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Pajaholic

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  1. That'll get you the DING! FWIW, any of the other tunes mentioned in their Wikipedia page would have also got the ding. However, "Bring me Sunshine" (together with that wacky dance) is the one that I suspect most people remember. Over to MartyBartfast...
  2. Thanks. Hopefully a musical question the answer to which more than a few will know: What was Morecambe and Wise's signature tune?
  3. That sounds like Eric Morecambe to Andre Previn (aka Andrew Previous?!)
  4. To keep the thread going I'll give you the ding as both CADGE and CAGED have the right notes, but in the wrong order. Starting at C an octave below middle C, it's tuned in fifths CGDAE. Over to you ...
  5. I guess that a clue's in order. A 5-string violin combines the ranges of standard viola and violin. That is, the fifth string is tuned the same as the lowest string on a viola.
  6. Thanks. FWIW, other unusual things about "Bohemian Rhapsody" are that, at about six minutes long, it's about twice the length that was considered normal for a single at the time and it's one of the few 'pop chart' singles not to fit into a single genre. Staying with music, and hoping that this isn't too niche! What is the standard tuning of a 5-string violin (i.e. to which notes are the strings tuned?)
  7. The lyrics contain the title of its successor? (Mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go ...)
  8. FWIW, the OP (Simply Paul) implied that the question setter can permit Googling should a question drag: In a post of 25th February 2012, the OP wrote: So you can authorise Googling for a question that drags and hence keep the thread moving. HTH
  9. I've heard the name "Starfish" as a pop rock band, but I can't remember what they renamed themselves to. If pushed, I'd try Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Maroon 5, Coldplay, The Script, etc. Eeny-meeny-miny-moe ... I'll guess "The Script"!
  10. That'd be Wilson's Promontory, in Victoria (a couple of hours drive from where my son now lives). That said, it does sound like it should be in Australia, so I'll guess at the most northerly point on mainland Australia!
  11. Thanks. Staying on the subject of cheese ... For the next ding, name the Cornish cheese made from cows' milk, and wrapped in stinging nettles, which become part of the rind as the cheese matures.
  12. I'm going to give the DING to Speakers Corner as the landmark lies within "Greater Swansea". For completeness, the landmark is The Mumbles -- specifically, Mumbles Pier (51.568995, -3.976743) Over to Speakers Corner
  13. Thanks. Staying with Hele Bay etc. -- Back in the 1950s and 1960s, there used to be a paddle steamer ferry service between Ilfracombe and which Welsh landmark?
  14. AIUI, all silver won from that part of the N. Devon coastal belt is known as "Combe Martin Silver", no matter whether it was actually mined in Combe Martin. So I suspect that YY might be looking for "Combe Martin". However, I suspect that Speakers Corner is technically correct in that case as the silver might well have come from Ilfracombe!
  15. Don't forget that this is a UK quiz. My English/French dictionary says that Speakers-corner is correct and that "trash can" is an American phrase, not English!
  16. I suspect that nobody's beaten Eddie Merckx's record yet?
  17. Thanks. Continuing the theme, in The Tour de France, what does the green jersey signify?
  18. "Lanterne rouge" means "red light". I suspect you might find one in the window of a house of ill repute. However, it's also the nickname given to the currently last rider in a cycling group; e.g. the currently last competitor in a cycle race such as the Tour de France or the current "tail end charlie" at a club run.
  19. It is, and so you get the DING! For completeness, it's a percussion instrument that looks a bit like an up-ended tea chest. You sit on it to play it and the sounds come from slapping the front of the instrument. FWIW, it's surprisingly versatile and becoming a regular sight on the folk-music scene. Over to radicalmm...
  20. Thanks. And now for something completely different: What is a "cajon"?
  21. Red, black and green used to be the old standard colour codes for mains electrical wiring: Red = Live (now brown), black = neutral (now blue) and green = earth (now green and yellow).
  22. FWIW, sources checked after the fact note that the Arctic Desert is the second largest with the Sahara being third. Antarctic = 5.5 million sq miles; Arctic 5.4 million sq miles; Sahara 3.5 million sq miles. (Source, Geology.com)
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