+MTH Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 There are only 5 choices - have guess if you can't solve the puzzle Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 There are only 5 choices - have guess if you can't solve the puzzle Right, guess time.... The Dane. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Ten minutes is about right. It's the German. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Ten minutes is about right. It's the German. Gets you the DING Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Thanks I've always been a fan of logic puzzles. Albert Einstein, who devised that particular logic puzzle, was also a Nobel Laureate receiving the Nobel prize for Physics in 1921. Can you tell me for which subject he was awarded his Nobel prize? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Thanks I've always been a fan of logic puzzles. Albert Einstein, who devised that particular logic puzzle, was also a Nobel Laureate receiving the Nobel prize for Physics in 1921. Can you tell me for which subject he was awarded his Nobel prize? Physics :lol: Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Theoretical Physics, but didn’t actually receive it till 1922 Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 I'm looking for something a bit more specific than either of those answers. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 That'll get you the DING! Although the Nobel was awarded for "services to theoretical physics", the substantive piece of work that earned him the prize was the discovery of the Law governing the photoelectric effect. This discovery laid the foundations for future work in quantum physics. Over to MTH Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Sticking with Nobel prizes. Who is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in their own right. i.e. neither prize was shared? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 I thought that Marie Curie shared her first Nobel prize with her husband. This question is nagging me because it asks for a "person". ISTR that the International Red Cross has won several Peace prizes, including for both World Wars. I suspect that, legally, the Red Cross is a 'person' (in the same way as any body incorporated is) but I'm not sure it's the answer that MTH is looking for! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Linus Pauling, for Chemistry in 1954 and Peace in 1962 Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Linus Pauling gets the Ding. Marie Curie dod indeed share het first prize with her husband and , I think, Roentgen. Howevere Pierre Curie refused to accept unless Marie was included. Seversl organisations, including the Red Cross, have won more than one prize but I did want an individual. I must find out more about Pauling - Chemistry and Peace is quite some going! Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Correction - Becquerel not Roentgen Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 (edited) thanks for the ding. lets have a change of subject At 9:02 AM on August 27, 1896 the world`s shortest war started. Where did it start and how long did it last? Edited July 7, 2013 by martin&lindabryn Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 45 minutes. I believe it was somewhere like Andorra? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 45 minutes. I believe it was somewhere like Andorra? you have 1/2 the answer correct Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) Zanzibar ? that will be the ding for Civilised The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted around 40 minutes, and is the shortest war in history. Edited July 8, 2013 by martin&lindabryn Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 that will be the ding for Civilised Thanks ! What descending sequence is represented by the initial letters D M E V B ? Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 What descending sequence is represented by the initial letters D M E V B ? You could find it in Whitaker's Alamanack (definitely) or Pears Cyclopaedia (I think) Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) I'd been staring at this question for ages and I felt the info was somewhere in my head, just had to wait for the right bit of the filing cabinet of my brain to open... ;-) It's just hit me this morning. They are ranks of Peerage. I think it's Dukes, Earls, Viscounts, Barons. Forgotten what M is now :-) Edit: as I clicked post I remembered: Marquesses Edited July 16, 2013 by Beach_hut Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I'd been staring at this question for ages and I felt the info was somewhere in my head, just had to wait for the right bit of the filing cabinet of my brain to open... ;-) It's just hit me this morning. They are ranks of Peerage. I think it's Dukes, Earls, Viscounts, Barons. Forgotten what M is now :-) Edit: as I clicked post I remembered: Marquesses Exactly - that's a DING for Beach_hut. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I'd been staring at this question for ages and I felt the info was somewhere in my head, just had to wait for the right bit of the filing cabinet of my brain to open... ;-) It's just hit me this morning. They are ranks of Peerage. I think it's Dukes, Earls, Viscounts, Barons. Forgotten what M is now :-) Edit: as I clicked post I remembered: Marquesses Exactly - that's a DING for Beach_hut. Woohoo thanks :-) Here's the next question - which non-royal person was offered to be the Duke of London? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) Woohoo thanks :-) Here's the next question - which non-royal person was offered to be the Duke of London? I'll have a guess at Wellington, who lived at No. 1 London. Edit to remove the nested quotes for neatness. Edited July 16, 2013 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 A good thought but nope. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Winston Churchill ?? DING! Congratulations. Sorry I didn't see your reply earlier. Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Thanks for that. What is Triskaidekaphobia a fear of? Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Thanks for that. What is Triskaidekaphobia a fear of? The number 13 ? And I'm impressed by your spelling skills Edited July 22, 2013 by civilised Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Thanks for that. What is Triskaidekaphobia a fear of? The number 13 ? And I'm impressed by your spelling skills That's a quick DING there.... :) Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Thanks for the ding. In the name of the comic author P G Wodehouse - (creator of Jeeves, amongst others) - what does P G stand for ? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Pelham - which is why he was known as 'Plum' Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Pelham Grenville I think it has to be TheOldfields, as the question did ask for both intials. So - DING to TheOldfields. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Thank you very much. A British Prime Minister who played first class cricket? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I'm going to say Major, in the expectation I'm wrong hehe Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Alec Douglas Home Either him or another one I'm thinking of ! Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Pelham Grenville I think it has to be TheOldfields, as the question did ask for both intials. So - DING to TheOldfields. That'll teach me to read the question properly. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Alec Douglas Home Either him or another one I'm thinking of ! As a clue, I'd say that it's not the other one. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12295.html So a fine D sharp ding to MTH... Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Thanks. Who is the only 1st class cricketer to have won a football world cup winner's medal? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Who is the only 1st class cricketer to have won a football world cup winner's medal? It rings a bell that one of the 1966 team was a first-class cricketer. I'm going to say George Cohen. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Not George Cohen - that's a different question!! Right sort of idea though... Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Bumping this with a random guess. Gordon Banks. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Another guess: Bobby Moore Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 I think my pa in law once told me Geoff Hurst had played for Essex...... Quote Link to comment
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