dodgydaved Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Thanks. Keeping to the subject of pre-decimilisation coinage, how many florins were there to a sovereign? 10 whole ones and theoreticaly a half Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 10 whole ones and theoreticaly a half No. There are no fractions involved as there are an exact number of florins to a sovereign. Although sovereigns have been produced on and off as bullion after decimalisation, the values needed here are their 'face values' - i.e. those they had as legal tender. FWIW, there are coins with the same face values in circulation today. Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) A florin was 2 bob, so there were 10 in a quid or sovereign (an early exercise in decimalisation if I recall correctly). Edited January 4, 2012 by The Patrician Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 DING to The Patrician! As you wrote, a florin was two shillings and a sovereign was a pound, or twenty shillings. Quote
dodgydaved Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 DING to The Patrician! As you wrote, a florin was two shillings and a sovereign was a pound, or twenty shillings. DOH!! Sov and Guinea mixed up Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 DING to The Patrician! As you wrote, a florin was two shillings and a sovereign was a pound, or twenty shillings. Ta! What is the name of an English silver coin worth four (old) English pence? Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Groat. FWIW, I nearly asked how many of these were there to a pound as my last question, but thought that florins and sovereigns might be more well known. Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Groat. FWIW, I nearly asked how many of these were there to a pound as my last question, but thought that florins and sovereigns might be more well known. DING! Over to you...... Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Thanks. Still on the subject of coins of the realm... What is the name of the English silver coin with a face value of a quarter of a sovereign? Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Ta! The Royal Mint are advertising gold sovereigns: "2011 Gold Sovereign at a sensational price for collectors! Beat coming gold price increases and order now!" Face value £1 as mentioned above, how much to the nearest tenner would one of these cost from the Mint? (I'll shout higher and lower until someone gets it right!) Edited January 5, 2012 by The Patrician Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 No idea, but I'll guess at £240 Higher Quote
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Another totally lucky guess. I haven't got any deep, difficult, dastardly question lined up so I'll just ask one based on something I saw 10 minutes ago... Where in the world would you go to get Darth Vadar and Jedi hamburgers? MrsB Quote
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 America..where else??? You would think so, wouldn't you? But, no, not America. Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I'll guess the location of Luke Skywalker's home in the first Star Wars. IIRC, that was somewhere in Tunisia. Quote
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I'll guess the location of Luke Skywalker's home in the first Star Wars. IIRC, that was somewhere in Tunisia. Nope. Quote
+MTH Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Another complete guess - the International Space Station? I'll guess the location of Luke Skywalker's home in the first Star Wars. IIRC, that was somewhere in Tunisia. That was the Hotel Sidi Driss in Matmata - I went there a few years ago. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Where in the world would you go to get Darth Vadar and Jedi hamburgers? Do I get a bonus ding for pointing out it's spelled Vader ? Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Do I get a bonus ding for pointing out it's spelled Vader ? You have been touched by the Dark Side young Bartfast! Edited January 5, 2012 by The Patrician Quote
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Where in the world would you go to get Darth Vadar and Jedi hamburgers? Do I get a bonus ding for pointing out it's spelled Vader ? Yes, OK, I'm feeling generous, that was my error. A hint: There are two countries where these delicacies are to be launched at the end of this month. One of the two is definitely not the sort of place you'd naturally associate with black bun hamburgers. I didn't mention that the Darth Vader version comes in a black bun, did I? Yes... black MrsB Quote
+eusty Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I just bumped across it while surfing....like you say not the place you think of when you talk about burgers... Quote
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Doesn't that just make you want to rush out and buy your plane ticket to.... wherever they're sold? I really hope that that's a bit of artistic licence in that pic, they can't really be charcoal black, can they? Quote
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Doesn't that just make you want to rush out and buy your plane ticket to.... wherever they're sold? I really hope that that's a bit of artistic licence in that pic, they can't really be charcoal black, can they? OMG saw this on buzzfeed this morning, Quick (the fast food chain) are going to be selling these in France Quote
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Doesn't that just make you want to rush out and buy your plane ticket to.... wherever they're sold? I really hope that that's a bit of artistic licence in that pic, they can't really be charcoal black, can they? OMG saw this on buzzfeed this morning, Quick (the fast food chain) are going to be selling these in France That's a Buzzzzzzzzzz to Mellers. And in Belgium, apparently. MrsB Quote
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 The evolution of which creature, being such a "bizarrely improbable coincidence", is cited by some thinkers to be the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. (and for extra kudos, how does man get himself killed?... - this bit not required for the DING, though) Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Babel fish - HHGTTG by the late great Douglas Adams? Man gets himself killed by twisted logic or similar? Quote
+castagnari Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 (and for extra kudos, how does man get himself killed?... - After disproving the existance of god, man goes on to prove that black is white, and gets killed on the nxt zebra crossing Quote
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Babel fish - HHGTTG by the late great Douglas Adams? Man gets himself killed by twisted logic or similar? That's a big-ol' DING for The Patrician. Over to you. (...and a side order of kudos to castagnari - which sadly doesn't let you set the next question but might give you the warm fuzzies Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 That's a big-ol' DING for The Patrician. Over to you. (...and a side order of kudos to castagnari - which sadly doesn't let you set the next question but might give you the warm fuzzies Ta! What revolutionary engine powered the 'Heart of Gold', the space ship stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox? Quote
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 That's a big-ol' DING for The Patrician. Over to you. (...and a side order of kudos to castagnari - which sadly doesn't let you set the next question but might give you the warm fuzzies Ta! What revolutionary engine powered the 'Heart of Gold', the space ship stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox? That'll be the Infinite Improbability Drive, then. Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 That'll be the Infinite Improbability Drive, then. That'll be DING! Quote
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 What is the particular favourite fast-food of Lolcats? Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 What is the particular favourite fast-food of Lolcats? Can I has cheeseburger? Quote
+mellers Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 What is the particular favourite fast-food of Lolcats? Can I has cheeseburger? (sorry for the delay... I've been out caching all day and only just got back in) DING!!!! Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 What was recorded on the film commonly know as the 'Zapruder film'? Quote
+MTH Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) Just a guess... Assassination of JFK? (Strictly speaking the last answer should have been "I Can Has Cheezburger") Edited January 6, 2012 by MTH Quote
+The Patrician Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Assassination of JFK? DING! Over to you.... Quote
+mellers Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Just a guess... Assassination of JFK? (Strictly speaking the last answer should have been "I Can Has Cheezburger") I wasn't about to go all pedantic for spelling! LOL! But of course you are correct in the above. All cheezburgers are belong to cats. Quote
+MTH Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) Never mind the cheezburger, I've just discovered our cat pig likes shortbread. Where would you find the original Ice Hotel? I want country and village please (but I'll be generous on the spelling) [since I'll be off-line most of the weekend feel free for a self-DING if you know you've got it right] Edited January 6, 2012 by MTH Quote
+MTH Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Too hard? OK, I'll take the country only just to get this moving... Quote
+Pharisee Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Too hard? OK, I'll take the country only just to get this moving... Sweden Quote
+MTH Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 DING It's in Jukkasjärvi, a small village not far from Kiruna. Quote
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