Sharpeset
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not Platt, sorry
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Neither Hutchins nor Cantona...
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yes - definitely 2007....
Edited to add: but I've checked my diary, and the quiz I went to wasn't until mid-November
In that case it wasn't Les Reed. No idea who else it could have been.
No, not Les, but you are on the right lines
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Thanks: I'll try a question from a quiz that stuck in my mind about this time last year:
If Brian Clough was 44 in 1974, and Steve Coppell was 33 in 1996, who was 41 in 2007?
Pete
Are you sure it wasn't 2006?
yes - definitely 2007....
Edited to add: but I've checked my diary, and the quiz I went to wasn't until mid-November
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Good question! Think I might have it.....
Eric Sykes starred in the Plank, Joe Fagin sang the song (theme to Auf Wiedershen Pet, one of my all time favourite programmes), my wife informs me that Bullseye was a dog (Bill Sykes'?) and I'm guessing that the flyer is a bumble - all of which adds up the connection being characters in Oliver Twist
Pete
That is indeed a DING
Just to finish the detail off BFH if anyone wants to know is "Bus Fare Home".
Over to you Pete.
Thanks: I'll try a question from a quiz that stuck in my mind about this time last year:
If Brian Clough was 44 in 1974, and Steve Coppell was 33 in 1996, who was 41 in 2007?
Pete
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Oh good, my brain hasn't completely addled then.
Here's a pub quiz question asked in a pub quiz I did last Friday.
Take the gameshow where you could win "BFH", a flyer of the genus Bombus, the singer of "That's Livin' Alright" and the star of the short comedy film "The Plank" and you get what connection?
Ding goes to the person who gets the thing that connects them all, but please feel free to explain how you got there.
Good question! Think I might have it.....
Eric Sykes starred in the Plank, Joe Fagin sang the song (theme to Auf Wiedershen Pet, one of my all time favourite programmes), my wife informs me that Bullseye was a dog (Bill Sykes'?) and I'm guessing that the flyer is a bumble - all of which adds up the connection being characters in Oliver Twist
Pete
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How about James Cracknell for number 3?
Pete
Pete, you're correct in that James Cracknell was in the boat for the 1999 champs, however, to the best of my knowledge he didn't appear on torch relay day, so no ding I am afraid ... looking for the other three apart from James Cracknell.
Tim Foster then?
No idea of roles (or rolls) for any of them, except didn't Sir Steve actually carry the torch for a short while?
Pete
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Yes and no Paul! Rower correct role not so.
Rower 1. Steve Redgrave (1 Ding to Goldpot)
Role on the day?
Rower 2. Matthew Pinsent (1 Ding to Simply Paul)
Role on the day?
Rower 3.
Role on the day?
How about James Cracknell for number 3?
Pete
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1. 1984 - Gold - DING (Simply Paul) - ?????????????
2. 1988 - Gold - DING (Simply Paul) - ?????????????
3. 1992 - Gold - DING (Simply Paul) - Coxless Pairs - DING (The Bongtwashes)
4. 1996 - Gold - DING (Simply Paul) - Coxless Pairs - DING (The Bongtwashes)
5. 2000 - Gold - DING (Simply Paul) - Coxless 4s - DING (Simply Paul)
6. ?????????????????
Still need the events for 1984 and 1988 and also all information re 6th medal.
Lisa - re the cox bursting into tears I think you are thinking about Garry Herbert who coxed the Searle brothers in the Coxed Pairs to gold in 1992.
I have a vague recollection that he got a bronze one year, in addition to his gold. I'll stab at '88, coxed pairs
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Seeing as I'm watching S4C at the moment and the Llangollen Eisteddfodd is on.
I would say that Eistedfodd breaks the rule i before e except after c.
MarigauxToby
I was thinking of a simple English word, (weird), but can't fault your reasoning, so DING, over to you...Pete
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An excellent try but when I tried to confirm the existence of quotiental I got
... "Your search - quotiental definition - did not match any documents"
I have found it used in a mathematical context, so I'm going to give you a "DING", Sharpeset.
The more commonly used ones that I found were: Subcontinental, Unoriental, Uncomplimentary and Unnoticeably.
Over to you
MrsB
.........mind you, if you accept the convention that "y" is a vowel........................
I don't !
quotiental was just a lucky guess based on thinking of 'quotient' quite quickly and just wondering how to fit an 'a' on the end!
An easy one: Sticking with a linguistic theme, can you name a word which breaks the rule "i before e except after c"?
Pete
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As Cache U Nutter hasn't re-appeared yet I'll bump this thread with a new question:
I'm pretty sure that we've already had the question "What two words in the English language contain all the vowels in their correct order?" so how about this one? ...
Can you give me a word from the English language which contains each vowel once, in reverse order?
MrsB
I'll have a try! how about "quotiental"? (if that exists)
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Impressive :-)
I want you on my side in any pub quiz.
I'm curious now... why are there more bronzes?
In boxing there's no 'punch off' between the losing semi finalists, so both get bronze (I believe)
Pete
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, how many events does the Decathlon count as?
My hunch would be one as there is only one Decathlon Gold medal?
good point -hadn't thought of that...
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Assuming 'Athletics is one 'sport', how many events does the Decathlon count as?
I'll guess at 350 events overall
Pete
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ix) National Council for Civil Liberties??
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Fairly sure that ii) would be the Liberty Bell, reasonably confident that xi) is now SCOPE, and taking a plump for the 'obvious' that Buckingham House simply got renamed 'Palace' when a previous monarch moved in
Pete
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That's another ding to Rutson, 3 to Simply Paul and 3 to Sharpeset (and a bonus for spelling it right I reckon. Do you know what the chorus is? I've never been able to work it out!).
There's two more available for 10. And we still need 7 and 8. (sorry MartyBartfast, that one's already gone)
I know what you mean about the chorus! As I own an REM songbook, I can put you out of your misery by revealing that the words crammed into the chorus are "Call me when you try to wake her up" (not 'calling Jamaica' as I used to think.....')
Cheers
Pete
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1. And if young Nigel says he's happy...
2. Let's all meet up in the year 2000...
Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown - Pulp - Year 2000 - 2 dings to Rutson, that's not the title though
3. A can of beans or blackeyed peas, some Nescafe and ice...
4. Daddy doesn't understand it, he always says she was good as gold...
And he can see no reasons, Coz there are no reasons - Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays 3 dings to Rutson
5. I've got me a car, it's as big as a whale...
And I'm heading on down to the love shack - B52s - Love Shack 3 dings to Rutson
6. Watching the people get lairy is not very pretty I tell thee...
Walking through town is quite scary - Kaiser Chiefs - I predict a riot 3 dings to Rutson
7. No amount of poetry will mend my broken heart...
8. Maybe Marlon Brando will be there by the fire...
9. Sucking too hard on your lollipop...
Love's gonna get you down I said - Mika -Lolipop 3 dings to Rutson
10. Happiness, more or less...
It's just a ******, something in my liberty??? - Verve? - 1 ding to Rutson for the Verve, quote is close!
3. The Sidewinder sleeps tonite - REM
just re-read the question, so edited to add "a candy bar, a falling star, or a reading of Dr Zeuss"
Pete
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Haven't done them ourselves yet, but the 'Chloe's Wellhouse Walk' series near Newbury would seem to fit the bill...
Pete
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I knew listening to tour guides would come in useful one day....
Which olympic sport held prestige events during the summer of 2007 at venues including Weymouth, Bridlington, Gloucester, Margate, Ruislip and Regents Park?
Beach Volleyball?
DING! That was quick.. over to you
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I knew listening to tour guides would come in useful one day....
Which olympic sport held prestige events during the summer of 2007 at venues including Weymouth, Bridlington, Gloucester, Margate, Ruislip and Regents Park?
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Leonardo da Vinci?
Nice try! But wrong.
Michelangelo?
Pete
I was thinking of a simple English word, (weird), but can't fault your reasoning, so DING, over to you...
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No - but you are quite close (geographically speaking)