FourQ Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 That wasn't Adam Faith was it? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Oh dear I made that one MUCH to easy. DING and over to you (FourQ) Quote Link to comment
FourQ Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Erm... okay. Who is Ogri and when did he make his first public appearance? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Erm... okay. Who is Ogri and when did he make his first public appearance? Ogri is a cartoon 'biker'... a huge guy who rides a Vincent engined cafe racer. He has a dumb mate, Malcom but when he first appeared.... I think it might have been the first issue of 'Bike' magazine but when...? I'll hazard a guess at 1970. Quote Link to comment
FourQ Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Erm... okay. Who is Ogri and when did he make his first public appearance? Ogri is a cartoon 'biker'... a huge guy who rides a Vincent engined cafe racer. He has a dumb mate, Malcom but when he first appeared.... I think it might have been the first issue of 'Bike' magazine but when...? I'll hazard a guess at 1970. Jeez, you're good! 1979 is the exact year and Malcolm is Ogri's cousin, but given the extra detail you've provided you have to get the... DING! Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Erm... okay. Who is Ogri and when did he make his first public appearance? Ogri is a cartoon 'biker'... a huge guy who rides a Vincent engined cafe racer. He has a dumb mate, Malcom but when he first appeared.... I think it might have been the first issue of 'Bike' magazine but when...? I'll hazard a guess at 1970. Jeez, you're good! 1979 is the exact year and Malcolm is Ogri's cousin, but given the extra detail you've provided you have to get the... DING! OK... here's a topical one as it's just been announced that Alan Turing, the WWII code breaker, has been given an official apology by HM Government. He was 'gay' and committed suicide after being prosecuted for 'gross indecency'. It's fairly well documented that instrumental in breaking the German naval code was the capture, by British personnel, of an Enigma machine from the German submarine U-110. What was the name of the british naval ship that accomplished this? Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 The Black Pig? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 The Black Pig? Err... no. Quote Link to comment
+Smithbats Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Ooooh I think I know this one, was it the HMS Bulldog? Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 The Black Pig? Are you thinking of the Black Pearl? Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 The Black Pig? Are you thinking of the Black Pearl? In line with the previous question, and my age, I was thinking of Captain Pugwash..... Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Ooooh I think I know this one, was it the HMS Bulldog? That would be a DING!! Quote Link to comment
+Smithbats Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Ooooh I think I know this one, was it the HMS Bulldog? That would be a DING!! Thank you Lord Robert Baden Powell set up Scouting. What was the name of his sister (Who set up Guiding)? Quote Link to comment
Team Noodles Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Ooooh I think I know this one, was it the HMS Bulldog? That would be a DING!! Thank you Lord Robert Baden Powell set up Scouting. What was the name of his sister (Who set up Guiding)? Agnes? Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When I was a Boy Scout we had a ribald song about Being Prepared --- for Girl Guides. I seem to recall a rather rude verse about the Head Guide in which she was compared to Olive Oyl. So I'll say Mrs Powell was called Olive. Quote Link to comment
FourQ Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When I was a Boy Scout we had a ribald song about Being Prepared --- for Girl Guides. I seem to recall a rather rude verse about the Head Guide in which she was compared to Olive Oyl. So I'll say Mrs Powell was called Olive. His wife was Olave, his sister was Agnes. Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 What a strange name for a woman! Hellig Olav was a man!! Quote Link to comment
+Smithbats Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 (edited) Ooooh I think I know this one, was it the HMS Bulldog? That would be a DING!! Thank you Lord Robert Baden Powell set up Scouting. What was the name of his sister (Who set up Guiding)? Agnes? DING nicely done Edited September 13, 2009 by Smithbats Quote Link to comment
Team Noodles Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 easy one next, bit of math here : 6 x 9 = ..? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 42 (in base 13) - the answer to the ultimate question Quote Link to comment
Team Noodles Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 42 (in base 13) - the answer to the ultimate question WIN! (altho base 13 isn't required to ding ) Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Woohoo. And as they haven't been posted for a while, the rules...... Rule 1 - No googling! Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer... What have these got in common? Monty Python - Matching Tie and Handkerchief M - Pop Muzik Kate Bush - Sensual World Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Are we allowed to consult a houseguest? I have a guest whose name is Mr Bean, yes really!, and he owns a record label in California. He's told me the connection, technically. Am I allowed to blow the gaff on that basis? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Are we allowed to consult a houseguest? I have a guest whose name is Mr Bean, yes really!, and he owns a record label in California. He's told me the connection, technically. Am I allowed to blow the gaff on that basis? You can, yes. Although I'm not sure why him owning a record label would help. Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) Here goes: We think the link is that all three records were reorded on twin groove vinyl. On the Kate Bush album, for example, if you placed the stylus in one groove you could listen to the normal vocals, the other groove played the instrumental version. My chum experimented with a few whacky vinyl technologies in the 1970s, including a now defunct method of recording video onto LP's. His idea was to combine video with pop music. It was an idea ahead of its time and the technology wasn't quite up to it. He produced the world's first video for the system which RCA were going to launch as "capacitive electronic disks". He worked with Michael Nesmith (Monkee) and Kevin McCormick (went on the produce Saturday Night Fever) and William Dear who went on to direct Harry & The Hendersons and some other guff that I've never heard of. RCA got cold feet and pulled the plug on the technology, thinking that nobody would ever want to watch a pop video. Edited September 16, 2009 by The Forester Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Here goes: We think the link is that all three records were reorded on twin groove vinyl. On the Kate Bush album, for example, if you placed the stylus in one groove you could listen to the normal vocals, the other groove played the instrumental version. Ding Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Here's one I think the Blorenges can probably answer: What word rhymes with 'month'? Quote Link to comment
+Smithbats Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Isn't month like Purple? I thought it didn't have a rhyming word. Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Hence my reference to Blorenge. Many people thought that orange doesn't have any rhyming words. Month does have a rhyming word. It's in quite common useage in the UK (and elsewhere in Anglophone and some other countries). Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Here's one I think the Blorenges can probably answer: What word rhymes with 'month'? Quite a few if you have a slight lisp. How about Millionth, Billionth, trillionth ... Do I win a nice juicy Blorenge? Or a Slurple? Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Lithping ith not involved. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Grunth - if Stephen Fry's to be believed...... It's the Sikh (I think) holy book - or something. Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 That's a good Ding to Keehotee. QI was where I discovered that little bijou. Fry is right, by the way. I checked before uploading the question. I asked a chap whose surname is Singh. Seemed a pretty good credential to me! Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 OK - easy one, 'coz I'm in a rush.... Pick the odd one out:- Humpback Whale Beluga Whale Killer Whale Sperm Whale Finback Whale Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) One difference that immediately springs to mind may not be the one you're looking for. Belugas have no dorsal fin. That's one of the reasons why they are so at home in the Arctic under ice. Orcas regularly come to grief in the Norwegian fjords in winter. The ice there is mostly freshwater ice from waterfall runoff. The Orcas have huge dorsal fins and they rip them to shreds when desperately trying to find a lead or a polynya in the ice. Because that huge dorsal fin sticks up a couple of metres and is some way behind the blowhole they just can't make use of small gaps in the ice to breathe, so they drown. I've seen it for myself. Very distressing to be able t odo nothing to help the poor blighters. I suspect that drowning must be the worst imaginable death for a marine mammal. Perhaps that's the reason why the Belugas always have that silly grin. They're giggling at the stoopid killer whales! Edited September 16, 2009 by The Forester Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I think it's the Killer Whale, which isn't a true whale. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I think it's the Killer Whale, which isn't a true whale. Ding They are all - with the exception of the killer whale - whales. The killer whale isn't a whale at all - it's the largest of the dolphin family. Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Will you tell them that they're not whales, or do you want me to? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Just watching Shooting Stars, and they said that James Bond had shoes with a dagger in them. In fact they're wrong it wasn't 007 who had those shoes, so the Question : Which of Bonds adversaries had shoes with a dagger in the toe, and which film did it appear in? Quote Link to comment
FourQ Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 That was an early one so it's either Dr No or From Russia With Love. I'd guess at FRWL but I'm not 100%. As for the character / actress I have no idea. Probably someone named Ivana Killalott Quote Link to comment
Chudley Cannons Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 From Russia with Love. Rosa Klebb. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 From Russia with Love. Rosa Klebb. Ding Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 (edited) Oops Edited September 17, 2009 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
Chudley Cannons Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Born in Texas, this singer, songwriter and actor earned a Blue at Oxford in Boxing. Although pretty successful in his own right he will also be know for many hit versions of his songs that were performed by others. In fact one of his sons is named Johnny Cash ........ Quote Link to comment
Chudley Cannons Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 (edited) Must be too hard for you. If the question makes it through the night I will give you a clue. Edited September 18, 2009 by Chudley Cannons Quote Link to comment
+chizu Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Complete guess - Weird Al Yankovitch? Quote Link to comment
+Smithbats Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Kris Kristoffersson One of the most famous songs he wrote for Johnny Cash was 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' one of my all time favourites! Quote Link to comment
Chudley Cannons Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Kris Kristoffersson One of the most famous songs he wrote for Johnny Cash was 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' one of my all time favourites! Correct. Who would have thought that he studied at Oxford? Quote Link to comment
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