+The Blorenges Posted February 3, 2010 Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks Geoff Who was the first woman to win the TV show "One man and his dog"? ...a wild guess; Mrs B! Here in the wilds of SE Wales we have to create our own entertainment to fill the long, dark evenings and inevitably such recreation often involves the cooperation of our ever-obliging sheep population. Many years ago I graduated from the rather mundane 'one (wo)man and her dog and some sheep' scenario and experimented instead with shepherding colonies of native wild hamsters over the heathlands of the Brecon Beacons. Hamsters, by the very nature of their diminutive size, are much trickier to round up but I've managed to take the World record for 26 crammed into one standard size hamster exercise ball. More recently my interests have returned to "creative sheep herding" as practised on the lower slopes of The Blorenge: Some of the more artistic efforts of illuminated sheep herding can be seen here... MrsB ...is that a ding then??? I take it that no sheep were harmed in that 'art' video. Nope. More of a baaaaaaa. MrsB Quote
+Guanajuato Posted February 4, 2010 Posted February 4, 2010 Here in the wilds of SE Wales we have to create our own entertainment to fill the long, dark evenings and inevitably such recreation often involves the cooperation of our ever-obliging sheep population. Helping to address stereotypes there... I've seen it before, but that video is VERY clever! Sorry for the smiley overkill, but its just in case someone, somewhere just doesn't GET my humour. Quote
+JackieC Posted February 6, 2010 Posted February 6, 2010 Katie Cropper (no I didn't google it, my dad once bought a sheepdog from her dad! ) Simply Paul can set the next question, I owe it to him from about 100 pages ago). Quote
norsch Posted February 6, 2010 Posted February 6, 2010 Katie Cropper (no I didn't google it, my dad once bought a sheepdog from her dad! ) Simply Paul can set the next question, I owe it to him from about 100 pages ago). DING to JackieC Quote
+JackieC Posted February 11, 2010 Posted February 11, 2010 Katie Cropper (no I didn't google it, my dad once bought a sheepdog from her dad! ) Simply Paul can set the next question, I owe it to him from about 100 pages ago). As S.P. hasn't jumped in with a question (and to restart the thread) here is a question....... What is the name of the lamb on the CBeebies programme "Shaun the Sheep"? Quote
norsch Posted February 11, 2010 Posted February 11, 2010 Katie Cropper (no I didn't google it, my dad once bought a sheepdog from her dad! ) Simply Paul can set the next question, I owe it to him from about 100 pages ago). As S.P. hasn't jumped in with a question (and to restart the thread) here is a question....... What is the name of the lamb on the CBeebies programme "Shaun the Sheep"? Dunno, but I saw Shaun of the dead the other night. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 11, 2010 Posted February 11, 2010 As S.P. hasn't jumped in with a question (and to restart the thread) here is a question....... What is the name of the lamb on the CBeebies programme "Shaun the Sheep"? I'm reliably informed it's Timmy Quote
+JackieC Posted February 11, 2010 Posted February 11, 2010 As S.P. hasn't jumped in with a question (and to restart the thread) here is a question....... What is the name of the lamb on the CBeebies programme "Shaun the Sheep"? I'm reliably informed it's Timmy DING!!! Over to you................ Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Who's missing? C.E.J. Darbishire, Venables, Atkinson, Temple, Bromwich (Major) Quote
norsch Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Who's missing? C.E.J. Darbishire, Venables, Atkinson, Temple, Bromwich (Major) Jennings Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Who's missing? C.E.J. Darbishire, Venables, Atkinson, Temple, Bromwich (Major) Jennings DING Quote
norsch Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Who's missing? C.E.J. Darbishire, Venables, Atkinson, Temple, Bromwich (Major) Jennings DING Thanks for that, so to keep it easy. How many vertebrae in the neck of a Pygmy shrew? Quote
+Team Noodles Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Who's missing? C.E.J. Darbishire, Venables, Atkinson, Temple, Bromwich (Major) Jennings DING Thanks for that, so to keep it easy. How many vertebrae in the neck of a Pygmy shrew? throwing out the obvious 7 here. Quote
+Team Noodles Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 DING to Ryuchan crap uhm, i'll get the next one up when i wake up and have had some coffee, watch this space kinda thing. Quote
+Munkeh Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 is that the space in the tree you created today? Quote
+Team Noodles Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 okies, easy one : given that the Olympics just kicked off, give me the year and location of the first official Winter Olympics please Quote
norsch Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 okies, easy one : given that the Olympics just kicked off, give me the year and location of the first official Winter Olympics please Well it must be after WWI but not 1920 because Belgium is too flat, so I'll go for France 1924 and the only place I can think of is Tignes Quote
+Team Noodles Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 okies, easy one : given that the Olympics just kicked off, give me the year and location of the first official Winter Olympics please Well it must be after WWI but not 1920 because Belgium is too flat, so I'll go for France 1924 and the only place I can think of is Tignes thats 1 black peg *grins* Quote
+Madam Cholet Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 okies, easy one : given that the Olympics just kicked off, give me the year and location of the first official Winter Olympics please Well it must be after WWI but not 1920 because Belgium is too flat, so I'll go for France 1924 and the only place I can think of is Tignes thats 1 black peg *grins* Agree with 1924 but think it was Chamonix. Quote
+Team Noodles Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 okies, easy one : given that the Olympics just kicked off, give me the year and location of the first official Winter Olympics please Well it must be after WWI but not 1920 because Belgium is too flat, so I'll go for France 1924 and the only place I can think of is Tignes thats 1 black peg *grins* Agree with 1924 but think it was Chamonix. Ding! Quote
+Madam Cholet Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) Staying on subject... Which country has won most medals at Winter Olympic games? That's total medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) at all the games added together..just to be clear. Edited February 14, 2010 by Madam Cholet Quote
norsch Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Staying on subject... Which country has won most medals at Winter Olympic games? That's total medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) at all the games added together..just to be clear. Must be USA Quote
+Team Noodles Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Staying on subject... Which country has won most medals at Winter Olympic games? That's total medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) at all the games added together..just to be clear. Must be USA no way, has to be the old USSR me thinks Quote
+Madam Cholet Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 Norway? DING to Pharisee for Norway. Quote
+Pharisee Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Norway? DING to Pharisee for Norway. Keeping with the Winter Sports theme.... In what year and in what competition did Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards first represent England at ski jumping? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted February 17, 2010 Author Posted February 17, 2010 I've a feeling he had a go in 86 (88 was a Summer Olympic year, I think) Quote
Pajaholic Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 I've a feeling he had a go in 86 (88 was a Summer Olympic year, I think) IIRC the Summer and Winter Olympics were still in the same year in the 1980s. 1984 seems too far back, and 1992 too far forward (at least with reference to my own memorable events). So I'll guess it wasn't in the Olympics, which suggests the World Games and it had to be before 1988. So, another stab in the gloom: 1987? Quote
norsch Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 I think he qualified for the 88 olympics at the World ski jump championships in 1987 I spotted him as a torch bearer in Winnipeg earlier this year. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted February 17, 2010 Author Posted February 17, 2010 In that case, I'm not sure 84 *was* too early. So I'll say that Quote
+Pharisee Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 I've a feeling he had a go in 86 (88 was a Summer Olympic year, I think) IIRC the Summer and Winter Olympics were still in the same year in the 1980s. 1984 seems too far back, and 1992 too far forward (at least with reference to my own memorable events). So I'll guess it wasn't in the Olympics, which suggests the World Games and it had to be before 1988. So, another stab in the gloom: 1987? I'll give you a DING for that as it's close enough. It was, in fact, the World Championships in 1987 where he finished 55th which was high enough for him to qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics.... The rest, as they say, is history. Quote
Pajaholic Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Thanks, Pharisee. I suspect that this one's a bit obscure - so I'll give the ding to whoever comes closest IMO if the answer I have isn't given in a couple of days: Defining an "aircraft carrier" to be something moving that includes a platform designed and successfully used for fixed-wing aircraft (other than models or UAVs) to land upon, what is/was the World's smallest aircraft carrier? Quote
norsch Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 In an episode of "Fall guy" Lee Majors landed a plane on the roof of a campervan, I don't know what make but it was about same as a Ford Transit Quote
+Lost in Space Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 (edited) That twin hulled Japanese submarine that was shown on TV a couple of weeks ago? Edited February 17, 2010 by Lost in Space Quote
Pajaholic Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Lost in Space: AFAICT, that twin-hulled Japanese WWII submarine was meant to launch aircraft on a one-way mission - i.e. no capability to land them. norsch: You're in pole position so far should nobody give the right answer! ( !) Geoff Quote
Pajaholic Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 A mini? I didn't think it'd got this fast, but I'll give you a DING for that. Incredibly IMO, of Jim Greenshields (Chief Flying Instructor at Somerset Microlights, Dunkeswell) landing a Thruster on a mini driven by Dave Pearce, and . Jim had previously ! Over to akettlet! Geoff Quote
norsch Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Lost in Space: AFAICT, that twin-hulled Japanese WWII submarine was meant to launch aircraft on a one-way mission - i.e. no capability to land them. norsch: You're in pole position so far should nobody give the right answer! ( !) Geoff no thats way bigger than the one off "Fall guy" Quote
+Unobtainium Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 In which year did the then fastest and the then largest passenger aircraft BOTH make their maiden flights? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted February 17, 2010 Author Posted February 17, 2010 Thanks for that. Which film starred Michael York, Jenny Agutter and Peter Ustinov? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Thanks for that. Which film starred Michael York, Jenny Agutter and Peter Ustinov? Logan's Run? Quote
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