The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+Simply Paul]

A Ding-a-roo for MaxxB! It's on a manmade island and is a lot safer than the old airport which was basically 'in town'.

[+maxx borchovski]

Mary Shelly wrote her famous Gothic novel Frankenstien in 1818, what is the book's full title / subtitle?

[+mellers]

It's subtitled The Modern Prometheus

 

... I learned that on this quiz!

[+maxx borchovski]

Is 7 minutes for a DING a record? If it is then mellers you have a record!

[+mellers]

What's the American version of "Strictly Come Dancing" called?

[+MTH]

I have a feeling it's called Dancing with the Stars

 

 

Neither watched either show - complete rubbish. Lot's of nobodies doing something I'm not interested in really badly.

Edited November 22, 2012 by MTH

[+mellers]

I have a feeling it's called Dancing with the Stars

 

 

Neither watched either show - complete rubbish. Lot's of nobodies doing something I'm not interested in really badly.

Well, you certainly get a DING for the answer but I'm not sure it's true to say that they all do it badly.

 

I think that part of the appeal to some is that some of them improve and end up doing it rather well. However there is no requirement to be interested in, like or watch either programme for the DING.

 

Over to you.

[+MTH]

Only my opinion. of course. Moving on.

 

Bruce Forsyth's wife, Wilnelia, was Miss World in 1975, but where did she represent?

[+Pharisee]

Only my opinion. of course. Moving on.

 

Bruce Forsyth's wife, Wilnelia, was Miss World in 1975, but where did she represent?

 

I have no idea but I'll have a complete guess at one of the Scandanavian countries... Norway?

 

They say 'Money can't buy you happiness' but by the cringe,,,, it'll get you some cracking crumpet!!

[+MTH]

I have no idea but I'll have a complete guess at one of the Scandanavian countries... Norway?

 

Nope.

[+MartyBartfast]

She's Definitely not scandinavian!

 

Costa Rica ?

[+MTH]

Costa Rica ?

 

Closer, but no cigar (and that isn't a clue!!!)

[+MTH]

A clue: the question deliberately didn't ask "which country"

[+MartyBartfast]

A clue: the question deliberately didn't ask "which country"

 

OK last guess for me then

 

Puerto Rico (SP?)

[+MTH]

Puerto Rico

 

DING !

[+MartyBartfast]

What is, or was, SR-N1 ?

[+mellers]

The team mellers 1st Lt tells me it was the first hovercraft (he's good at stuff like that!)

[Pajaholic]

A hovercraft -- IIRC, the one that Sir Christopher Cockerell used to demonstrate the concept to the World at large.

 

Edited to add: when will I ever learn to answer first and edit to add any interesting facts!

Edited November 24, 2012 by Pajaholic

[+MartyBartfast]

Wow, two pretty quick answers, both right but Mellers just sneaked in first.

 

DING

[+mellers]

I popped this word in to one of my cache logs yesterday to describe myself: "Entomophobe". What does it mean I have an irrational and excessive fear of?

[Pajaholic]

Given that 'Entomology' is the study of insects, I suspect that you have an irrational fear of insects.

[+mellers]

Given that 'Entomology' is the study of insects, I suspect that you have an irrational fear of insects.

DING

[Pajaholic]

Thanks.

 

Next question: Who or what is a Caspian Sea Monster?

[+Simply Paul]

9001st reply on this thread!

It's an ekranoplan

[Pajaholic]

DING!

 

is a YouTube of one in action. These craft are also known as "Wing in Ground Effect" (or WIG) craft and are legally classed as boats/ships even though they fly.

 

Over to Simply Paul.

[+Simply Paul]

Thanks. My brother's a big fan of ground-effect craft. There is a reason they never caught on though; inefficient.

 

Sticking with unlikely transport, what method of postal delivery was unsuccessfully trialed in the Outer Hebrides in 1934?

[+TheOldfields]

Hmmm. I'll take a stab at SealPost .

[+The Patrician]

Do I recall seeing some archive footage of a rocket?

[+Beach_hut]

Pigeons?

[+mellers]

The water-skiing goat express?

[+drdick&vick]

post office

[+Beach_hut]

post office

 

Now you're just being daft

[+Pharisee]

How about putting a letter in a small wooden boat, chucking it into the sea and hoping someone, somewhere will find it..... or is that way too far fetched?

[+maxx borchovski]

I cannot decide if they tried a small bottle thrown into the sea, utilising the sea currents or taping the mail to the backs of geocachers and hiding caches near peoples homes then let nature take its course...

 

But in reality i think it was rockets too.

[dodgydaved]

How about putting a letter in a small wooden boat, chucking it into the sea and hoping someone, somewhere will find it..... or is that way too far fetched?

 

Hey John - have you been reading the news from the Hampshire coast? :ph34r:

[+Simply Paul]

Much as I've enjoyed the wrong answers, this one was the first correct one:

Do I recall seeing some archive footage of a rocket?

Read more. Over to you Patrician.

[+The Patrician]

Much as I've enjoyed the wrong answers, this one was the first correct one:

Do I recall seeing some archive footage of a rocket?

Read more. Over to you Patrician.

 

Ta!

 

What connects Ohio, Malta and Ledbury? The answer should, perhaps, be on a pedestal.

[+maxkim]

A statue?

[+paulemma]

Didn't HMS Ledbury help a tanker called Ohio into Malta in the 2nd world war? (Vague memories from History at school)

 

Not sure what Pedastal has to do with it though?

[+sdg2g08]

Pedestal was the operation in which the above occured

[+The Patrician]

Didn't HMS Ledbury help a tanker called Ohio into Malta in the 2nd world war? (Vague memories from History at school)

 

Not sure what Pedastal has to do with it though?

 

DING!

 

Malta saved!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pedestal

 

"The attempt to run some fifty ships past bombers, E-boats, minefields, and submarines has gone down in military history as one of the most important British strategic victories of the Second World War. However, it was at a cost of more than 400 lives, with only five of the original 14 merchant ships reaching the Grand Harbour."

 

I recently found the book "Destroyer Captain" by Roger Hill, the captain of Ledbury in a charity shop. Ohios's bows were badly damaged and the ship would not steer, Ledbury and another ship went alongside and between them got her and her vital fuel into Malta. Roger Hill died in New Zealand aged 91. His ashes were scattered over Grand Harbour in 2002.

[+Simply Paul]

Well done paulemma. However, the 'one week to post a question' rule is now in operation; anyone can jump in with one.

[+Beach_hut]

OK then,

 

What was the first UK Christmas number one single? Artist and song.

[+maxx borchovski]

The very first, needs to be an oldie... I'd say Cliff Richards

[+Beach_hut]

Older than that. (If you can imagine such a thing)

[+MTH]

I'll guess at Bing Crosby - White Christmas

[+The Patrician]

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?

 

I have no idea who sung it, or even if it has ever been in the charts!

[Pajaholic]

On another forum, someone posted a link that told you what was the number one single on the day you were born. However, I was born before the start of the UK charts, which was in November 1952. From that thread I found that the first UK number one ever was Al Martino with "Here in my Heart". I'm hoping it was still number one that Christmas and hence was the first UK Christmas number one.

[+Beach_hut]

On another forum, someone posted a link that told you what was the number one single on the day you were born. However, I was born before the start of the UK charts, which was in November 1952. From that thread I found that the first UK number one ever was Al Martino with "Here in my Heart". I'm hoping it was still number one that Christmas and hence was the first UK Christmas number one.

 

DING!

[Pajaholic]

Thanks. Having listened to that song, I must say that it's not my favourite Christmas number one!

 

Continuing; who in the following year (1953) had the most UK number one singles and also the most successful single of the year with a song that Elvis Presley later covered?