BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Yep MTH. No right answer yet. I have been there myself. (before caching was invented) The getting there is half the fun, as chaos is as expected. It's only a few minutes boat ride from this very large city. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) Was it Patrick Troughton? I'll guess at 1967 That'll do. Patrick Troughton was the Doctor's second incarnation and played him from 1966 to 1969.DING to JoLuc Or to give the (a?) correct answer, Peter Cushing in 1965 and 1966. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Who_and_the_Daleks and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daleks%27_Invasion_Earth:_2150_A.D. - you didn't say 'on TV' Pharisee... Ah well. Play on! (Edited to add links) Edited March 3, 2012 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) Was it Patrick Troughton? I'll guess at 1967 That'll do. Patrick Troughton was the Doctor's second incarnation and played him from 1966 to 1969.DING to JoLuc Or to give the (a?) correct answer, Peter Cushing in 1965 and 1966. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Who_and_the_Daleks and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daleks%27_Invasion_Earth:_2150_A.D. - you didn't say 'on TV' Pharisee... Ah well. Play on! (Edited to add links) I disagree. Pharisee is correct. Peter Cushing was one of the actors who played the first doctor (i.e. before the first regeneration). Also, Peter Cushing was not the second actor to play the doctor. That honour goes to Edmund Warwick, who stood in for William Hartnell for one episode in Dec 1964. See Wikipedia link Edited March 3, 2012 by Pajaholic Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 I'd say it's not clear Cushing was playing the same Doctor as Hartnell/Warwich. The characterisations are pretty different. Hartnell never bumbled... For JoLuc's question, I think it's somewhere tropical. Let's try off the coast of Rio. Quote Link to comment
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 For JoLuc's question, I think it's somewhere tropical. Let's try off the coast of Rio. Not close. It's quite some way East. In fact it's quite some way West too. Fabulous potatoes! Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 For JoLuc's question, I think it's somewhere tropical. Let's try off the coast of Rio. Not close. It's quite some way East. In fact it's quite some way West too. Fabulous potatoes! It's off the west coast of Ireland? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Fabulous potatoes! Bombay? Quote Link to comment
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Fabulous potatoes! Bombay? DING! Yep, it's just off the coast from Mumbai's famous "Gateway of India" arch. Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 How did Socrates (the philosopher, not the footballer) die? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hemlock poisoning IIRC from QI, but I've no idea who killed him. Quote Link to comment
+Misty and Minou Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Wasn't he sentanced to death and die from drinking a glass of poison? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Oh dear, a dilema. Both are correct in so far as they go, he was sentenced to death by drinking poison and that poison was Hemlock. Given that Pajaholic correctly named the poison, and got in first, he can have the DING Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Many thanks, although I'm not sure it's really deserved as I thought he was murdered rather than sentenced to death! OK, on to the next question: What do the River Tyne, River Avon, and the Sahara Desert have in common? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Many thanks, although I'm not sure it's really deserved as I thought he was murdered rather than sentenced to death! OK, on to the next question: What do the River Tyne, River Avon, and the Sahara Desert have in common? I know the River Avon means the River River..... I'm pretty sure I've heard that the River Tyne means River River...... So I'm guessing that Sahara Desert means Desert Desert? (or Sahara Sahara!) Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 DING! That was quick! The names are all tautologies (i.e. both parts mean the same thing). Over to The Patrician... Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 DING! That was quick! The names are all tautologies (i.e. both parts mean the same thing). Over to The Patrician... I have to be quick when I find one where I know the answer! I haven't had a clue on some of the latest ones on here. With which other country did Tanganyika merge to form present day Tanzania in 1964? Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Zanzibar? Some of my cousins were born in Tanganyika, or spent early childhood there. :-) Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Zanzibar? Some of my cousins were born in Tanganyika, or spent early childhood there. :-) DING! Over to you, Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Drat - too slow. Did you know Freddie Mercury was born on Zanzibar? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Drat - too slow. Did you know Freddie Mercury was born on Zanzibar? ISTR that being a question in this thread some time ago! Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Barm brack, the fruity Irish tea bread sometimes containing wrapped charms, is traditionally baked for which 'festival'/ 'holiday'? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Barm brack, the fruity Irish tea bread sometimes containing wrapped charms, is traditionally baked for which 'festival'/ 'holiday'? Easter? (he guessed) Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 St Patrick's Day (she also guessed) Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Hallowe'en ??? Another complete guess based on the charms being to ward off evil spirits, the fact Hallowe'en is mostly an American thing and a lot of Americans think they're Irish Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Hallowe'en ??? Another complete guess based on the charms being to ward off evil spirits, the fact Hallowe'en is mostly an American thing and a lot of Americans think they're Irish That is a ding for Hallowe'en as the correct answer, although I would have accepted 'all soul's', 'harvest' or 'Samhain' as alternatives, for obvious reasons. Also, in some parts of the North it was known as Nut Crack Night because of another tradition of throwing nuts on the fire for fortune-telling/seeing in the future. (I have a new cook book full of all kinds of wonderful information.) I digress....Over to you MTH! Edited March 5, 2012 by Fianccetto Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Keeping to a similar theme, from which country does bread called injera originate? For extra points, what is the name of the grain from which it is made? Quote Link to comment
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Keeping to a similar theme, from which country does bread called injera originate? For extra points, what is the name of the grain from which it is made? Sounds Middle Eastern or African. Now there's a big land mass to guess from. So I'll guess at Somalia. Forget the bonus points. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Good guess as you probably would get it in Somalia, but it's not the answer I'm looking for. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Good guess as you probably would get it in Somalia, but it's not the answer I'm looking for. Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Didn't know so looked in my international recipe books and encyclopaedia of gastronomy and no joy there, so Googled it. Would never have guessed. Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Googled it. Would never have guessed. Ditto. Looks like a cross between a crumpet and a poppadum! Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Good guess as you probably would get it in Somalia, but it's not the answer I'm looking for. In which case I'll guess Somalia's neighbour with the largest common border: i.e. Ethiopia. I have no idea what injera looks like or what grain it's made from. Ethiopia isn't renowned for wheat, rye, or other usual bread grains and it's naturally too dry for rice, so my best guess is that it's some grass I've never heard of! Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 (edited) In which case I'll guess Somalia's neighbour with the largest common border: i.e. Ethiopia. DING Injera is made from the indiginous grain called tef which only grows in the highlands of Ethiopia. If you ever get the chance to eat injera then I have one piece of advice... don't!!! Thankfully I've managed to erase the taste & texture from my memory, but something akin to fermented rubber springs(!) to mind. Edited March 7, 2012 by MTH Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Thanks. ... something akin to fermented rubber springs(!) to mind. Sounds delightful! That said, some of our own foods would be questionable to other races (laverbread and tripe for example). On a related note: For what ceremonial purpose are calabar beans used in parts of Africa? Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Another complete guess; fortune telling? Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 On a related note: For what ceremonial purpose are calabar beans used in parts of Africa? Well it doesn't involve eating them...unless it's a ceremonial death!! Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Another one I had to look up. What an amazing bean! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Another one I had to look up. What an amazing bean! I looked it up too, very interesting! Quote Link to comment
+Hawkins2.5 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 No idea what ceremonial purpose they are used for but aren't they used to poison someone in a Poirot novel?! Quote Link to comment
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 There are obvious ceremonies to go for. Maybe maybe not. So I'll go for a funeral ceremony. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 They're used as a method of proving that someone has told the truth. They eat the beans and if they survive then they're exonerated. Apparently, the trick is to get them down as whole as possible - even then you're going to be very ill. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 They're used as a method of proving that someone has told the truth. They eat the beans and if they survive then they're exonerated. Apparently, the trick is to get them down as whole as possible - even then you're going to be very ill. Close enough for the DING! They are used for trial by ordeal, often for those accused of witchcraft. The accused must eat the beans and is deemed guilty if they die or become very ill. The trick (according to QI) is to swallow them quickly and hope that you immediately vomit them back up. Over to Betelgeuse ... Quote Link to comment
+Unobtainium Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Ditto. Looks like a cross between a crumpet and a poppadum! So why isn't called a Crumadum? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 A slight change of direction... What is a podger? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 A slight change of direction... What is a podger? When I wanted to line up a couple of bolt holes when erecting steelwork, I used a tapered steel spike. We always called that a podger. So... a tapered steel spike? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 DING! It's usually a spanner or more rarely a hammer with a tapered spike on the handle used by scaffolders for lining up and tightening scaffold fittings. Over to Pharisee Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Also used by coppersmiths and boilermakers for lining up boltholes in flanges etc. Quote Link to comment
+naffita Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Some of who are not in the first flush of youth can remember our mums using a podger to pound the washing in a dolly tub. It was a copper inverted funnel shaped thing on a long handle, and was thought to be slightly posher than a dolly peg. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I've always known those as poss sticks... Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Calling John! Quote Link to comment
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