, as a medical man you have a slight advantage......... :)

[thekennelat79]

I seem to remember from another quiz somewhere that it could be the tongue

Ding! :applause:

It's also the only muscle which is attached at only one end.

Of course, as a doctor, you would know that :)

[DrDick&Vick]

Ta for that.
A question with a wintery theme.
Which Canadian female singer had a hit in the USA, Canada and the UK in 1970 with Snow Bird?
"The snow bird sings the song he always sings, and speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring"

[border caz]

Joni Mitchell?

[DrDick&Vick]

Nope, sorry!

[border caz]

Buffy St Marie?

[DrDick&Vick]

Nope, sorry again!

[thekennelat79]

The version that I remember was sung by a Canadian called Anne Murray....

[DrDick&Vick]

Ding a Ling

[thekennelat79]

How many bones are we born with?

Any answer within 5% of the correct figure will get a Ding!

[Palujia]

Quick shufftie at my Sister's old anatomy books (she left them at home when she qualified)and I have been carting them about eversince - I know they'd come in useful someday !!! - Apparantly we are born with about 270 bones, some of whom "ostify?" as we get older and an adult has 206
Seems a bit wierd as there does not seem to be a definitive answer - several books give differing numbers but the general concencus is "About 270!!"

[thekennelat79]

As you say, there is some difference of opinion on the exact figure.

Many web sites give a figure of "about 270", while others quote around 300.
However, my sister in law who is a consultant Paedatrician, goes with the higher figure!

The confusion seems to arise because many of the 300 bones present at birth, then fuse together quite rapidly, so reducing the number.
So the generally accepted answer is 300 at birth, but "about 270" within a week or two.

Anyway, I'm not going to split hairs (or bones) :eek:, and it's a Ding for Palujia :)

[Palujia]

Thanks for that - strange to think of bones joining together - anyway:-
Who lived under the name of Sanders?

[DrDick&Vick]

https://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/richardmullans/Smilies/jtigjmp2.gif
I think I know as it was a friend of mine, I even hid some caches named after him Pooh Bears Honeypot (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7a6c7fe2-a805-4ef4-894d-cc73fbee68ca&log=y).
Is it my mate Winnie the Pooh?

[Palujia]

That's a big affirmative Richard - I loved the dead pan way it was introduced into the story - It was only when I was re-reading the books that I "got" the joke !!

Boing Boing !!

[DrDick&Vick]

Nice easy one this time:
Which is the largest joint in the human body?

[Maple Leaf]

knee

.... or in my case, it could be ankle :rolleyes:

[thekennelat79]

hip ?

[Palujia]

An de leg bone connected to the KNEE bone ! (in my case broken in three places falling over in Tesco's car park !!!)

[DrDick&Vick]

It's a DING a LING to the lovely Maple Leaf who was the first to post the correct answer which was KNEE.
Over to you Jen.

[Maple Leaf]

I expect this is a song that you are all hearing a lot of at the moment.

'Do they know it's Christmas'

Who sung the first line of the original (1984) recording by Band Aid?

[martybartfast]

Two faces come to mind, I'll go for this one:

Paul Young?

[Maple Leaf]

That was too easy .... Ding, Ding to Marty.

For info, Kylie was first on the 1989 version and Chris Martin in 2004

[martybartfast]

What was the name of the angel who saved the life of George Bailey from Bedford Falls?

[martybartfast]

Hint:

It's a Christmas themed film.

[thekennelat79]

Clarence? Who was also an invisible giant rabbit?

Or was that from another Jimmy Stewart film? :lol:

[martybartfast]

DING (and another angel gets it's wings)

It's from "It's a wonderful life".

The giant rabbit was Harvey from another film which was also called Harvey

[thekennelat79]

Well that lets me out, since I'm no angel :lol:

We all like to be qualified with "ologies", but what is "orology" ?

[zarbibird]

Ok, seeing as no-one else is brave enough to risk being laughed out of the forum.........is it something geological? Mountainy perhaps? It is a long time since I was at school but think I remember my very odd geography teacher using the term :confused: (Runs away hiding head in shame......)

[thekennelat79]

No need to hold your head in shame - seeing as you have essentially the right answer. :lol:

So it's a DING for zarbi&zarbibird

I was always taught that "orology" was the study of mountains, and their formation.

[zarbibird]

Hooray! (Proud moment :cheers: ) So who knows what colour the milk of a female hippopotamus is?

[Maple Leaf]

Well, I am assuming it is not white otherwise you wouldn't have asked ..... so am guessing at PINK

[zarbibird]

DING! Correct answer, it is pink. Over to you, just in time for Christmas day. Happy Christmas everybody! :D

[Maple Leaf]

Thanks. It was a complete guess, but I did Google it afterwards to check. I was very surprised to see I had guessed correctly.

[Maple Leaf]

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar plums danc'd in their heads,


In the rest of this poem, only eight reindeer pull the sleigh.

What is the name of the reindeer that is missing?

[Fermentum]

I am not falling for the obvious! So I will go for Comet!

[Maple Leaf]

Not Comet

[thekennelat79]

I'm afraid that it is the obvious one.

Not a red nose in sight! :ohmy:

[Maple Leaf]

I'm afraid that it is the obvious one.

Not a red nose in sight! :ohmy:

What is your answer then?

[thekennelat79]

I think that Rudolph IS the "missing reindeer" :ohmy:

[Maple Leaf]

Ding Ding .....

[thekennelat79]

Possibly a very easy one...........

What everyday items are "aglets" or "aiglets"?

[martybartfast]

I think this came up on the pub quiz over on the Frog forums, and if I'm right aren't they the rigid bits at the end of shoe laces?

[thekennelat79]

Ding !

Well done ! :)

[martybartfast]

At what temperature would a celsius and a fahrenheit thermometer show the same value?

[Palujia]

Would that be Absolute Zero ?

[martybartfast]

Sorry Absolute zero ( 0 Kelvin or -273 Celsius) is way off the mark.

[DrDick&Vick]

just looked at my biggy thermometer and I reckon it is -40

[martybartfast]

Ha Ha, Just saw your post and thought 'by eck it's cold down your way' then I realised it's the answer to my question!

Anyway:


DING

[DrDick&Vick]

One for the book readers,
Character details:
Mother -French & deceased Father - Career US Marine & Deceased Brother - US Military Intel & Deceased.
1.95mtrs tall, 110 - 113kg weight.
Fluent in English& French passable in Spanish.
Doesn't have: Drivers Licence, Credit Cards, Federal Benefits or dependants.
Character Name & Author please.

[DrDick&Vick]

Ok hint time:
First Name Jack but normally goes by his last name only.

[martybartfast]

Is this the Tom Clancy CIA geezer, who's been played by Harrison Ford? Can't remember the second name but I did think he was a Jack.

[DrDick&Vick]

Fraid not.
Next hint: Ex Military Policeman

[Palujia]

Lots of research and digging about -
How about Jack Reacher - Author Lee child ??

[DrDick&Vick]

Ding Dong give the man a coconut.
Over to you then Paul

[Palujia]

Cor - that was a hard one to crack -
Easy one for u

Who is the current "Master of the Queen's Music ??

[martybartfast]

Terry Wogan? :eek:

[DrDick&Vick]

Cor - that was a hard one to crack -
Easy one for u

Who is the current "Master of the Queen's Music ??
Elton John? :D

[Palujia]

ho ho ho - No!

[DrDick&Vick]

Oh well I won't bother asking about:
Alan Carr, Julian Clary, George Michael or Boy George then.

[ardip912]

'Keeper' of Queens music is just about every Freddie Mercury fan.

'Master' of Queens Music, however, is Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

Errrm, at least I think he still is. Couple of years yet.

[ardip912]

Some may have noticed that I have amended my signature. I thought "I've half a mind to become a politician, I've heard that is all it takes" was a little insensitive given Tucson Arizona. My sincere apologies. Allan.

[Palujia]

And a very nice and thoughtfull
Ding

to you !!

[ardip912]

Englands sporting success last week :cheers: prompts me to ask who wrote the novel 'Deep Cover' and an autobiography 'Don't tell Kath'?

Cheers all, back to my Bovril.

[martybartfast]

From the name of the Autobiography I would guess Ian "Beefy" Botham.

[ardip912]

Congrats and an Ashes winning DING!

[martybartfast]

Quick one (I think).

What is Erik Weisz best known for?

[Palujia]

As the old joke says - if you can get out of that we will call you Houdini
Best known for Escaping !

[martybartfast]

A belated DING (I didn't see the reply)

[Palujia]

Easy one for the start of the week:-
Who was the first criminal to be captured with the aid of Wireless communication ?

[thekennelat79]

Ah-Ha. That's an easy one for me!
As a radio amateur, and a keen student of early radio technology, I remembered the answer without having to consult any notes.

Twas the Dr Crippen what got nabbed as he stepped off a ship!

[Palujia]

Indeed it was !! - a Ding
to you !!

[thekennelat79]

Thanks for that.
Now for a question relating to the Demon Booze :cheers:

Most people know that Champagne bottles come in different sizes with different names...........

So how many bottles are there in the "piccolo" size?

[Palujia]

work in a hotel so bottle sizes on poster in reception:- piccolo (or split) is a quarter size of the standard bottle (we don't sell them though !!)

[thekennelat79]

work in a hotel so bottle sizes on poster in reception:- piccolo (or split) is a quarter size of the standard bottle (we don't sell them though !!)

Well Done :applause:

Over to you

[Palujia]

One for the American History buffs :-
What two (in)famous battles did the 7th Cavalry participate in during the 19th centuary - one is easy the other is more difficult
:)

[Boltonian]

bighorn and washita.

[Palujia]

Half a Ding for that - Big Horn
clue to the second - Massacre that "ended the Indian wars"

[Boltonian]

Half a Ding for that - Big Horn
clue to the second - Massacre that "ended the Indian wars"

Having only seen things like this as a child in John Wayne's stuff, guess it was a lucky partial. Have asked on my facebook page for more info and wont partake in the rest of the answer as I would consider it cheating.:ph34r:

[Palujia]

You are allowed to use reference books etc., just no "googling" - There was a good book published on this second reference
Another Clue
"Bury my Heart" was part of the title

[Boltonian]

American history is not something I intend following so I will pass.:coffee:

Ahhhh, I know, your clue is tooooooo easy but I had to cheat.

[ardip912]

I think the massacre at Wounded Knee was considered to be the last signifcant 'action' of the Indian Wars.

[Palujia]

That is correct !! a Ding to you

[ardip912]

Oh, err, um, lets see.

What is the longest river in the British Isles? :confused:

[Boltonian]

I dont think its the thames, I think its the Avon.

[Boltonian]

Thinking about it , it would be the one with the bore, the severn.

[ardip912]

I dont think its the thames, I think its the Avon.
Which Avon? Avon as in Stratford upon Avon, or Avon as in Bradford on Avon.

[ardip912]

Thinking about it , it would be the one with the bore, the severn. The Severn is not THE one with the bore. There's at least one other in the British Isles with a bore.

[Boltonian]

The Shannon in Ireland.

[Boltonian]

Which Avon? Avon as in Stratford upon Avon, or Avon as in Bradford on Avon.

Stratford of course, whoever heard of Bradford on Avon?:dunno:

[ardip912]

Thats a little bit better. The DINGto you.

[ardip912]

Stratford of course, whoever heard of Bradford on Avon?:dunno:The thousands who shun someone called Shakespeare and travel the waterways of England.

[ardip912]

Stratford of course, whoever heard of Bradford on Avon?:dunno:

If thats your question, I have. Is that a DING?

[Boltonian]

Thats a little bit better. The DINGto you.

So which of my answers gets the dingdong?

Avon or Shannon?

[Boltonian]

Anyway, my question is this.

How long does the menopause last.:wub:

[ardip912]

So which of my answers gets the dingdong?

Avon or Shannon?

The Shannon gets the DING! Apparently 20 miles longer than the next which is The Severn. Over to you.

[Cornell Finch]

Anyway, my question is this.

How long does the menopause last.:wub:

About 30 years if you ask my wife...

[Boltonian]

LOL, about 30 years too long.

[Palujia]

She who must be obeyed thinks it is about 1 year (judged from last period)
She used to suffer from PMT - now she is just angry !!!

[Boltonian]

Out by about a year but there is a close reference there.

[Palujia]

Try two years then ??

[Boltonian]

Out by 2 years now.:wub:

[Cornell Finch]

Out by 2 years now.:wub:

That would suggest that the menopause is a myth and doesn't last at all.

[Mrs Blorenge]

It just happens. The last period. That's it. The end. Anything after that is post-menopause.


err


period


.

[Boltonian]

We have a winner.
Its just an event that you dont know about it till it has happened.

[Palujia]

Bit like pay day then ?

[Boltonian]

Very much like pay day, you have symptoms of it impending arrival (begging letters from the bank), it hits the bank, wham its gone and the never-ending complaints afterwards of where does all the money go why is there none left , you never take me anywhere, I need a new dress, the kids need new shoes, we need to pay for .......:D

[Mrs Blorenge]

That means I have to pose the next question, I guess.

The trouble is that I can't remember whether I've posted this one before, in this Quiz... We'll give it a go any way...

In the world of futuristic technology many people know of K9 - he's grey.
In the world of 'historic' technology, what colour is K1?

(A brief explanation will be required with your answer ;) )

[martybartfast]

Red (and white I think), it's a telephone box, IIRC the iconic red phonebox was K6.

Edit to add:

And here's a picture I took of one:

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/161281

[Mrs Blorenge]

That's a ring (http://www.beepzoid.com/ringtones/Old_British_Phone.mid) to Martybartfast :D

[Palujia]

Cor,
my ghast has been flabbered ! Well done that person

[thekennelat79]

As an aside, the answer could have been grey/black

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_K1