+MartyBartfast Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 (edited) Is it Rat? Rat? not rat, that was last year, I forgot what comes after it tho. My mate sitting at the next desk reckons it's the year of the Bull Edit: now he says "or was that last year?" - some people!!! Edited November 20, 2009 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
FourQ Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 ...Ox? DING!! (Sorry for the late confirmation...... don't ask) Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 OK, here's a little caching related puzzle, you may use whatever means for this question only. The other night, I went to see Sister Act. After we got back to our hotel, I realised that when we'd been shown out of the wheelchair accessible entrance, we must have walked right past (literally within 3 feet) a geocache, which cache was it? Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 GC17HAG? It was indeedy! Still a bit peeved at my lack of attention! Ding to Chizu! Quote Link to comment
+chizu Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Coincidentally, I was in London the other day and found a couple of the series. This one was a bit far away though! Next question: Who was the shortest serving US President, and what cut his term short? Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Don't know his first name, but I'll try Harrison who I think died. Quote Link to comment
+chizu Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Don't know his first name, but I'll try Harrison who I think died. DING! William Henry Harrison died 31 days in office from a cold and pneumonia in 1841. Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 OK Who was the shortest-reigning British monarch? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 OK Who was the shortest-reigning British monarch? Something tells me that this is going to be wrong, but I'll say it anyway to get it out of the way, so: Edward VIII Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Lady Jane Grey? Pete Quote Link to comment
+Pajaholic Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Lady Jane Grey? Pete Nah! Although she was de-facto monarch for 13 days in 1553 (or less if you consider her reign to start on the date of her proclamation rather than of the death of Edward VI), she was never crowned and wasn't a British monarch since she was only Queen of England. The first British Monarch was James I of England (James VI of Scotland), who united Britain when he became King of England in 1603. So the shortest reigning British monarch must have ruled after that date. Geoff Quote Link to comment
+burtsbodgers Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 (edited) Was it Edward as in Edward and Mrs Simpson? Edited November 21, 2009 by burtsbodgers Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 DING to Sharpeset The shortest-reigning British monarch was Lady Jane Grey who ruled for 13 days from July 6, 1553 until July 19 (although she was only proclaimed queen by the Lords of the Council on July 10). Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 DING to Sharpeset The shortest-reigning British monarch was Lady Jane Grey who ruled for 13 days from July 6, 1553 until July 19 (although she was only proclaimed queen by the Lords of the Council on July 10). British, English, whatever: happy to accept the Ding.... Which explorer was the frst to sail through the northwest passage, going on to fix the position of the North magnetic Pole? Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Hudson? Sorry, no Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 James Cabalt I think... not sure of the spelling though Cheers MaxKim. Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 James Cabalt I think... not sure of the spelling though Cheers MaxKim. no, not him either Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Probably Franklin, but as he never survived, we'll never know Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Probably Franklin, but as he never survived, we'll never know Sorry, not him either. This guy did survive... Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Eric Thorwaldsson Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Eric Thorwaldsson nope... Quote Link to comment
+Pajaholic Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 British, English, whatever: happy to accept the Ding.... Which explorer was the frst to sail through the northwest passage, going on to fix the position of the North magnetic Pole? I suspect you're thinking of Roald Amundsen - who navigated the Northwest passage at the beginning of the twentieth century. At least, he was the guy AFAICT who fixed the position of the North Pole. However, there is evidence that the Vikings navigated the Northwest passage centuries before, so Amundsen almost certainly wasn't the first. Geoff Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 British, English, whatever: happy to accept the Ding.... Which explorer was the frst to sail through the northwest passage, going on to fix the position of the North magnetic Pole? I suspect you're thinking of Roald Amundsen - who navigated the Northwest passage at the beginning of the twentieth century. At least, he was the guy AFAICT who fixed the position of the North Pole. However, there is evidence that the Vikings navigated the Northwest passage centuries before, so Amundsen almost certainly wasn't the first. Geoff Well Roald Amundsen is the DING according to my Bamber Gascoigne Uni Challenge quiz book, so unless the vikings aregoing to object, over to you... Pete Quote Link to comment
+Pajaholic Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Well Roald Amundsen is the DING according to my Bamber Gascoigne Uni Challenge quiz book, so unless the vikings aregoing to object, over to you... Thanks Pete. However, Eric the Red is more likely to be the first than Amundsen - so I'll pass the ding back over to norsch, who gave that answer. Geoff Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Thanks Geoff Along a similar line to my last question. Who was the shortest British monarch? Quote Link to comment
+Pajaholic Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Wild guess here: Victoria. IIRC she was only just over 5ft (even though most of her statues portray her looking down on the populace!) Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Wild guess here: Victoria. IIRC she was only just over 5ft (even though most of her statues portray her looking down on the populace!) Not right Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Well Roald Amundsen is the DING according to my Bamber Gascoigne Uni Challenge quiz book, so unless the vikings aregoing to object, over to you... Thanks Pete. However, Eric the Red is more likely to be the first than Amundsen - so I'll pass the ding back over to norsch, who gave that answer. Geoff okey dokey: not sure Eric fixed magnetic north pole though... Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 okey dokey: not sure Eric fixed magnetic north pole though... Sorry missed the north pole bit Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 okey dokey: not sure Eric fixed magnetic north pole though... Sorry missed the north pole bit no problem. Back to your question - how about Mary Queen of Scots? Think she was only a babe when she became Queen so presumably pretty small... Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 not Mary Queen of Scots Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) not Mary Queen of Scots Are you sure? She was only 6 days old when she became Queen - so unless she was also the longest baby ever, I'd say she must be in the running... edited to add - you did say British monarch, and not king or queen of Great Britain. Edited November 22, 2009 by keehotee Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) OK I'll give you a DING for Mary Queen of Scots as she was only six days old, so she must have been the shortest. I was however thinking of Matilda who was only 4' 2" So over to you Sharpeset Edited November 22, 2009 by norsch Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) OK I'll give you a DING for Mary Queen of Scots as she was only six days old, so she must have been the shortest. I was however thinking of Matilda who was only 4' 2" So over to you Sharpeset Thanks: Changing topic: In which country would you find the Gullfoss and Godafoss waterfalls? Edited November 22, 2009 by Sharpeset Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Iceland Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Iceland A vey quick DING for that (very impressive they are too) Pete Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Thanks! We were actually thinking of going there on a short break, til we discovered that Icelandair have a policy that all assistance dogs must wear muzzles during flights Ok, next quick question, something I had to ask what it meant today when I saw it on Twitter. What does COYS mean? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 I'm guessing at Come On You Spurs Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 I'm guessing at Come On You Spurs Indeed your guess is correct! I'm rather proud to have had no idea Over to you Paul! Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 Well, 9-1 is a pretty impressive score. Poor old Wigan. Now, who can tell me the longest standing land speed record which was recently broken, and how many years did it take? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Ah... I saw a television program a few days ago about breaking the speed record for steam driven cars so I'm guessing its that. I'm pretty sure it was over 100 years old so I'll guess at 103? Quote Link to comment
+Pajaholic Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 (edited) Since I was a steam engineer in the Royal Navy, I hope it was the steam record. ISTR a news item last summer that the old record, which was held by a Stanley Steamer, had finally been broken after more than a century! Geoff Edited to add: darn it! I was too slow and Pharisee posted while I was editing my text Edited November 23, 2009 by Pajaholic Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 A Ding! to Pharisee and an ohsoclose! to Pajaholic. Here's the BBC's report on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8209288.stm Over to you John Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 (edited) Ok... maintaining the 'Records' theme... In 1952 a 'lady' named Clarissa set a new British record for something.... Anybody know what?... and where she died 20 years later? Edited November 23, 2009 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Dick Walker and Clarissa the carp Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Dick Walker and Clarissa the carp I'll give you a DING for that. It was indeed a 44lb British record rod caught carp from Redmire Pool. It was Dick Walker who caught it and it lived out the rest of it's life, another 20 years, in the aquarium at London Zoo Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Who was the first character to appear in Emmerdale Farm? Clue- she can be seen in the title sequence riding a white horse. Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 my missus reckons it was Marion Wilkes Quote Link to comment
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