+The Patrician Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (sorry for non rugby fans) that would be me then! For a moment there I thought you meant you'd won 60 caps! Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Keeping it topical (sorry for non rugby fans) Who was the first Rugby Union player to win 60 international caps? Would it be that Scotsman? The name temporarily escapes me...... Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Total guess, but Andy Irvine? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Another guess, Gavin Hastings Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yet another guess: Gareth Edwards Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Hastings is the bloke I was trying to remember. Quote Link to comment
+MazdaRoy Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 No right guesses so far, so I will give you all a hint, He played for Ireland but came from Northern Ireland. And he was years before Hastings. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Well I know (now) having looked it up, but that's cheating Great player, great captain. If you count playing for the Lions you could argue he was the 1st to 80 caps. Quote Link to comment
+NattyBooshka Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Willie John Mcbride? I seem to recall he didn't play more than a handful more Quote Link to comment
+MazdaRoy Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Ding.... A great Ballymena man.. Over to NattyBooshka Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Hey hey im back....i know its been a while...had a shocking time with getting my tooth out 2 weeks ago been in constant agony this whole time n wasnt interested in doing ANYTHING......so Natty....Bring on the question Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Going back to 2006 the original thread said: "I'm going to ask a question, whoever answers correctly can post the next question and so on... Rule 1 - No googling! Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer..." I think we may at times be drifting away from "the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer"! Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Hey hey im back....i know its been a while...had a shocking time with getting my tooth out 2 weeks ago been in constant agony this whole time n wasnt interested in doing ANYTHING......so Natty....Bring on the question Hi jady! Welcome back, was wondering where you were, thought you had just got busy with change in weather/ new term. Sorry to hear your tooth was giving you so much trouble - sounds nasty! Glad you're better now! Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hey hey im back....i know its been a while...had a shocking time with getting my tooth out 2 weeks ago been in constant agony this whole time n wasnt interested in doing ANYTHING......so Natty....Bring on the question Hi jady! Welcome back, was wondering where you were, thought you had just got busy with change in weather/ new term. Sorry to hear your tooth was giving you so much trouble - sounds nasty! Glad you're better now! Ooo its been shocking! it took him 20 mins to pull the thing and whilst he was pulling me all over the room he ended up messing up the muscles in my jaw so ive been going to a massage person at the hospital to try get it back to normal Didnt like it at all !!! Soooo what mensa question am i attempting then ??? x Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Going back to 2006 the original thread said: "I'm going to ask a question, whoever answers correctly can post the next question and so on... Rule 1 - No googling! Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer..." I think we may at times be drifting away from "the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer"! Who knows, since you can't smoke in pubs anymore, maybe they've become full of non-smoking intellectual Mensa gurus trying to get away from the washing up? Quote Link to comment
+Hawkins2.5 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Hello, where is everyone?! Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I'm here. Do I win? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 I'll leap in with a question as NB's gone off-grid. There used to be 20 or more up and down the country, but only 6 are known to remain. One of them is beside a road in Norfolk and it's known as the Langham Dome. But what was the Langham Dome used for? I'll drip-feed clues 'til someone gets it. A bit of kit ahead of its time. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I'm here. Do I win? Yes, DING Your turn to ask the next question. Quote Link to comment
+MazdaRoy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I'll leap in with a question as NB's gone off-grid. There used to be 20 or more up and down the country, but only 6 are known to remain. One of them is beside a road in Norfolk and it's known as the Langham Dome. But what was the Langham Dome used for? I'll drip-feed clues 'til someone gets it. A bit of kit ahead of its time. War history hopefully paying off here, they where used to train anti aircraft gunners during the war. Images projected in the inside and the trainees used lights to hit the targets. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 War history hopefully paying off here, they where used to train anti aircraft gunners during the war. Images projected in the inside and the trainees used lights to hit the targets. DING! Yes, it's a 1940's arcade game - of sorts. An advanced piece of kit in its day. Over to you Quote Link to comment
+MazdaRoy Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Cavehill and black mountain overlook which UK city? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Cavehill and black mountain overlook which UK city? a pure guess based on where I think you're from: Belfast. Quote Link to comment
+MazdaRoy Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Ding, over to MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 What is the value (to 1 decimal place) of "the golden ratio"? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 1.6:1 DING Your turn. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Sticking with the golden section for a bit longer, which mathematical sequence is intimately connected to it? Quote Link to comment
+Hawkins2.5 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 The Fibonacci sequence? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 The Fibonacci sequence? DING! Fibonacci shows up in many things - shell spirals, pineapples, flower heads, leaf arrangements and pine cones to name a few Over to you... Quote Link to comment
+Hawkins2.5 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 The Fibonacci sequence is of importance to a TV character - Walter Bishop. In which TV show can he be found? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) Guessing at Monk. I've never seen it but I think the lead charactor has an OCD-like numbers obsession. I have now googled and I am wrong. This one's still wide open folks Edited October 23, 2011 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 The Fibonacci sequence is of importance to a TV character - Walter Bishop. In which TV show can he be found? Fringe. Quote Link to comment
+Hawkins2.5 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 DING! Gotta love Walter. Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I think Keehotee must have missed the ding on this one...... Perhaps this will prompt him.... Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Bump This post doesn't deserve to be left on page 2!! Quote Link to comment
+MazdaRoy Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Maybe someone needs to set a new question......... In which year does New Years day and Christmas day happen in the same year? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Maybe someone needs to set a new question......... In which year does New Years day and Christmas day happen in the same year? Every year! Sorry all - missed the ding (and several reminders......) Name the city that was served by Dum Dum airport until 1995, when the airport underwent a name change. Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Maybe someone needs to set a new question......... In which year does New Years day and Christmas day happen in the same year? Every year! Sorry all - missed the ding (and several reminders......) Name the city that was served by Dum Dum airport until 1995, when the airport underwent a name change. It's India, the home of the dum dum bullet...... Errr Calcutta? Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Dum Dum? Always try an obvious answer first... Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Maybe someone needs to set a new question......... In which year does New Years day and Christmas day happen in the same year? Every year! Sorry all - missed the ding (and several reminders......) Name the city that was served by Dum Dum airport until 1995, when the airport underwent a name change. It's India, the home of the dum dum bullet...... Errr Calcutta? DING...etc..... Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Name the city that was served by Dum Dum airport until 1995, when the airport underwent a name change. It's India, the home of the dum dum bullet...... Errr Calcutta? DING...etc..... Who was the first person to be granted Honorary Citizenship of the United States? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Winston Churchill Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Winston Churchill DING! Over to you. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Fraom a quiz I did in "The Comrades", Sunninghill, this year - What is the only football team in the UK with the letter J in its name? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Fraom a quiz I did in "The Comrades", Sunninghill, this year - What is the only football team in the UK with the letter J in its name? St Johnstone, who play in the Scottish league. Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) Fraom a quiz I did in "The Comrades", Sunninghill, this year - What is the only football team in the UK with the letter J in its name? Did you mean league club? There's Jarrow FC. (Edit to say I cheated on this one and Googled, sorry to be a smartarse!) Edited November 22, 2011 by The Patrician Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Fraom a quiz I did in "The Comrades", Sunninghill, this year - What is the only football team in the UK with the letter J in its name? St Johnstone, who play in the Scottish league. A Tuesday morning DINGALING to Marty! Over to you Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 If you were travelling from (say) New York to San Francisco via the panama canal, what direction would you be travelling when going through the canal? Quote Link to comment
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