The All New GAGB Pub Quiz

[Ten point nine]

I think our pub uses the same quiz book.
I'll have to come back to you with a question a little later.....

[Bill D (wwh)]

Bump...

[Ten point nine]

Sorry for the delay but at last here is my question.

What is the meaning of the word 'hypocaust'?

[keehotee]

Not sure of the meaning, but it's the method the Romans used to heat their buildings.
There is (apparently) quite a well preserved one buried under Exeter Cathedral Green.

[Bill D (wwh)]

The word's from Greek and I believe it means something like "heat from underneath", but I think the ding goes to Tim on this one.

[Ten point nine]

Ding it is. Again apologies for interupting the flow of this thread but I keep getting sent to areas without a McDonalds near by. (I usualy log in from there when I'm away. LOL)

[keehotee]

..... but I keep getting sent to areas without a McDonalds near by. (I usualy log in from there when I'm away. LOL)

Yeah... that's always my excuse for going in too .... lolopcorn:

[Ten point nine]

Yeah... that's always my excuse for going in too .... lolopcorn:

I'm the one in the corner nursing a single cup of coffee :coffee: for an hour tapping a PDA screen Haven't had the neck to take in a full sized lappy yet.

[Maple Leaf]

I'm the one in the corner nursing a single cup of coffee :coffee: for an hour tapping a PDA screen Haven't had the neck to take in a full sized lappy yet.

I am the one sitting in the carpark with my laptop .... who says you have to go in

Where's the next question Keehotee ?

[keehotee]

OK - very VERY late -

What is The Big Mac Index ???

[Mrs Blorenge]

I think it's something about comparing the economies of different countries by working out how many minutes you have to work in that country before you earn enough to buy a Big Mac.

(or something like that )

[keehotee]

Ooooh - any advance on Mrs B's almost correct answer, before I give her the ding ????

[keehotee]

Go on then - ding to MrsB

Because BM's are made to the same specification wherever you go, using (mainly) locally sourced ingredients, and are targeted at the same consumer groups, they can be used to give an indication of "puchasing power parity", which shows in real terms the local value of a currency.... (I think)

The Big Mac PPP exchange rate between two countries is obtained by dividing the price of a Big Mac in one country (in its currency) by the price of a Big Mac in another country (in its currency). This value is then compared with the actual exchange rate; if it is lower, then the first currency is under-valued (according to PPP theory) compared with the second, and conversely, if it is higher, then the first currency is over-valued.

[Mrs Blorenge]

Go on then - ding to MrsB

Because BM's are made to the same specification wherever you go, using (mainly) locally sourced ingredients, and are targeted at the same consumer groups, they can be used to give an indication of "puchasing power parity", which shows in real terms the local value of a currency.... (I think)

My personal preference would have been for a Burger King Index... but nobody asked me

Anyway, next question:

What is a radula?

[*mouse*]

Ooh! I remember that one from school!

Snails teeth!

[Mrs Blorenge]

Ooh! I remember that one from school!

Snails teeth!

Yep! ... over to you

[*mouse*]

Alrighty then. Time for an odd one out.

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
Golden Eye
Sense and Sensibility
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Die Hard


Which one is the odd one out and why??

[fraggle69]

Golden Eye - No professor snape aka Alan Rickman.

[*mouse*]

Blimey that was quick - Ding! to Fraggle!!

[fraggle69]

Oooh a ding in my court, here's an easy one.....

Astraeus is a British airline based in Crawley, England.
Name their famous pilot, who flew Rangers FC to Israel for their UEFA cup game against Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2007.

[gazooks]

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden

[fraggle69]

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden

Ding... over to you mate!

[gazooks]

What country hosts the World Wife-Carrying Championships?

[Ten point nine]

Finland
lol, saw this advertised when I booked my trip to Kuortane

[gazooks]

Ding - over to ten point nine

[Ten point nine]

Name the most northerly national capital on the European continent.

[keehotee]

Reykjavik?? Is Iceland in Europe? It's not mainland, but.......??

Failing that, Helsinki?

[Ten point nine]

Ding for Keehotee and Helsinki

[keehotee]

About 20 years ago I had my picture taken at S 48°52.6′ W 123°23.6′.
What's there? And what is it's (slightly) friendlier name?

[Ten point nine]

Merchant or Royal. That's about the 'Middle of No where'

[keehotee]

Merchant.......and yep. Sweet FA!!!

[Ten point nine]

Isn't it called the 'something pole' or Point Nemo

[keehotee]

Point Nemo will get you the ding.

It's the Pole of inaccessibilty - the furthest point from land on the planet (8 times further from land than the International Space Station)

[Ten point nine]

In which country is the longest man-made canal in the world?

[keehotee]

china

[rutson]

china

Darn it! Knew that one. Passed it on my commute to work for a few months

[Ten point nine]

Ding to Keehotee, over 1100 miles long.

[keehotee]

Whoops

Sorry (again) for leaving this so long....

OK

1. What is the tidal range (in metres) of the Severn Estuary
2. What percentage of the UK's power consumption does it have the potential to supply?

[*mouse*]

15 metres I think (only know that cause Maple Leaf and I will be caching out there tomorrow!) :socool:

No idea on the second bit!

[Maple Leaf]

15 metres I think (only know that cause Maple Leaf and I will be caching out there tomorrow!) :socool:

15 metres - OMG, that is 10 times the height of me - we better not get stuck in that mud

Power consumption - think it is about 10-20% (Pardiddle's guess)

[keehotee]

Ali - Slightly high on the range [but only very slightly, so you can have it ]

ML - Bit optimistic on the power...unfortunately ('cause I'm involved with one of the submissions)(and it'd be nice to make my name by squeezing a little more out)

p.s. and good luck tomorrow......

[*mouse*]

Definately NO google for this one.......

First person to list all 8 American states beginging with the letter M.

[rutson]

Michigan
Massachusetts
Missouri
Maine
Montana
Maryland
Minnesota
DOH!

[*mouse*]

Nearly there! One more to go!

[keehotee]

Mississippi

[*mouse*]

Yes that's all 8.

But the ding has to go to Rutson as he got most of them

[rutson]

Errr... how about the three beginning with "O"?

[Maple Leaf]

Oregon
Oklahoma
Ohio

[rutson]

Ding!

[Maple Leaf]

Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories.

Name them ...