+maxkim Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 From the page that helps and nothing else is it 'Four County Bounty' I found it in June 05... Had to ford a river and cross a railway to get it...... but that was in the good old days when these things were allowed ... LOL. Cheers MaxKim. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Ding-a-roo to maxkim. Yep, it's GCG6X9 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...de-31cbef680043 - QI leads you to interesting places, just as caching does Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) Quickie to move things on.... If Medway = 2 Fleet = 3 Heston = 4 Gordano = 5 Lymm = 6 Give an example which would = 1.... Edited December 17, 2009 by maxkim Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) Quickie to move things on.... If Medway = 2 Fleet = 3 Heston = 4 Gordano = 5 Lymm = 6 Give an example which would = 1.... Hmm... I'd have a guess at Watford Gap? They're motorway service areas. Edited December 17, 2009 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Quickie to move things on.... If Medway = 2 Fleet = 3 Heston = 4 Gordano = 5 Lymm = 6 Give an example which would = 1.... Hmm... I'd have a guess at Watford Gap? They're motorway service areas. Nah.. Trowell! Or every my favourite, Wooley Edge. Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 As they are all services on the M? where ? = the number any of the following could apply London Gateway Toddington Newport Pagnell Northampton Watford Gap Leicester Forest East Etc as they are all on the M1 Hell man, travelled them motorways to much!! Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Quickie to move things on.... If Medway = 2 Fleet = 3 Heston = 4 Gordano = 5 Lymm = 6 Give an example which would = 1.... Hmm... I'd have a guess at Watford Gap? They're motorway service areas. Ding.... Cheers Maxkim Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Quickie to move things on.... If Medway = 2 Fleet = 3 Heston = 4 Gordano = 5 Lymm = 6 Give an example which would = 1.... Hmm... I'd have a guess at Watford Gap? They're motorway service areas. Ding.... Cheers Maxkim Ok... another quicky to keep things moving. How old was Beethoven when Mozart died? Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I would guess that he hadn't been born Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I would guess that he hadn't been born No... he was definitely alive Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 20 Closer but still no cigar. Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 21, then Quote Link to comment
+Team Noodles Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 *picks middle ground* 19 Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 21, then DING... Beethoven was born in December 1770 and Mozart died in December 1791 Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) Actually Mozart died in December 1791 approx 10 days before Beethoven's 21st birthday - but never mind........ A group of Japanese three year olds who knew their numbers 0 to 9 were posed the following question. 70% were able to solve it:- 8809=6 1723=0 7111=0 3359=1 2172=0 9232=1 9999=4 7777=0 7756=1 8689=6 6782=? Edited December 18, 2009 by Lost in Space Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 3 Kids have an innate ability to recognise simple shapes. To a kid those numbers have a commonly recurring shape, ie a round thing in the numeral. Adding up the number of round things is, err, kid's stuff. And for my next lesson: I'll tell you how an ATM recognises your PIN without knowing what your PIN number actually is. Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 3 Kids have an innate ability to recognise simple shapes. To a kid those numbers have a commonly recurring shape, ie a round thing in the numeral. Adding up the number of round things is, err, kid's stuff. And for my next lesson: I'll tell you how an ATM recognises your PIN without knowing what your PIN number actually is. Ding! You have obviously spent many a boring meeting, doodling - like myself! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 3 Kids have an innate ability to recognise simple shapes. To a kid those numbers have a commonly recurring shape, ie a round thing in the numeral. Adding up the number of round things is, err, kid's stuff. And for my next lesson: I'll tell you how an ATM recognises your PIN without knowing what your PIN number actually is. Ding! You have obviously spent many a boring meeting, doodling - like myself! Never in a million years would I have got that. Even with The Foresters explaination it took me 10 minutes to work it out. Maybe I'm just too old, or too stupid Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Maybe I'm just too old, or too stupid Or haven't sat through boring meetings doodling...... Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 OK, my turn. One of my all time heroes is the much maligned "Captain"(sic) William Bligh. He was a brilliant mariner and a superb navigator. Never mind the pop culture crap which resulted from a string of idiotic movies about Bounty. He wasn't the cruel figure that he was portrayed in those movies, which had conflated the genuinely cruel master of HMS Pandora (the ship which brought the mutineers to Justice) into the persona of Lieutenant (he wasn't a "Captain" then) Bligh. Decades, or even centuries, ahead of his time, he implemepted a regime of what today we would call aerobic exercise. He also was one of the first masters to insist on anti-scorbutics (we call it Vitamin C) being admin/istered compulsorily to his men. His crews had the lowest death rate in the Fleet as a result of his far-sightedness. Now, to the question. Bligh suffered a total of four mutinies in his career. Two in the Northern hemisphere and two in the Southern hemisphere. Leaving aside Bounty, name one mutiny in each hemisphere. Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Can only think of the "Rum Rebellion" which as it was on land, and Bligh was govenor I think was maybe not a mutiny. Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 gotta agree with the Rum Rebellion and hazard a guess at the Spithead Mutiny Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Rum Rebellion and Sandwich mutiny Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 D&V got it right first. The Nore mutiny followed extremely quickly after the Spithead one, and my hero was affected, through no fault of his own, in both. The Oz mutiny most certainly was a mutiny, despite being on land, just as was the unrelated Sepoy Mutiny. Bligh was completely exonerated after the "Rum" muntiny, as he was at his Court Martial following the Bounty mutiny. In fact after the "Rum" mutiny he was promoted, twice: first to Rear Admiral and then to Vice Admiral. Did I mention that he was also a brilliant hydrographer? Did I mention that he learned part of his craft under Captain Cook? Did I mention that he engineered one of Nelson's victories? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Ok here we go with a nice easy peasy one for you all. Who famously said "To work out how to operate a television set, you practically have to make love to the thing."? Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Wasn't it Prince Philip during some interview at a design awards or the like? Complaining about the size of the buttons on a remote? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Memo to self: Must set harder questions. Ding to Turtlebum, it was indeed good old Phil complaining about remote controls. Over to you for the next question. Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Another quickie..... In Scooby Doo, what was Shaggy's real name? Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 (edited) Another quickie..... In Scooby Doo, what was Shaggy's real name? Very easy, I set this as a pub quiz question a couple of years back. So I'll go for Norville Rogers Edited December 21, 2009 by norsch Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Let me Ding that for you as I knew the answer too. Just visited the forum a bit too late! Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 OK then, another easy one. Who played bass guitar on Suzi Quatro's single "Devil Gate Drive"? Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 OK then, another easy one... If you were into pop music in the early 80's...... I would guess at Suzi herself. Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 DING to Lost in Space Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Shoot. Wasn't expecting that. Here's one for the oldies:- When I was a youngster, (many years ago), we had a "plant" that we fed every day and at the end of a week had doubled in size and had produced an alcoholic beverage. The "plant" could then be halved to give to friends whilst keeping half for yourself to continue the process. Name that plant. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 There were several on the same theme although IIRC Ginger Beer was the most common. One variation was used to make "Friendship Cake". Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 There were several on the same theme although IIRC Ginger Beer was the most common. One variation was used to make "Friendship Cake". DING to pajaholic. For more info: Ginger beer Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 There were several on the same theme although IIRC Ginger Beer was the most common. One variation was used to make "Friendship Cake". DING to pajaholic. For more info: Ginger beer I loved that stuff. Used to make it as a kid until a bottle that was 'fermenting' in mum's airing cupboard exploded and covered her washing with shards of very sticky glass. She was not best pleased Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I loved that stuff. Used to make it as a kid until a bottle that was 'fermenting' in mum's airing cupboard exploded and covered her washing with shards of very sticky glass. She was not best pleased Me too. I don't know what made me remember it, but I did. Looked on "the auction site" and there it was. Bought one and it is now bubbling away nicely. If you want a "half", let me know....... Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Back to something connected with caching - navigation! How many North Poles and South Poles is the Planet Earth generally accepted to have? Geoff Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 two of each I think, but not sure, magnetic and true? Quote Link to comment
+Birdman-of-liskatraz Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 two of each I think, but not sure, magnetic and true? oh six at least... Quote Link to comment
+burtsbodgers Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I am sure i heard somewhere that there were 11 Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 DING to burtsbodgers. The eleven are: North and South celestial poles, which are at the Earth's axis of rotation. North and South geographic poles. The Earth wobbles, so the celestial poles move and the geographic poles are an average often called "True North". North and South magnetic poles, which is where the magnetic field is vertically downward. North and South geomagnetic poles, which are the points at which the theoretical dipolar approximation of the earth's magnetic field intersects the surface. North and South poles of inaccessibility - the points most difficult to get to. In the North, this is the point in the Arctic Ocean furthest from land; in the South, it's the point on the Antarctic continent furthest from the ocean. Ceremonial South pole. FWIW, I got this from the QI TV show. Geoff Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) There's Magnetic North, True North (around which the Earth circles, athough it moves around a bit with the pull of the moon & sun) and various Grid Norths, used as mapping datum. A matching set in the south too. I'm going to say 16; 8 of each. Edit. Darn you, QI! Of course it had to be an odd number- I'd forgotten the Ceremonial South Pole. Edited December 22, 2009 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
+burtsbodgers Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Well the little grey cells remembered it from the QI episode, so who says you can’t learn anything from TV. Anyway which Victorian child’s toy started it existence as a weapon from South East Asia? Quote Link to comment
+Birdman-of-liskatraz Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 yoyo Kite? Quote Link to comment
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