norsch Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Thanks Geoff Along a similar line to my last question. Who was the shortest British monarch? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Wild guess here: Victoria. IIRC she was only just over 5ft (even though most of her statues portray her looking down on the populace!) Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Wild guess here: Victoria. IIRC she was only just over 5ft (even though most of her statues portray her looking down on the populace!) Not right Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Well Roald Amundsen is the DING according to my Bamber Gascoigne Uni Challenge quiz book, so unless the vikings aregoing to object, over to you... Thanks Pete. However, Eric the Red is more likely to be the first than Amundsen - so I'll pass the ding back over to norsch, who gave that answer. Geoff okey dokey: not sure Eric fixed magnetic north pole though... Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 okey dokey: not sure Eric fixed magnetic north pole though... Sorry missed the north pole bit Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 okey dokey: not sure Eric fixed magnetic north pole though... Sorry missed the north pole bit no problem. Back to your question - how about Mary Queen of Scots? Think she was only a babe when she became Queen so presumably pretty small... Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 not Mary Queen of Scots Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) not Mary Queen of Scots Are you sure? She was only 6 days old when she became Queen - so unless she was also the longest baby ever, I'd say she must be in the running... edited to add - you did say British monarch, and not king or queen of Great Britain. Edited November 22, 2009 by keehotee Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) OK I'll give you a DING for Mary Queen of Scots as she was only six days old, so she must have been the shortest. I was however thinking of Matilda who was only 4' 2" So over to you Sharpeset Edited November 22, 2009 by norsch Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) OK I'll give you a DING for Mary Queen of Scots as she was only six days old, so she must have been the shortest. I was however thinking of Matilda who was only 4' 2" So over to you Sharpeset Thanks: Changing topic: In which country would you find the Gullfoss and Godafoss waterfalls? Edited November 22, 2009 by Sharpeset Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Iceland Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Iceland A vey quick DING for that (very impressive they are too) Pete Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Thanks! We were actually thinking of going there on a short break, til we discovered that Icelandair have a policy that all assistance dogs must wear muzzles during flights Ok, next quick question, something I had to ask what it meant today when I saw it on Twitter. What does COYS mean? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 I'm guessing at Come On You Spurs Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 I'm guessing at Come On You Spurs Indeed your guess is correct! I'm rather proud to have had no idea Over to you Paul! Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 Well, 9-1 is a pretty impressive score. Poor old Wigan. Now, who can tell me the longest standing land speed record which was recently broken, and how many years did it take? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Ah... I saw a television program a few days ago about breaking the speed record for steam driven cars so I'm guessing its that. I'm pretty sure it was over 100 years old so I'll guess at 103? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 (edited) Since I was a steam engineer in the Royal Navy, I hope it was the steam record. ISTR a news item last summer that the old record, which was held by a Stanley Steamer, had finally been broken after more than a century! Geoff Edited to add: darn it! I was too slow and Pharisee posted while I was editing my text Edited November 23, 2009 by Pajaholic Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 A Ding! to Pharisee and an ohsoclose! to Pajaholic. Here's the BBC's report on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8209288.stm Over to you John Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 (edited) Ok... maintaining the 'Records' theme... In 1952 a 'lady' named Clarissa set a new British record for something.... Anybody know what?... and where she died 20 years later? Edited November 23, 2009 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Dick Walker and Clarissa the carp Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Dick Walker and Clarissa the carp I'll give you a DING for that. It was indeed a 44lb British record rod caught carp from Redmire Pool. It was Dick Walker who caught it and it lived out the rest of it's life, another 20 years, in the aquarium at London Zoo Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Who was the first character to appear in Emmerdale Farm? Clue- she can be seen in the title sequence riding a white horse. Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 my missus reckons it was Marion Wilkes Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 DING well done to Mrs DrDick&Vick,I thought that one would last a while longer. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 I'll jump in, as I have a good question. According to the James Bond films, what's Q's surname? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I'll jump in, as I have a good question. According to the James Bond films, what's Q's surname? 'R' ? Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Don't know, but, the Q comes from Quartermaster, I believe.... Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Don't know, but, the Q comes from Quartermaster, I believe....It does indeed. In Dr No Quartermaster (or simply armourer) was played by Peter Button, who wasn't available for From Russia With Love- gifting the part to Desmond Llewelyn who then appeared in all official Bond movies except Live and Let Die until 1999's The World is Not Enough. He died almost 10 years ago on the 19th of December 1999 after a car crash. Name-wise he was credited as '[the answer]' on From Russian With Love and in 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me he is referred to as Major [the answer] in dialogue. Ring any bells? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Just looked through Dr No and the only name I can find is Boothroyd Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Ding! Fleming named the character after Geoffrey Boothroyd, a firearms expert who lived in Glasgow. He'd written to the novelist suggesting that Bond was not using the best firearms available. Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 (edited) Ok a nice easy one for all: Ray Reardon, Christopher Dean, Lester Piggot, Geoff Capes & Nigel Mansell. Who is the odd man out and why? Edited December 4, 2009 by DrDick&Vick Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Ok a nice easy one for all: Ray Reardon, Christopher Dean, Lester Piggot, Geoff Capes & Nigel Mansell. Which is the odd man out and why? Christopher Dean- number of vowels in name Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Ok a nice easy one for all: Ray Reardon, Christopher Dean, Lester Piggot, Geoff Capes & Nigel Mansell. Who is the odd man out and why? Christopher Dean? Only one who wasn't an Individual Sports Personality of the year? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Nope, different tack to these Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Geoff Capes and Nigel Mansell were both coppers at one time or another - so I'll guess it's lester Piggot, as he's the only one AFAIK who was detained at HM's pleasure.. ? (I know a joke about that - but it's too rude for this forum) Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 DING a LING, Lester Piggot is the odd man out, all of the others were coppers at one time and good old Lester was the one who went behind bars. Over to you Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Nope What do you mean nope? Christopher Dean is the only one with 5 vowels in his name. All the others have only 4. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 Weekly bump Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Kehotee got the DING Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Kehotee got the DING Whoops - OK, easy one What, when and where are the Geminids? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Very easy. They're a bright meteor shower, this weekend I think and they're in the sky. The locus is inside Gemini, hence the name. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Very easy. They're a bright meteor shower, this weekend I think and they're in the sky. The locus is inside Gemini, hence the name. ding Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 Thanks. Now, slightly harder and -shock horror- Geocaching related!: I heard about the shortest border between two English counties on QI the other week. Which counties are involved and which is the closest cache? Bonus kudos if you know how long the border is Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 It must be Northants and Lincs, but don't know the nearest cache Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 (edited) Cambridgeshire/Rutland? Don't know how long - looks pretty short on the map on our office wall..... Alphanumeric Northants - N ???? Edited December 14, 2009 by keehotee Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 It must be Northants and Lincs, but don't know the nearest cache Ditto, but I have a cracking next question.......... Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 norsh is in the driving seat at the moment, with half a correct answer, so the Ding will go to whoever names the cache. This page may help... http://www.blanchflower.org/tripoints/quad.html Quote Link to comment
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