+Beach_hut Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 You're all not quite there. SP's answer was very warm.... Tumble, gambling.... Quote Link to comment
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Trifecta (an Aussie gambling term that may be derived from Italian. Just maybe) Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I gave in and googled and I still don't know Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Tombola it is. Ding to MBF (assuming you didn't google before your earlier post? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I did guess Tombola before googling (which didn't come up with Tombola in any case). Anyway as I'm off on Hols tomorrow this will have to be a quick and easy one: On my hols I'm going to visit La Corbière Lighthouse, so where am I off for my Hols? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Feels like it ought to be the Channel Islands, so I'll guess Jersey. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Feels like it ought to be the Channel Islands, so I'll guess Jersey. Ding, that's the one, it's off the S/W corner of jersey! Planning to do the EarthCache at the lighthouse at some point. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Finally got one! Following on from the theme: a Jersey naturalist is best known for a book set on another island. Where? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Mrs O says Corfu. (We definitely know the naturalist at least....) Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 A Ding! to Mrs O. Gerald Durrell, founder of Jersey Zoo, wrote My Family and Other Animals. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Thank you very much. In what mathematical way does Christmas equal Halloween? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 31 in octal is 25 in decimal, i.e., 31 OCT = 25 DEC Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 ...and a good quick Ding! there. Back to crb.... Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 What will happen to the Queen on September 9th next year? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Will she have been the longest reigning monarch in UK history by that point? 63 1/2 years-odd I know is the current record by Queen Victoria, and that works out about right as I know the Queen came to the throne in February. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Ding! (She'll equal Victoria's record of 63 years 216 days.) Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Thanks A different Queen for the next question. What was the name of the band Roger Taylor and Brian May were in before they were in Queen? Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Thanks A different Queen for the next question. What was the name of the band Roger Taylor and Brian May were in before they were in Queen? (yes, that's my answer...) Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Thanks A different Queen for the next question. What was the name of the band Roger Taylor and Brian May were in before they were in Queen? (yes, that's my answer...) That's a DING. I had to look twice then. The answer is Smile. Over to you, Sharpeset. Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Thanks A different Queen for the next question. What was the name of the band Roger Taylor and Brian May were in before they were in Queen? (yes, that's my answer...) That's a DING. I had to look twice then. The answer is Smile. Over to you, Sharpeset. Thanks - on a related note, under what stage name did Freddie Mercury perform before hooking up with Roger, Brian (and of course John)forming Queen? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Well Freddie was born Farrokh (sp?) Bulsara, and changed his name to Freddie as a teenager I think, but I believe the Mercury came later. Is it Freddie Bulsara you're after? Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Well Freddie was born Farrokh (sp?) Bulsara, and changed his name to Freddie as a teenager I think, but I believe the Mercury came later. Is it Freddie Bulsara you're after? Nope sorry. The name I'm after was one he used for a specific recording project. I have to confess though that, having checked my facts, this project took place while he was already in Queen (not before as my original question stated). By way of clue, the name was a very glam one, alliterative and designed as a 'nod' to another glam pop star of the time (now very much discredited) and sparkly costumes. I'll leave the question for a couple of days: if no takers by Saturday I'll set a different, possibly less obscure one. Pete Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Something to do with Gary Glitter? Quote Link to comment
+Pan314159 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Well Freddie was born Farrokh (sp?) Bulsara, and changed his name to Freddie as a teenager I think, but I believe the Mercury came later. Is it Freddie Bulsara you're after? Nope sorry. The name I'm after was one he used for a specific recording project. I have to confess though that, having checked my facts, this project took place while he was already in Queen (not before as my original question stated). By way of clue, the name was a very glam one, alliterative and designed as a 'nod' to another glam pop star of the time (now very much discredited) and sparkly costumes. I'll leave the question for a couple of days: if no takers by Saturday I'll set a different, possibly less obscure one. Pete Is the name you're looking for Larry Lurex? Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Something to do with Gary Glitter? yes..... Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Well Freddie was born Farrokh (sp?) Bulsara, and changed his name to Freddie as a teenager I think, but I believe the Mercury came later. Is it Freddie Bulsara you're after? Nope sorry. The name I'm after was one he used for a specific recording project. I have to confess though that, having checked my facts, this project took place while he was already in Queen (not before as my original question stated). By way of clue, the name was a very glam one, alliterative and designed as a 'nod' to another glam pop star of the time (now very much discredited) and sparkly costumes. I'll leave the question for a couple of days: if no takers by Saturday I'll set a different, possibly less obscure one. Pete Is the name you're looking for Larry Lurex? It is indeed, for a right royal DING Quote Link to comment
+Pan314159 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Yay! Ok... Since this is the week that the 5 meter tall gold statue of Freddie Mercury was removed from Tottenham Court Road (London will never quite be as awesome again without it), I'll stick with another Freddie question... Where was he born? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Yay! Ok... Since this is the week that the 5 meter tall gold statue of Freddie Mercury was removed from Tottenham Court Road (London will never quite be as awesome again without it), I'll stick with another Freddie question... Where was he born? Zanzibar, can't be more specific than that though. Quote Link to comment
+Pan314159 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Yay! Ok... Since this is the week that the 5 meter tall gold statue of Freddie Mercury was removed from Tottenham Court Road (London will never quite be as awesome again without it), I'll stick with another Freddie question... Where was he born? Zanzibar, can't be more specific than that though. Ding! Good enough for me! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Thanks, Where would you find the Islets of Langerhans ? Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Thanks, Where would you find the Islets of Langerhans ? That sounds like it could be the name given to a part of the body, or a structure within it - is it a part of the ear? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Thanks, Where would you find the Islets of Langerhans ? That sounds like it could be the name given to a part of the body, or a structure within it - is it a part of the ear? Nope, I'm afraid they are groups of cells in the Pancreas :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Yep the dodgy geezer's got it. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 OK, I have just come back from Gibraltar, how did Lt George Koehler contribute to The Rock's history? Quote Link to comment
+N0hope Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Kœhler invented a gun-carriage allowing the axis of the gun to be depressed to an angle of seventy degrees. This was demonstrated during the Great Siege of Gibraltar on 15 February 1782 at Princess Royal's Battery. This new carriage enabled the defending guns to take advantage of the height of the Rock of Gibraltar. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Kœhler invented a gun-carriage allowing the axis of the gun to be depressed to an angle of seventy degrees. This was demonstrated during the Great Siege of Gibraltar on 15 February 1782 at Princess Royal's Battery. This new carriage enabled the defending guns to take advantage of the height of the Rock of Gibraltar. Nice one, over to you!! Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Kœhler invented a gun-carriage allowing the axis of the gun to be depressed to an angle of seventy degrees. This was demonstrated during the Great Siege of Gibraltar on 15 February 1782 at Princess Royal's Battery. This new carriage enabled the defending guns to take advantage of the height of the Rock of Gibraltar. Nice one, over to you!! I knew that but didn't get in quickly enough!! Quote Link to comment
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Kœhler invented a gun-carriage allowing the axis of the gun to be depressed to an angle of seventy degrees. This was demonstrated during the Great Siege of Gibraltar on 15 February 1782 at Princess Royal's Battery. This new carriage enabled the defending guns to take advantage of the height of the Rock of Gibraltar. Nice one, over to you!! I knew that but didn't get in quickly enough!! I didn't know but I didn't have Wiki to hand either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 I didn't know but I didn't have Wiki to hand either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Some people do just know things. A lot of it's often quite random. For example, Thora Hird's daughter once survived an attack by Triffids. True story. Quote Link to comment
+N0hope Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 OK, as the last question was gun related: In what year did the UK get it's first gun enforcement law? Quote Link to comment
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I didn't know but I didn't have Wiki to hand either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Some people do just know things. And some people plagarise almost word for word. And I know little! Quote Link to comment
+N0hope Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I didn't know but I didn't have Wiki to hand either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Some people do just know things.And some people plagarise almost word for word. And I know little! Sorry I did not know it was against the rules to look up an answer. I've only just started using this forum and now see why others don't use it. There was plenty of time for you to answer before I did but obviously you had to look up the answer to see I had used a Wiki. If your going to be so pathetic I don't see the point of playing this quiz. The answer to my question is 1903 - over to you JoLuc, I'm off and leaving this game to sulking little brats like you! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) OK there's no point waiting for JoLuc so I'm taking the reigns, with an easy one to get back on the move. Which ship has it's guns trained on Scratchwood (now apparently renamed London Gateway ) Services? Edited July 2, 2014 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Last time this was asked it was HMS Belfast, so I presume it still is. Quote Link to comment
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