+The Duckers Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Can't remember the name of the Scot, but, know that it was taken off him by Chris Boardman...... (Googled and now know name of Scot!) Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 It's been two days since I posted the question and, much to my surprise, it hasn't been answered. So it's 'reduced for a quick sale' and I'll accept the guy's nickname (which was also the name of a 2006 film about his life up to and just beyond the first Hour Record). Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 No good asking me questions about sport! Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 The scotsman What else would you call a film about a scottish man BTW i have no idea about the answer.... Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I've no idea, I asked Mrs Martybartfast and the only Scottish cyclist she can think of is Chris Hoy... Quote Link to comment
+thehalibutkid Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 The Flying Scotsman? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 DING! to thehalibutkid I'm astonished that nobody knew as I thought that we had some cyclists among us! Surely a Brit who twice broke one of the most prestigious cycling records (and in the spirit of the great British Shed Culture on a home-made bike at that) must be worth remembering? The person concerned is Graeme Obree and the 2006 film (called - as thehalibutkid correctly guessed - "The Flying Scotsman") is well worth watching IMO. Graeme Obree called his bicyle "Old Faithful" and it embodied a number of innovations. So, of course, the ICU sought to ban both it and also the riding position that went with it. FWIW, IMO the ICU is probably the greatest negative influence on the development of the modern bicycle -- as they've banned (or tried to ban) just about every major innovation of recent years! Over to thehalibutkid! Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I remember the bike bein called old faithful but i didnt have a clue about his name! Quote Link to comment
+thehalibutkid Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 In Norse mythology who created Thor's hammer Mjolnir? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I can only think of two other Norse gods (or characters of any kind), and as one of them is a GURL (and as we know GURLs aren't into metal work) so I'll guess the other one (but I don't expect it will be right) : Odin Quote Link to comment
+thehalibutkid Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I can only think of two other Norse gods (or characters of any kind), and as one of them is a GURL (and as we know GURLs aren't into metal work) so I'll guess the other one (but I don't expect it will be right) : Odin Nope sorry. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 In Norse mythology who created Thor's hammer Mjolnir? Stanley ? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Desperately trying to think of Norse gods... Loki Odin - Who has been mentioned before I know Maxwell had a silver hammer Freya - I think that was also a German radar of some sort err.... that's it at the moment. I'll have a think while I'm having my sandwiches. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Desperately trying to think of Norse gods... Loki Odin - Who has been mentioned before I know Maxwell had a silver hammer Freya - I think that was also a German radar of some sort err.... that's it at the moment. I'll have a think while I'm having my sandwiches. ISTR something about Loki - the god of mischief - having something to do with it. Also Odin, Freyja, and a few other gods but none of the gods made Thor's hammer. IIRC it was one or more artisans and I vaguely remember that it's a convoluted tale with all sorts of trickery involved - but my knowledge of Norse, Greek and Roman mythology is somewhat rusty! Alternatively: the Asgard created Thor's hammer to prevent worlds under their protection from being invaded by the Goa'uld. The hammer comprised two parts: a scanner by the stargate would detect a symbiote and transport the host to a chamber from which the only way out was guarded by the second part -- an energy field that would kill the symbiote. Quote Link to comment
+thehalibutkid Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Ok it's been a while. I'll give the ding to Pajaholic. It was created by Sindri (or Eitri) and his brother Brokkr two dwarfs from the Sons of Ivaldi. Loki tricks them into making it. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Thanks. Next question (hopefully, a simple one -- particularly for followers of QI): What were the famous last words of John Sedgwick, a Major General of the Unionist army during the American Civil War? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Something along the lines of "It's all right they couldn't hit a thing at this distan......" Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Close enough for a DING! According to the QI elves, he actually said, "What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!" just before an enemy sniper shot him. However, some say he was cut off in the middle of the last sentence, which thus went: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..." Over to The Patrician! Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Ta! Sticking with civil wars, although a different one, who reputedly said "put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry." I'm a pikeman in the Sealed Knot in my spare time, so I know this stuff! Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Cromwell would fit the bill...both with civil war & God...? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Cromwell would fit the bill...both with civil war & God...? Ding! Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 More on Cromwell... What other saying is he famous for? (Hint: painting) Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 More on Cromwell... What other saying is he famous for? (Hint: painting) Was it something along the lines of - "Show me as I am, warts an' all" ? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) Miura, Countach, Diablo, Urraco, Murciélago, Aventador Which one is the 'odd one out' and why? Edited August 3, 2011 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 stab in the dark - the first one.........why because it doesnt have an O Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Murcielago? AFAICT, Lambo have gone back to the 'classic' scissor doors with the Aventador, which the earlier models also had. However, the Murcielago and Gallardo were strongly influenced by Audi and had conventional doors? Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Shiiizzzzz my fav car how did i not pick up on that grrrr Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 No and no... Both answers could be correct but they're not the answer I'm looking for... Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Miura, Countach, Diablo, Urraco, Murciélago, Aventador Which one is the 'odd one out' and why? Countach? No bull!! Quote Link to comment
+thehalibutkid Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Urraco. The others all have the classic Lambo V12. Or I could say Aventador because it probably won't try to kill you as soon as you stop concentrating. But i'll stick with Urraco. Quote Link to comment
+thehalibutkid Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Perhaps to put it better the others are a progression of the Lambo V12 Supercar. The Urraco was more of a tame alternative. It only had a 3.5l V8. And it was a 2+2 to boot. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Perhaps to put it better the others are a progression of the Lambo V12 Supercar. The Urraco was more of a tame alternative. It only had a 3.5l V8. And it was a 2+2 to boot. That's what I was looking for !!! DING! Quote Link to comment
+thehalibutkid Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Ok staying with Lamborghini. What was unusual about the LM002? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Ok staying with Lamborghini. What was unusual about the LM002? It's the worlds ugliest 4x4 (apart from the current Discovery, that is....) Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 its a veichial that ud normal see a oosie hangin out the window in the hood!..........and ugliest 4x4 come on what about the suzie vitara ??? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 its a veichial that ud normal see a oosie hangin out the window in the hood!..........and ugliest 4x4 come on what about the suzie vitara ??? Grand Vitara's lovely - in a very compact, scare off the boy racers sort of way Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 i mean the little green one with the soft roof...i think im gonna hurl the most uncomfortable thing ive ever sat in aswell, and mum had it during my school days so when i was late i had to rock up in that and it was not good at all Quote Link to comment
+TonyNChelle Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 It was the first offroad (4x4) made my Lambo I think? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and, personally, I think that both the LM002 and the original Hummer H1 are strangely beautiful (even if both are of little more use than a chocolate fireguard!) However, the LM002 was designed as a military vehicle. From what Clarkson once said, they couldn't sell them to the military and so they opened the order books to the general public. That said, ISTR it wasn't the only 4x4 Lambo, the only off-road Lambo, or the only Lambo designed as a military vehicle since it was preceded by the LM001 and that by an earlier prototype that fitted all three categories and the Gallardo is a 4x4. However, AFAICT it was the only off-road, or military vehicle they actually put into production. IIRC Clarkson said that it cost him more than a week's salary to fill it up when he originally reviewed the LM002 and the tyres cost around four grand a corner. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 That said, ISTR it wasn't the only 4x4 Lambo, the only off-road Lambo, or the only Lambo designed as a military vehicle since it was preceded by the LM001 and that by an earlier prototype that fitted all three categories and the Gallardo is a 4x4. ....and not to mention the 4x4 tractors they'd made for years before it, too Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 That said, ISTR it wasn't the only 4x4 Lambo, the only off-road Lambo, or the only Lambo designed as a military vehicle since it was preceded by the LM001 and that by an earlier prototype that fitted all three categories and the Gallardo is a 4x4. ....and not to mention the 4x4 tractors they'd made for years before it, too Ah, true - I forgot they started out making tractors. So therefore the LM002 wasn't the only (or even the first) production off-road vehicle that Lamborghini made. Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) It was the first offroad (4x4) made my Lambo I think? It was the first 4 wheel drive made by lambo who later used 4wd in the their road cars. Edited August 4, 2011 by eusty Quote Link to comment
+NattyBooshka Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) That said, ISTR it wasn't the only 4x4 Lambo, the only off-road Lambo, or the only Lambo designed as a military vehicle since it was preceded by the LM001 and that by an earlier prototype that fitted all three categories and the Gallardo is a 4x4. ....and not to mention the 4x4 tractors they'd made for years before it, too Ah, true - I forgot they started out making tractors. So therefore the LM002 wasn't the only (or even the first) production off-road vehicle that Lamborghini made. Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. have never made a tractor. Their founder may have also owned Lamborghini Trattori S.p.A. but to claim that the tractors were made by the car company would be akin to claiming all the FIATs out there are Ferraris. The LM002 was Automobili Lamborghini's 3rd off road vehicle... after the Cheetah and LM001, but the only one to be produced beyond prototype. Edited August 4, 2011 by NattyBooshka Quote Link to comment
+thehalibutkid Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 That'll teach me to go to sleep. I believe the Ding goes to Keehotee. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Whooppp (etc...) Several years ago I had the pleasure (??) of working on the Worlds most powerful diesel engine for a few months. Where would you expect to find the current most powerful production diesel engine....and who makes it? Quote Link to comment
+thehalibutkid Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Whooppp (etc...) Several years ago I had the pleasure (??) of working on the Worlds most powerful diesel engine for a few months. Where would you expect to find the current most powerful production diesel engine....and who makes it? My guess would be Rolls Royce and some form of Cruise Liner. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 On a freight ship. They're called 'cathedral' engines and IIRC are in-line two-strokes. The cylinders are huge - with a bore about the size of a typical hotel elevator shaft and they're very slow revving. I don't know which manufacturer makes them, but ISTR it's an Italian company. Quote Link to comment
+NattyBooshka Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) Whooppp (etc...) Several years ago I had the pleasure (??) of working on the Worlds most powerful diesel engine for a few months. Where would you expect to find the current most powerful production diesel engine....and who makes it? On a big container ship... "Emma" something. It's a Finnish engine by Wartsila. Around 110k BHP I think Edited August 4, 2011 by NattyBooshka Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) On a freight ship. They're called 'cathedral' engines and IIRC are in-line two-strokes. The cylinders are huge - with a bore about the size of a typical hotel elevator shaft and they're very slow revving. I don't know which manufacturer makes them, but ISTR it's an Italian company. Most (if not all) really big diesel engines are 'two-strokes'. The in-line versions having ports in the bottom of the cylinders that are uncovered by the piston at B.D.C. and fed by a turbocharger, with valves in the cylinder head for the exhaust. The inlet timing is symmetrical so the exhaust valve timing can be changed by moving the camshaft and the engine will run in the opposite direction... Great if you want your boat to go backwards!! The Deltic engine used briefly by British Rail on some of their earlier diesel locomotives was also a (sort of) twostoke but to describe it's mode of operation here would probably be so far off topic, I'd get banned by the Moderator! Anyway.... I have no idea who makes the biggest or where it is used but a ship of some sort is probably a good bet. Edited August 4, 2011 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
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