+keehotee 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? West to East - assuming you took the shortest route Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 South as Panama runs parallel to the equator. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic 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? Although you'd be going from the Eastern seaboard of the Americas to the Western seaboard, the Panama Isthmus itself runs approximately East/West and you'd be crossing that at almost a right angle. So you'd actually be travelling approximately due South when navigating the canal. Edited to add: Darn it! That'll teach me to write reasoned responses! Nice one, Eusty! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Well we're getting closer, but no-one's correct yet! Quote Link to comment
+matt1988 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) . Edited November 22, 2011 by matt1988 Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Well we're getting closer, but no-one's correct yet! South East Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Forward? MrsB Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Well we're getting closer, but no-one's correct yet! South East DING Strange as it may seem the canal is aligned more or less NW to SE , and going from East to West you're actually travelling in a South Easterly direction. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Well we're getting closer, but no-one's correct yet! South East DING Strange as it may seem the canal is aligned more or less NW to SE , and going from East to West you're actually travelling in a South Easterly direction. Woop woop OK - what's the largest natural structure on earth? Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Depends how you define "natural" and "structure". I'd guess the answer you're after is the Great Barrier Reef. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Depends how you define "natural" and "structure". I'd guess the answer you're after is the Great Barrier Reef. Ding. Natural as in not artificially produced - and structure as in constructed object.... Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Back to sport for this one, but I'll keep clear of rugby Which football team has held the FA cup for the longest continuous period? Quote Link to comment
+matt1988 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 (edited) I would like to say Man U. However could it be Everton? EDIT: Neiter of those. In fact Everton have never won it, wot say the answer due to Wikipedia browsing hehe. Edited November 23, 2011 by matt1988 Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Neither of those. Sounds like a Liverpool fan has been editing wikipedia (no, that's not the answer either) Mark Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Back to sport for this one, but I'll keep clear of rugby Which football team has held the FA cup for the longest continuous period? The Mighty Pompey (Portsmouth FC), they won it in 1939 and held it until the FA cup resumed after the war. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 DING! They didn't win it again for another 69 years, but would have only waited for another 2 years for the next win if it hadn't been for Chelski. Given the current state of the club it may now be another 69 years to the next win - if they can survive that long! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Sticking with Portsmouth, the historic dockyard is the home to three famous fighting ships from different eras, name two of them. Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Sticking with Portsmouth, the historic dockyard is the home to three famous fighting ships from different eras, name two of them. HMS Victory, The Mary Rose ... to answer the question (oh and the 3rd is Warrior!) all just down the road from me! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 DING I thought expecting all three was a bit of a stretch for anyone out of the area. BTW it's just down the road from me too (Petersfield) Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 "It's Lieutenant Hurwitz. Severe shell-shock. Thinks he's Ethel Merman" "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines" "A hospital? What is it?"... "It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now." NAME THAT FILM! (and for extra kudos, can you say what year it came out - not essential to get a ding) Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 Airplane. 1980, I think? Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Airplane. 1980, I think? DING, and KUDOS DING! (We have clearance, Clarence....) Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Paul? Are you there matey? You got the last question right. Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 This needs rescuing! A current affairs type question... What are the names of the two pandas given/lent/hired by China? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Jock and Scotty? Quote Link to comment
+paulemma Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Tiang Tiand and Yaung Guang? Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Not been said for a while but.... DING! Over to you Quote Link to comment
+paulemma Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 As its Christmas... How many presents would you have from your true love if you totalled them all up? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 As its Christmas... How many presents would you have from your true love if you totalled them all up? 364 Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 78 That is what I worked out Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I'm afraid I'd have to agree with the 364. Mainly due to the wording of the question AND the wording of the song. If you think about it carefully, it says for example that you get the seven swans a swimming on the seventh day, but also get more of them again on the eighth day (after the maids a milking) AND another load on the ninth day, AND more swans on the 10th day AND on the 11th & 12th days. So just in swans, for example you'd end up with 6 days when you get 7 swans every day (on top of everything else) making 42 swans just for a start. Extrapolate that for every gift item (12 partridges in a pear tree - one every day) (11x2=22 turtle doves) and you get 364 for everything. If we're going to be REALLY pedantic, we'd have to check that the partridge IN the pear tree counted as one gift NOT 2. The wording of the question is ambiguous to suggest that the answer could indeed be as high as 364 plus another 12 gifts which is 376. Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 This website concurs with 364 (complete with calculations): http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/the-twelve-days-of-christmas-how-many-presents/1686 Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Hmmm... As has already been said, that pre-supposes that a "Partridge in a Pear Tree" counts as just one item. Just for a moment lets suppose it's two items, then the total may well be 376. However... if you're going down that route, what about all the 'Maids a-Milking"? They have to have something to milk so how about adding 40 cows to the list? The total is now up to 416. Then, of course, you'll have to add the 22 Piper's pipes and the 12 Drummer's drums. Total now stands at 450; which is a whole lot of wrapping paper and Selotape in anyone's book! Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I'm not sure I'd survive the first batch of Maids-a-milking..... Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Hmmm... However... if you're going down that route, what about all the 'Maids a-Milking"? They have to have something to milk so how about adding 40 cows to the list? The total is now up to 416. Then, of course, you'll have to add the 22 Piper's pipes and the 12 Drummer's drums. Well they wouldn't necessarily need one cow each, given that cows' udders have 4 teats, so you could hypothetically get 4 maids per cow, which could then be as few as only 10 cows. Or indeed, they wouldn't necessarily have to milking cows - it might be goats or indeed any other mammal. If it's a mammal with more than 4 teats, that's even fewer animals. Or they might even be employees of the milking company able to do their job without a specific animal present (although I agree that one is a bit of a stretch). The song also doesn't specify that the drummers have one drum each. I mean, it would be a bit of a squash, but they could technically all play the same really big drum - which means only one addition "drum" gift. Can't see the pipers being able to share the pipe, though... ... I need to get out more. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 On the subject of pedantry, the thing that everyone's missing is that the question doesn't ask, "According to the Christmas song, ..."! It asks, "How many presents would you have from your true love if you totalled them all up?" The answer thus depends on who you are and what your own true love gave you. Unless your own true love was particularly perverse, I doubt there'd be a partridge or a pear tree among your presents, and maids or cows are as unlikely. Of course, the question could only be answered by those who've found true love, which is a little unfair to those who have not! On the subject of the song, I did once see a series of letters from the recipient in the song as she slowly disappeared beneath the steadily growing pile of gifts. Season's greetings to all and I hope you enjoy the link! Geoff Quote Link to comment
+paulemma Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 The correct answer is 364 so it goes to Dodgydaved Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 The correct answer is 364 so it goes to Dodgydaved I know Christmas has gone now, but: What did Santa Claus win in 1964? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I think I know what he was but I don't know which one he won. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 OK, I'll start guessing... The Derby? MrsB Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 OK, I'll start guessing... The Derby? MrsB That's a bright orange future DING for Mrs B!! Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Oh... Thanks... Lucky guess! Literary connections: Refrigerator... tennis... hit... What's the fourth one? MrsB Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Is it "Round Ireland...", "Playing the ...." can't remember his name or what the third book was, let alone the fourth one which is what you're looking for! Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Oh... Thanks... Lucky guess! Literary connections: Refrigerator... tennis... hit... What's the fourth one? MrsB Piano Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Oh... Thanks... Lucky guess! Literary connections: Refrigerator... tennis... hit... What's the fourth one? MrsB Piano Ding! They refer to books by Tony Hawks, the fourth one being "A piano in the Pyrenees". MrsB Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Who was the only British prime minister to have been assassinated? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Who was the only British prime minister to have been assassinated? Spencer Percival I think. Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Who was the only British prime minister to have been assassinated? Spencer Percival I think. DING!... over to you Marty. Quote Link to comment
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