+MartyBartfast Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Well all I can add is that it used to have a number of spires but I think one fell down and the others were dismantled a long time back, just leaving the towers with no spires. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 And at one point Lincoln Cathedral was tallest building in the world, but that's another story. (Or should that be storey?) Is it that it's twinned with another Lincoln? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Extra clue: By The City of Lincoln, I don't mean the place which gives its name to Lincolnshire. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 is it the name of the last (?) flying Avro Lancaster? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 is it the name of the last (?) flying Avro Lancaster? A Dam-Busting DING! for that. There's a Canadian one still flying, which is why I said 'pretty much' unique. Over to you! Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 is it the name of the last (?) flying Avro Lancaster? A Dam-Busting DING! for that. There's a Canadian one still flying, which is why I said 'pretty much' unique. Over to you! Thank you, we have no idea where we picked up that bit of information, never mind remembered it! Anyway, a bit of a change now - the TV series "Shameless" is set on which fictional Manchester estate? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Since no one else has come forward for this, it's the Chatsworth estate, IIRC. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 DING to Simply Paul - took a while! Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 DING to Simply Paul - took a while!I wanted to give others a chance Ok. Inspired by a conversation I had while caching in London earlier this month, where would you commonly find a Leaky Feeder? Quote Link to comment
+Just Roger Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) Obviously in Wales Edited April 29, 2014 by Just Roger Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Wrong with Wales (although there must be some there) yet also sort of correct, in a weird way... Keep the guesses coming! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Used for underground communication in mines and the underground network Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Used for underground communication in mines and the underground networkAnd that's how you give a full, clear answer. A Ding for also being the correct answer As M&L say, Leaky Feeders are a type of cable forming a sort of aerial allowing radio signals to be used for communication where they usually wouldn't. Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Thanks for the ding One of the questions from our pub quiz last night Which was the last country in Europe to give women the vote and for a bonus in what Year? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 looks like its time for a hint "By giving voters the final say on legislation, this countries system of direct democracy kept women out, but at the same time the extensive autonomy of even the smallest administrative units gave them their chance to break in to political life. It was a tiny commune in Canton Valais that, in 1957, was the first to allow its women members to vote. Several cantons gradually followed suit, and in the 1960s women started occupying more and more important positions in local parliaments and governments. In 1968 the country's third largest city, had a woman mayor - but she still couldn't vote in federal elections. This advance did not prevent suggesting that when this country signed the human rights convention of the Council of Europe, it should opt out of those parts calling for sexual equality. The uproar this provoked forced the government to revise its position. A new referendum was put to the country. The result: on February 7th 1971, by a two thirds majority, finally gave their female compatriots their full federal voting rights." Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) cantons? are we in Switzerland then? (by which I obviously mean, is that the answer? ;-) ) Edited May 9, 2014 by Beach_hut Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Thanks for the Ding. Staying with Switzerland (sort of), what was scandalous about the Toblerone Affair? (Shades of nowadays) Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Bumping with a clue. Our story is set in Sweden, but there are many many parallels in British news over recent times. Quote Link to comment
+Just Roger Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 A complete guess following your clue. An MP was claiming sweeties on his expenses Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Her expenses. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 A complete guess following your clue. An MP was claiming sweeties on his expenses That's the Ding. Mona Sahlin, a Swedish Politician (and lady, as Paul said) was accused of using a working expense account to fund personal expenses. The affair got its name after Toblerone bars were included on the expenses claim. Over to Roger. Quote Link to comment
+Just Roger Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 (edited) Goodness. That really was a complete guess - possibly revealing my opinions of politicians. Anyway onward and upward to something different. Midhurst White ; Norfolk Grey; Staffordshire Blue; Which is the odd one out and to avoid it having a 33% chance of a correct guess you must say why it is the odd one out. Edited May 15, 2014 by Just Roger Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Staffordshire Blue is a cheese, the others are horses. Or pigs? Or butterflies..? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Norfolk Grey is a breed of chicken. Assuming SP's assertion re Stafford Blue is correct, I suspect that Midhurst White is either a type of cheese or a breed of poultry -- to me it sounds more like poultry; so I'll guess that Stafford Blue is a cheese and the other two are breeds of poultry? Quote Link to comment
+Just Roger Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 No. You have one of the 3 correctly identified but I'm not saying which one. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 16, 2014 Author Share Posted May 16, 2014 Norfolk Grey is a breed of chicken and so is a Staffordshire Blue. Midhurst White is... not? Quote Link to comment
+Just Roger Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Not quite there yet. Norfolk Grey is indeed a chicken A Staffordshire blue is not A Midhurst white is also not (You are right that far) So what are the blue and the white? Clue: They would do a lot of damage if you tried to eat them - especially to your teeth. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 Types of stone? Quote Link to comment
+Just Roger Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Much closer - but no. Think man-made cuboids 8.5" x 3.5" x 2.5" Quote Link to comment
tony and carina Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Bricks. and first to jump can set next Q Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 Ha! Excellent. *Of course* they are. Ok, name the film: "They changed the spelling. Now it's like Hobbs, the cricketer." Quote Link to comment
+Just Roger Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Bricks. and first to jump can set next Q Well done T&C - that's a DING Staffordshire Blues are a very hard engineering brick and there are millions of them all over the railways in bridges viaducts and other structures. Midhurst whites are a very soft brick mainly used in side as they erode quickly in the weather. Over to SP Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 Bump for this, with an extra clue. Sci-fi film by Hammer. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 24, 2014 Author Share Posted May 24, 2014 US title: Five Million Years to Earth. Quote Link to comment
+Clue-72 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Is it "Quatermass and the Pit"? Was Hobbs the name of the tube station? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Is it "Quatermass and the Pit"? Was Hobbs the name of the tube station? That film is on the TV this afternoon... 15.:55 on the Horror Channel ( Sky 316, Virgin 149 & Freesat 138) As kid, I watched it as a serial on the television (also The Quatermass Experiment and Quatermass II which preceeded it )... Mostly from behind the sofa Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Is it "Quatermass and the Pit"? Was Hobbs the name of the tube station?A martian DING! for that. Hobbs End was the fictional tube station where 'things were unleashed' in this excellent movie version of the 1958-59 Nigel Kneale penned BBC-TV series of the same name. I'm lucky enough to have both on DVD. Over to you! Quote Link to comment
+Clue-72 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Thanks for the DING! It was the Hammer hint that jogged my memory. Next question... What was the first excursion arranged by travel entrepreneur Thomas Cook in 1841? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 A train trip on the Midland Mainline, I think from Nottingham to Loughborough and back. Quote Link to comment
+Clue-72 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Very close... but not Nottingham. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Leicester to Loughborough then? Quote Link to comment
+Clue-72 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 That's a DING! for Beach Hut. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) That's a DING! for Beach Hut. Thanks very much. Quick and hopefully straight-forward question next. What English word derives from the Italian word for 'to turn a somersault'? EDIT: apologies, I've re-checked my sources and seen I've worded the question incorrectly. Sorry Pajaholic. Edited May 31, 2014 by Beach_hut Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 "Fall" is "cadere" or "cascare". However, several languages have similar forms for the same semantic and so the following could have derived from the Italian (or another language from the same root): From cadere, we have cadence, cadenza, etc. From cascare, we have cascade etc. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Bump with a clue - the verb and word begin with T. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Tumble? Sounds like it could be Italian in origin. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Tumble? Sounds like it could be Italian in origin. You're very warm - think of gambling. (Sorry, I asked this question very badly ) Quote Link to comment
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