+MartyBartfast Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Here's one for people of a certain age (or anyone who can grab the TV remote in the next 20 minutes). What train does Mr. Brown catch into town in Dad's Army? Quote Link to comment
+The God of Biscuits Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 The 8.21. Im only 33, but its still by far the best thing on TV on a saturday night Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 The 8.21. Im only 33, but its still by far the best thing on TV on a saturday night DING Quote Link to comment
+The God of Biscuits Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 What is the name 'Amstrad' short for??? Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 What is the name 'Amstrad' short for??? Seem to remember hearing it was something like "Alan Michael Sugar Trading".... (presumably as) Quote Link to comment
+talkytoaster Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 What is the name 'Amstrad' short for??? Alan Michael Sugar Trading Regards, Martin Quote Link to comment
+talkytoaster Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 DING who's the DING for? Myself or Mellers as we appear to have posted our answers at the same time? Regards, Martin Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 DING who's the DING for? Myself or Mellers as we appear to have posted our answers at the same time? Regards, Martin Well jut in case his biscuitiness has logged off for the evening, I'm more than happy to concede given that I've only just set a question... and I'm also not in any way, bready... or even slightly curranty! Anyone want any toast? Quote Link to comment
+talkytoaster Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Well jut in case his biscuitiness has logged off for the evening, I'm more than happy to concede given that I've only just set a question... and I'm also not in any way, bready... or even slightly curranty! Anyone want any toast? Thanks, in that case, here's my question (and it has nothing to do with bread products []) Where would you use a Prusik and why? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Well jut in case his biscuitiness has logged off for the evening, I'm more than happy to concede given that I've only just set a question... and I'm also not in any way, bready... or even slightly curranty! Anyone want any toast? Thanks, in that case, here's my question (and it has nothing to do with bread products []) Where would you use a Prusik and why? It's a knot, it is used for securing a cord to a rope such that it can be moved along the rope but will hold tight under strain, therefore it's good for tieing ascenders to a climbing rope among other things. Quote Link to comment
+talkytoaster Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 It's a knot, it is used for securing a cord to a rope such that it can be moved along the rope but will hold tight under strain, therefore it's good for tieing ascenders to a climbing rope among other things. That was quick and spot on! DING! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 How many pennies were there in a (pre decimalization) Guinea ? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 A guinea is 21s 0d, and there are 12d per shilling. So 252 Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 How many pennies were there in a (pre decimalization) Guinea ? 252 (240 +12) Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Quick off the mark both of you, but it seems Pajaholic beat Mellers by a matter of seconds. So DING to Pajaholic Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Thanks. Keeping to the subject of pre-decimilisation coinage, how many florins were there to a sovereign? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted January 4, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 4, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 4, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 4, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted January 4, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 4, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 4, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 4, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 4, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 DING! Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 No idea, but I'll guess at £240 Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 No idea, but I'll guess at £240 Higher Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 £322 Ding! £329 at the moment. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+eusty Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 America..where else??? Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 America..where else??? You would think so, wouldn't you? But, no, not America. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Pinewood Studios? Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+eusty Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment
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