+MartyBartfast Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Fred Housego (Spelling may not be correct!) DING (and even if it is spelled incorrectly I wouldn't know!) Quote
+Bear and Ragged Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 The Globe Theatre, London. Has the distinction of being 'The Only...' And needed 'Special Permission' What? and Why? Quote
+Aggrajag Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Something rings a small bell here, could be way off the mark, but does it have no roof? In which case I'd guess health & safety cos of rain/electrics?? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Something rings a small bell here, could be way off the mark, but does it have no roof? In which case I'd guess health & safety cos of rain/electrics?? I think you're on the right track but I believe it's actually the only building in London with a thatched roof, special permission required due to fire risk, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's something that dates back to the rebuilding after the great fire. Quote
+Bear and Ragged Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) Something rings a small bell here, could be way off the mark, but does it have no roof? In which case I'd guess health & safety cos of rain/electrics?? I think you're on the right track but I believe it's actually the only building in London with a thatched roof, special permission required due to fire risk, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's something that dates back to the rebuilding after the great fire. DING! It's London's only thatched roof, and it is on a reproduction of London's oldest theatre: the Globe which dates back to Shakespearian times. The open-air theatre is based on the descriptions of the original design from 1559 where Shakespeare worked and presented his plays. The reproduction was built in 1996, funded by Sam Wanamaker, who dedicated 20 years to its creation. It's roof was no longer thatch, by the time of the Great Fire of London in 1666. But. the law is still there for not using thatch roofs. Burnt to the ground and rebuilt again. Tragedy struck the playhouse when amidst a performance of Henry VIII on June the 29th, 1613, a cannon fired during the play ignited the playhouse's thatched roof burning the playhouse to the ground. Rebuilt just one year later, the famous playhouse again opened its doors for business but on the opposite side of the Thames river in 1614, with the original's dangerous straw thatched roof now wisely replaced with tiles. Edited June 20, 2011 by Bear and Ragged Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Who had a servant named Sancho Panza ? Quote
+keehotee Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Who had a servant named Sancho Panza ? Don Quixote, of course.... Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Who had a servant named Sancho Panza ? Don Quixote, of course.... DING Quote
+keehotee Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Having made his name with the Norwegian coastline, who was disappointed to be reassigned to Africa? Quote
+Pharisee Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) The guy in Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy....? Slarty Bartfast or something like that, I think Edited June 20, 2011 by Pharisee Quote
+keehotee Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 The guy in Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy....? Slarty Bartfast or something like that, I think Close enough....DING Quote
+Pharisee Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 The guy in Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy....? Slarty Bartfast or something like that, I think Close enough....DING Those of us 'of a certain age' will remember being enthralled by the adventures of The Lone Ranger. We all know that the theme music was the final part of The William Tell Overture but who wrote it? Quote
jadenrich2101 Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 too old for meee sowwiieee...n i wont cheat.....like using the hints with caching - takes the fun out of it Quote
+Bear and Ragged Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 Hi-Ho Silver awayyyyy.... No idea who wrote it though! Quote
+The Blorenges Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) Rossini MrsB (more than "a certain age") Edited June 21, 2011 by The Blorenges Quote
+Pharisee Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 Rossini? You were first so you get the DING!!! Quote
+The Patrician Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Continuing the Lone Ranger theme. What did Tonto, the Lone Ranger's faithful companion, call him? Quote
+The Patrician Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Kemo Sabe MrsB Ding! Apparently the Lone Ranger nearly killed him when he found out what it meant Quote
+The Blorenges Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 OK, keeping with the Westerns theme a bit longer, What was the name of the ranch where the Cartwright family lived? MrsB Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 OK, keeping with the Westerns theme a bit longer, What was the name of the ranch where the Cartwright family lived? MrsB Ponderosa Quote
+The Blorenges Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Correct! Over to Pajaholic (I was a big fan of Westerns when I was a kid ) MrsB Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Correct! Over to Pajaholic (I was a big fan of Westerns when I was a kid ) MrsB Staying with Westerns... Most 'cinema gunfighters' blink when firing their weapons. Who were the only two* western stars known not to blink as they fired their guns? *(there is a possible third, so I'll accept any two of the three) Quote
jadenrich2101 Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 john wayne and clint eastwood.....maybe well off here Quote
+NattyBooshka Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 john wayne and clint eastwood.....maybe well off here Clint Eastwood Yul Brynner I think is the other??? Quote
+Guanajuato Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 OK, keeping with the Westerns theme a bit longer, What was the name of the ranch where the Cartwright family lived? MrsB Ponderosa And this thread is now relevant to caching! Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 john wayne and clint eastwood.....maybe well off here Clint Eastwood Yul Brynner I think is the other??? DING! Over to NattyBooshka Quote
+NattyBooshka Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 john wayne and clint eastwood.....maybe well off here Clint Eastwood Yul Brynner I think is the other??? DING! Over to NattyBooshka I seem to remember that the 3rd was in a film with Yul, and Yul taught him how to do it... but I may be wrong. In the Kevin Smith View Askewniverse films, he plays Silent Bob. Who plays his foul-mouthed partner in crime Jay? Quote
Thistlegrouch Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Jason Mews (i may have spelt that wrong!) Quote
+NattyBooshka Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Jason Mews (i may have spelt that wrong!) DING... Over to Thistlegrouch Quote
Thistlegrouch Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 What is the name of the worldwide arts project started by Frank Warren and what does it involve? Quote
+NattyBooshka Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 What is the name of the worldwide arts project started by Frank Warren and what does it involve? Ok... I read Frank Warren and arts in the same sentence... I have this horrible Chas n Dave snooker song in my head! I'm not sure it was art though! Won't be getting this one... now to get this tune out of my head! Quote
+Team Noodles Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 What is the name of the worldwide arts project started by Frank Warren and what does it involve? post secret? Peeps anonymously sending in secrets on postcards? Quote
Thistlegrouch Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 What is the name of the worldwide arts project started by Frank Warren and what does it involve? post secret? Peeps anonymously sending in secrets on postcards? DING! Over to Team Noodles Quote
+Team Noodles Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Which Golden Girl starred in Lake Placid? Quote
+NattyBooshka Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) Betty White (Rose) Edited June 22, 2011 by NattyBooshka Quote
+Team Noodles Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Betty White (Rose) close enough, dingaling! Quote
+NattyBooshka Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 go natty go natty go go go natty That makes you the first ever member of my fan club. Quote
jadenrich2101 Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Wooo like vice president of the Nattybooshka club Quote
+NattyBooshka Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Wooo like vice president of the Nattybooshka club President I think... Booshka quit... Sort of Quote
+NattyBooshka Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Ok... For clarity, next question is to translate: P'nawn Da. Telling you the language it is would make it too easy. Quote
+MarigauxToby Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Ok... For clarity, next question is to translate: P'nawn Da. Telling you the language it is would make it too easy. Good Afternoon - in welsh! Quote
+NattyBooshka Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Ok... For clarity, next question is to translate: P'nawn Da. Telling you the language it is would make it too easy. DING Good afternoon to you too. Your question. Good Afternoon - in welsh! Quote
+MarigauxToby Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Keeping on a welsh theme: What is the welsh for Snowdon? Quote
+The Patrician Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Keeping on a welsh theme: What is the welsh for Snowdon? Yr Wydffa (does it mean the burial place or something similar?) Quote
+MarigauxToby Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Keeping on a welsh theme: What is the welsh for Snowdon? Yr Wydffa (does it mean the burial place or something similar?) DING Quote
+The Patrician Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 The Boeing B-29 Superfortress 'Enola Gay' was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war. Who was 'Enola Gay'? Quote
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