The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+The Blorenges]

Our longcase clock has 28 because the 4 is IIII

 

but if you have one where the 4 is IV then it would only be 26

 

MrsB

[+Cornell Finch]

DING! - hey that was fast!

 

You are quite correct, it is indeed 28. Most clocks that use roman numerals use IIII instead of IV to avoid confusion with 6 (VI) - never been a problem for me though.

[+The Blorenges]

In what job/trade/profession would you be likely to uncover a crena?

 

MrsB

Edited June 7, 2010 by The Blorenges

[+maxkim]

In what job/trade/profession would you be likely to uncover a crena?

 

MrsB

 

Guess... an archaeologist, sounds like something to do with old bones...

[+The Blorenges]

No, not an archaeologist and nothing to do with bones. (Although the anatomical definition of "crena" is being used )

 

MrsB

[+rob.marsh]

The Bones comment has thrown me, I was thinking plastic surgeon.

[+The Blorenges]

In what job/trade/profession would you be likely to uncover a crena?

 

MrsB

 

You could almost say it's a 'trademark' of this trade...

Someone should be able to get to the bottom of this one.

 

MrsB

[+Cornell Finch]

I realise that was a great clue, I have no real idea. I was thinking along the same lines as rob.marsh with plastic surgery though, so

 

Something to do with implants?

[+The Blorenges]

I understand that some people do have implants on either side of their crena!

 

MrsB

 

Edited June 9, 2010 by The Blorenges

[+Cornell Finch]

Hmmm....

 

Masseuse?

 

Is that even spelled right?

[+Palujia]

Possibly a builder's labourer ? I believe the technical term is

"Builder's Bum" ??

[+Team Noodles]

have implants on either side of their crena!

a logical answer to that is ears, then skull in the middle

 

crena.., cranium?

 

neurologist?

[+The Blorenges]

Possibly a builder's labourer ? I believe the technical term is

"Builder's Bum" ??

 

Well done.... Ding!

 

According to the erudite Stephen Fry, "The crena is a formal term for the cleft between the buttocks. The related adjective crenatus ("groovy") was once in common use. Today crena is also used to describe the surface of the heart and serrations on the skull. To crenate is to "mill", or produce the little ridges on the edge of a coin."

[+Palujia]

I do love obscure bits of information. Someone once said that a fact should be loved for itself and my rats nest brain picks up all sorts of bits and pieces ! - Obscure music question for you:-In what song does the line "I get all the news I need from the weather report" come from ?

[+speakers-corner]

The only living boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel (to answer the question)

[+Palujia]

That is absolutely correct ! -from one of my all time favourite albums Bridge over Troubled Water

Over to you

[+speakers-corner]

Lets stay with music. Who wrote "I wake up to the sound of music" and when.

[+sTeamTraen]

Lets stay with music. Who wrote "I wake up to the sound of music" and when.

Paul McCartney, circa 1970.

[+drdick&vick]

The Beatles, the song is Let it be.

I know it is sad but like their stuff and listen to it in the car and knew that I had heard it recently so hve just had an hour flitting through the iPod to find it.

[+speakers-corner]

Well done to sTeamTraen. It was in fact 31 January 1969.

[+sTeamTraen]

Despite appearances, this is a showbiz-related question:

 

The UK version is 496. What's the (probably better-known) US equivalent?

[+Cornell Finch]

Knowing that the British have a reputation for not working as fast as our colonial cousins:

 

24?

 

[+sTeamTraen]

24?

Nope. The answer is a 3-digit number.

Edited June 11, 2010 by sTeamTraen

[+Team Noodles]

24?

Nope. The answer is a 3-digit number.

this..is..CACHEIIIIIIIIING!!!!!!

 

300?

[+keehotee]

555?

[+sTeamTraen]

555?

Ding!

 

OfCom reserves 496(0)xxx for phone numbers within an STD code area that can be read out on screen or in films so that if someone decided to phone them, they don't work. The North American equivalent is 555, as spoofed in the film Last Action Hero.

[+keehotee]

555?

Ding!

 

OfCom reserves 496(0)xxx for phone numbers within an STD code area that can be read out on screen or in films so that if someone decided to phone them, they don't work. The North American equivalent is 555, as spoofed in the film Last Action Hero.

 

Whoops - ok....

 

Where,and when, was the last battle fought on English soil?

[+Maple Leaf]

 

Where,and when, was the last battle fought on English soil?

 

Groundspeak forums

 

[+Bear and Ragged]

Last battle between private armies?

Near Mickleton, Gloucestershire.

 

1851 -googled the date!

Edited June 12, 2010 by Bear and Ragged

[+keehotee]

Last battle between private armies?

Near Mickleton, Gloucestershire.

 

1851 -googled the date!

 

That's 13 years after the one I had in mind - and I can't find out anything about it....tell me more.

 

Edited to add - aaah, found it. Not quite what I had in mind, but you can have the ding

Edited June 12, 2010 by keehotee

[+Bear and Ragged]

Last battle between private armies?

Near Mickleton, Gloucestershire.

 

1851 -googled the date!

 

That's 13 years after the one I had in mind - and I can't find out anything about it....tell me more.

 

Edited to add - aaah, found it. Not quite what I had in mind, but you can have the ding

Battle of Mickleton tunnel

 

Cache to celebrate the battle

 

Another cache page with story

[+Bear and Ragged]

Continue with the Brunel connection.

 

July 1970.

 

Event.

Two connections.

What, where.

[+MarigauxToby]

SS Great Britain was towed into Bristol Docks.

Edited June 12, 2010 by MarigauxToby

[+Bear and Ragged]

SS Great Britain was towed into Bristol Docks.

Nearly!

[+drdick&vick]

slight memory of a dock strike starting and ending in July of that year

[+Bear and Ragged]

SS Great Britain was towed into Bristol Docks.

Nearly!

 

Brunel connections

 

July 1970.

 

Event.

Two connections.

What, where.

[+rob.marsh]

SS Great Britain was towed into Bristol Docks.

Nearly!

 

Brunel connections

 

July 1970.

 

Event.

Two connections.

What, where.

 

SS Great Britain returned home from the Faulklands, towed under the Clifton Suspension Bridge and into Bristol dockyard.

[+Bear and Ragged]

SS Great Britain was towed into Bristol Docks.

Nearly!

 

Brunel connections

 

July 1970.

 

Event.

Two connections.

What, where.

 

SS Great Britain returned home from the Faulklands, towed under the Clifton Suspension Bridge and into Bristol dockyard.

DING!

 

SS Gt Britain and the Bridge both by Brunel.

As a youngster - in the words of Max Boyce- I was there! I saw it.

[+rob.marsh]

Riddle Time then,

 

With what vegetable do you throw away the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, and throw away the inside?

[+MartyBartfast]

Riddle Time then,

 

With what vegetable do you throw away the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, and throw away the inside?

 

Corn on the Cob ?

 

(Courtesy of my 16 year old daughter)

[+rob.marsh]

Riddle Time then,

 

With what vegetable do you throw away the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, and throw away the inside?

 

Corn on the Cob ?

 

(Courtesy of my 16 year old daughter)

 

DING

 

Spot on!

[+MartyBartfast]

What does AU stand for (in terms of distance measurement), and what is the definition of 1 AU?

[+rutson]

Either an atomic unit whose definitiion I forget or an astronomical unit which is 9.3E7 give or take.

[+Unobtainium]

It is 1 light year.

[+MartyBartfast]

Either an atomic unit whose definitiion I forget or an astronomical unit which is 9.3E7 give or take.

 

CLOSE

 

It's the Astronomical Unit I was after, but for a start you get a rap over the knuckles from my old chemistry teacher for not specifying the units, 9.3E7 what?, apples?, oranges? (yes he was like that).

 

Anyway it was the definition I was looking for rather than its value.

 

edit to add:

 

It's not a light year, it's a MUCH shorter distance than that.

Edited June 19, 2010 by MartyBartfast

[+paulbarratt]

What does AU stand for (in terms of distance measurement), and what is the definition of 1 AU?

 

AU stands for Astronomical Unit and the definition of 1 AU is the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun over one Earth orbit.

[+MartyBartfast]

What does AU stand for (in terms of distance measurement), and what is the definition of 1 AU?

 

AU stands for Astronomical Unit and the definition of 1 AU is the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun over one Earth orbit.

 

Ding, spot on.

[+paulbarratt]

Here you go.......

 

Which modern means of transport now usually replaces the richly adorned but antiquated and impractical 'Sedia Gestatoria'?

[+Pharisee]

Here you go.......

 

Which modern means of transport now usually replaces the richly adorned but antiquated and impractical 'Sedia Gestatoria'?

The mountain bike?

[+paulbarratt]

Here you go.......

 

Which modern means of transport now usually replaces the richly adorned but antiquated and impractical 'Sedia Gestatoria'?

The mountain bike?

 

Nope....next!!!!!!!!!!!!