+Hellfire1917 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 James (The Amazing) Randi. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Staying with magicians - who was the French magician that Houdini named himself after? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I believe that was Jean Robert-Houdin Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 And it's a sleight of hand DING for martin&lindabryan. Harry Houdini thought that if you put an "I" on the end of a French word, it meant "like" so he thought he was giving himself a stage-name that meant "Houdin-like". He may also have missed the significance of the hyphen. His hero's surname was Robert-Houdin, not just Houdin. Here endeth the lesson. Over to martin&linda. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 thank you for the ding and the history lesson. now back to a question from this months quiz at my pub The annual wine consumption in which small European country is 59.01 liters per person; a world record? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 At first, I thought "small country, probably Monaco or Andorra" but then remembered that there is a very small country with a very small, almost entirely adult population, most of who take a glass of wine once or twice a day for religious purposes: The Vatican City! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 At first, I thought "small country, probably Monaco or Andorra" but then remembered that there is a very small country with a very small, almost entirely adult population, most of who take a glass of wine once or twice a day for religious purposes: The Vatican City! Nicely worked out and that gets the ding Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Thanks. Interestingly, and surprisingly (until you consider the low population and high number of visitors) the Vatican City has the highest per capita crime rate in the World. For the ding, which country has the lowest per capita crime rate? Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Lets try somewhere a bit obscure - I reckon Bhutan - Perhaps a state of happiness leads to a low rate of crime? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I just googled to check; and a state of happiness apparently does lead to a low rate of crime -- although not as low as for the country I have in mind. Clue: The country is in the continent of Europe. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 A friend has just returned from holiday in Iceland and was commenting on the low crime rate. So I will have a guess at Iceland. Quote Link to comment
+s1ipmatt Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 im going with a smaller country and say Luxembourg? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Ill go for the Faroe Islands. Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 The Danes are supposed to be really happy, so I'll go for Denmark Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I checked several sources when setting this question. Although the majority said that Switzerland has the lowest crime rate, some gave the honour to Iceland ... and so the DING goes to martin&lindabryn. Over to you ... Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Thanks for that ding What large immovable object has just moved 3cm to the SW in April this year. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Mount Everest, as a result of an earthquake. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I thought you would know that and I just thought it was a great question and will be using it in one of our monthly quizzes. over to Marty Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 What would you do with a Knurr and Spell? Quote Link to comment
+koselig Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 You play with them but I can't remember what they are- remember something about Easter??? Some sort of game. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 You play with them but I can't remember what they are- remember something about Easter??? Some sort of game. It is a game also called trap and ball I think. I made one for my children some yrs ago. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 You do indeed play with them, so DING to koselig. The knurr is a wooden toggle that is flicked into the air and you whack it with the spell, which is a stick with a wooden block on the end. Quote Link to comment
+koselig Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Thanks for the ding. Staying on the games theme- what board game contains Jake the Jailbird? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Is that the name of the man in the jail on the Monopoly board Quote Link to comment
+koselig Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 It is indeed, that's the 'ding.' Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 thanks for the ding staying with names Where would you find the world famous rooster, named Cornelius? Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 thanks for the ding staying with names Where would you find the world famous rooster, named Cornelius? I'll give it a try - at the beginning of a Pathe News film? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 sorry civillised no ding for you this time Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Could it be the star of the 'chick-flick' by the creators of Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I'm going to guess on the front of a box of Kellogs cornflakes. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 How about the stainless steel monstrosity on the round-a-bout on the A24 at Dorking. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 (edited) I'm going to guess on the front of a box of Kellogs cornflakes. that will be a good guess from Marty over to you Edited June 19, 2015 by martin&lindabryn Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I'm "Strong to the finish, 'cos I eats me spinach" who am I What's my girlfriend's name? and who is my arch enemy? Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 1 Popeye the Sailor Man 2 Olive Oyl 3 Bluto when I used to watch the cartoons on TV as a child, though the name was inexplicably changed to Brutus at some point. I think it may have been when the series changed channel. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 That's a Ding, and yes he was always Bluto to me too :-) Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Well, as the topic seems to have no open question (sorry if I have breached protocol), but for all Monty Python fans.... Which great opponent of Cartesian dualism resists the reduction of psychological phenomena to a physical state and insists there is no point of contact between the extended and the unextended? Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Erm..... I just came in after an afternoon caching and an evening motorbike cleaning (It's the Banbury Run tomorrow) to find out that I had been awarded the DING. Thanks very much, MartyBartfast. To avoid confusion I waive my right to set the next question and will let UncleMalcy's question stand. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I'll guess at Rene Descartes. However, the protocol is for the person who answered the previous question (i.e. got the "DING") to set the next. So if I'm correct, I'll give way to Hellfire1917... Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 A noble offer, Pajaholic, and I thank you for it. But if your answer's right, then please go ahead and set the next question. I'll be out all day and unable to check in anyway until quite late. And then we'll be back on track. Thanks, mate! Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Strangely, I knew deep down I was elbowing my way in... I just can't rests a quiz!! Thanks for letting me play, and have a go with my favourite line from Monty Python. No not Descartes..... Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Strangely, I knew deep down I was elbowing my way in... I just can't rests a quiz!! Thanks for letting me play, and have a go with my favourite line from Monty Python. No not Descartes..... I know Emmanuel Kant featured in the song, so I'll go for him (I know nothing about his philosophy!) Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Kant - no. It's from the sketch where the old lady (Terry Jones) is on stage answering quiz questions for ridiculous prizes... "answer this for a blow on the head. I'm offering a poke in the eye..." etc. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Henri Bergson, now do I get the blow to the head Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 ** DING !! ** Now, assume the position. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 thanks for the ding from the pub quiz again and a round called dog days. Which very famous dog was found in an abandoned German bunker in WWI? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Rin-tin-tin. and that will get you the Ding back over to you Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the DING. I work as a WW1 battlefield guide, so I sort of have to know the answer to that one! My question is - who was this VERY famous soldier? He might be more recognisable from one his more formally-posed photos. I'll post the more formal photo as a further clue later, if needed. Edited June 22, 2015 by Hellfire1917 Quote Link to comment
+northking Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Is there an image in the link that I can't see? Just see the word 'smiler' In which case is it Albert Smiler Marshall Quote Link to comment
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