+civilised Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'll await Civilised's answer, but i think the law changed in 1928 or 1929 to raise the age to 16, but I have it in mind that before the law changed it was 12 for girls (I cannot put women) and 14 for boys (men - really?). Yes you're quite right UncleMalcy Ding to you http://www.gwoodward.co.uk/guides/marriages.htm link supplied in case of doubters Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the **ding** So... another two parter... a.. Who invented the giant Laser that Dr Evil planned to use to destroy New York City? b.. On which very famous 1973 album was this "inventor" the sound engineer? Edited June 29, 2015 by UncleMalcy Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Thanks for the **ding** So... another two parter... a.. Who invented the giant Laser that Dr Evil planned to use to destroy New York City? b.. On which very famous 1973 album was this "inventor" the sound engineer? OK, no guesses so far (can't be too difficult??) Hint Dr Evil = Austin Powers' nemesis Quote Link to comment
+koselig Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I reckon it's Dr Parsons for a but no idea for b. Was hoping someone else would have worked it out by now. Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I reckon it's Dr Parsons for a but no idea for b. Was hoping someone else would have worked it out by now. Well, part "A" is right.... but you'll need that first name to help with the second part!! (and the ding lol). Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 No idea really about the actual question as never seen the film, but are you looking for Alan Parsons? Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 No idea really about the actual question as never seen the film, but are you looking for Alan Parsons? Correct! So, who can complete it? Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I'm going to modify the question... On which 1973 album was Alan Parsons (of "The Alan Parsons Project") the sound engineer? Quote Link to comment
+koselig Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Might be Dark side of the moon???? Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Might be Dark side of the moon???? Well done. ** DING ** Quote Link to comment
+koselig Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 A lucky guess. Thanks for the ding. Who sang the vocals for 'have a cigar' from album wish you were here- and why? Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 A lucky guess. Thanks for the ding. Who sang the vocals for 'have a cigar' from album wish you were here- and why? My specialist subject (yay!) The vocal was a gentleman called Roy Harper. The lyrics refer to the early days of the band's history, and their first taste of success. My favourite bit... "The band is just fantastic, that is really what we think. Oh and by the way, which one's Pink?". Classic Roger Waters cynicism. Quote Link to comment
+koselig Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Question wasn't clear so that's the ding. I had meant why was Harper singing. Legend States the band were unhappy with all their attempts at the vocals so asked the iconic folk singer. Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 (edited) Question wasn't clear so that's the ding. I had meant why was Harper singing. Legend States the band were unhappy with all their attempts at the vocals so asked the iconic folk singer. That's right... also Harper was cheap and available (they were all at Abbey Road Studios). Thanks for the ding. OK So, still with Pink Floyd... On Meddle, "One Of These Days" is basically instrumental, with one line of lyrics, "One of these days, I'm gonna cut you into little pieces" (nice!). This is the only track where this person sings the lyric alone. Q. Who sings these words? Edited July 1, 2015 by UncleMalcy Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 It was the drummer. Will that do? Can't remember his name. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Tony Mason .. or is that the rally driver? If I'm right, I'll pass to Hellfore1917 as I might be off grid for a day or two. Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) It was the drummer. Will that do? Can't remember his name. We'll call that a **Ding**... the drummer indeed, Nick Mason. Over to Hellfire1917 Edited July 3, 2015 by UncleMalcy Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Thanks for the *DING* and a tip of the hat towards Pajaholic. My question - who is the Patron Saint of hopeless and lost causes? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I think this has been a QI question before; something in the back of my mind is saying St. Joan of Arc. On the offchance that I'm right better let someone else have the next go as I'm out all weekend. Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Thanks for the *DING* and a tip of the hat towards Pajaholic. My question - who is the Patron Saint of hopeless and lost causes? Dunno why I seem to remember John Lennon saying something about this in an interview... is it St. Jude?? Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 And it's a desperate *DING* for Saint Jude. Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Jude Law... has a tattoo which refers to a former partner. Name her. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) Jude Law... has a tattoo which refers to a former partner. Name her. Sadie Frost? Edited July 5, 2015 by Beach_hut Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Jude Law... has a tattoo which refers to a former partner. Name her. Sadie Frost? That's a *ding* for Beach Hut. Your turn... Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks. An American question, seeing as 4th July was this past weekend... What distinction do Colorado and Wyoming have, that none of the other US states do? (Though North & South Dakota, Kansas & Pennsylvania are close!) Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks. An American question, seeing as 4th July was this past weekend... What distinction do Colorado and Wyoming have, that none of the other US states do? (Though North & South Dakota, Kansas & Pennsylvania are close!) I'm going to guess this is the opposite of one of my favourite quiz questions (Which US State has NO straight line boundaries (answer = Hawaii))..... my guess is that they have ONLY straight line boundaries / borders. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 That's the Ding for UncleMalcy. They are the only states to be perfect rectangles. Although I should state that is in Mercator Projection - on the surface of our nearly spherical Earth none of the boundaries are straight lines (so the answer to the other question would be "all of them"! Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 That's the Ding for UncleMalcy. They are the only states to be perfect rectangles. Although I should state that is in Mercator Projection - on the surface of our nearly spherical Earth none of the boundaries are straight lines (so the answer to the other question would be "all of them"! Thanks for the ding. Staying with US States, which State has the nickname "The Battleborn State" ?? Quote Link to comment
+UncleMalcy Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Nevada ** ding ** over to you Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Thanks for the ding Which Scottish River supplies over 90% of the water used in Whiskey manufacture Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Hazard a guess at the Spey, as a lot of distilleries are in Speyside. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Hazard a guess at the Spey, as a lot of distilleries are in Speyside. over to you for that whiskey flavored ding Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Hazard a guess at the Spey, as a lot of distilleries are in Speyside. over to you for that whiskey flavored ding Many thanks for that - can't stand the stuff myself - but lived close by for many years whilst in the RAF and took many visitors on the whisky trail around the distilleries. Mr me N u Next question - what is a snellen chart used for? (most people will have seen one at some stage in their life) Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I'll have a guess using the word 'seen' and go for the list of decreasing size letters you may or may not see at the optician. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I'll have a guess using the word 'seen' and go for the list of decreasing size letters you may or may not see at the optician. Good guess! Over to you. We only recently found out the name of the chart, apparently its named after a 19th century Dutch opthalmologist! Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Thank you. Tonton Macoute were an organisation in which country? Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Thank you. Tonton Macoute were an organisation in which country? Haiti ? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Haiti would get you a ding. All yours. Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Haiti would get you a ding. All yours. Thanks for that What was the name of the man known as 'The Brides in the Bath' murderer, executed for the crimes in August 1915 ? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 George Joseph Smith Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 George Joseph Smith Wow, that was quick - the level of obscure knowledge on here never ceases to amaze me Please accept the ding Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 George Joseph Smith Wow, that was quick - the level of obscure knowledge on here never ceases to amaze me Please accept the ding the wife has a criminal psychology degree. I asked her. . Which one of the following was NEVER a modern Olympic discipline? a. tumbling b. running deer shooting c. horseshoes (throwing) d. club swinging e. tug of war f. under water swimming g. 200m obstacle swimming lets see how meany guesses it takes. Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I guess f I know that tug o war was a sport, but all the others..... Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) I guess f I know that tug o war was a sport, but all the others..... No ding for you I am afraid In the interest of fairness, as the answers are there No second guess, till someone else has had a try, thank you. .... The men's underwater swimming was an event on the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics schedule in Paris. The 1900 Games were the only occasion such an event was held. It was held on 12 August 1900. 14 swimmers from 4 nations competed. It was not featured at later Olympic games because of lack of spectator appeal. Edited July 11, 2015 by martin&lindabryn Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'll have a shot at horseshoe throwing. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I'll have a shot at horseshoe throwing. That will be a ding for Hellfire And if anyone’s interested, this is when all the other events appeared in the games a. Tumbling a. Certain black-and-white era mat events (hands up callisthenics) had all the acrobatic verve of school gymnastics certificate six, which, I recall, featured skills as demanding as the 'forward roll' and the gravity-defying 'standing up'. Tumbling, however, was no such primary-school farce. American Rowland 'Flip' Wolfe took gold in Los Angeles thanks to his revolutionary backflip with double twist, only to see the event flick-flack off the floor and into gymnastic history. b. running deer shooting b. The men's single-shot running deer competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] A deer-shaped target made 10 runs of 75 feet, with the shooter firing one shot during each run. The runs lasted about 4 seconds each and took place 110 yards distant from the shooter. There were three concentric circles on the target, with the smallest counting for 4 points, the middle for 3, and the outermost for 2. A hit outside the circles but still on the target (except on the haunch) counted for 1 point. The maximum possible score was thus 40 points. c. horseshoes (throwing) HAS NOT BEEN AN OLYMPIC EVENT. d. club swinging d. Not in fact a night out for bored couples, but an event that involved swinging a club festooned with ribbons very quickly around the body and head, in a complicated routine. At the 1932 Games, American George Roth displayed a level of dedication seldom seen in the modern Olympic era. It was the Great Depression and Roth was unemployed and hungry. Yet he won gold. Seconds after being awarded his medal in front of 60,000 spectators, he walked out of the stadium in Los Angeles and hitchhiked home. e. tug of war e. Entertainment for West Country cider heads during the summer fête? Tell that to the ancient Greeks, renowned for their physical and intellectual stamina, who staged their first tug in 500BC. In modern Olympic rules, a team of eight had to pull the opposition six feet to win, but if no such drama had occurred after five minutes, the side who had pulled their opponents the furthest triumphed. London 1908 saw the sport at its most intense, when America were beaten in just a few short seconds by Great Britain. The unhappy losers accused Team GB, all of them policemen, of wearing illegal spiked boots, so we offered them a rematch in our socks ... and still stuffed them. f. under water swimming f. The men's underwater swimming was an event on the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics schedule in Paris. The 1900 Games were the only occasion such an event was held. It was held on 12 August 1900. 14 swimmers from 4 nations competed. It was not featured at later Olympic games because of lack of spectator appeal g. 200m obstacle swimming g. The men's 200 metre obstacle event was an event in the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris. The 1900 Games were the only occasion such an event was held. It was held on 11 August and 12 August 1900. Twelve swimmers from five nations competed.There were three obstacles throughout the 200 metre course. Swimmers had to climb over the first two (a pole and a row of boats), and swim under the third (another row of boats) Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 A lucky guess I have to admit, but thanks for the *DING*. My question is - The summer and winter Olympic Games were cancelled in 1940 and 1944 because of the Second World War. Which two cities should have hosted the two cancelled summer games? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) IIRC, the 1948 games were in London and that city was the 'de-facto' host because it was one of the two cities that should have hosted the wartime games. The other was Tokyo, which IIRC forfeited the games because of war with China and the games were then awarded to Helsinki, but did not then happen because of the war. Thus immediately before the start of WWII, the two cities intended to host the Summer Olympics were London and Helsinki. However, three cities were supposed to have hosted the games: London, Tokyo and Helsinki (but not necessarily in that order!) Edited July 12, 2015 by Pajaholic Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Helsinki and London are good enough for me so it's a *DING* to Pajaholic. Quote Link to comment
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