Pajaholic Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) British Airways and Pan Am had previous names, so they're out. Even though Air France and KLM liveries can still be seen, they are now one airline ("Air France-KLM") as they merged in the last decade, and so they're also out. IIRC, Lufthansa formed from another merger in the late 1920s. So I suspect that leaves QANTAS (Queensland and Northern Territories Air Services?) as the only airline from the early 1920s still operating under it's original name. Edited to add: Darn it -- beaten by two minutes. When will I learn to just type the answer rather than giving an explanation. Edited March 13, 2012 by Pajaholic Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Hm... I am going to go with KLM. Although it has merged ownership as KLM-AirFrance, if you get on a KLM aircraft you get on a KLM flight, not a KLM-AirFrance one. Mr F. think's KLM is older than Qantas but stopped during the war. Quote
+The Patrician Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Hm... I am going to go with KLM. Although it has merged ownership as KLM-AirFrance, if you get on a KLM aircraft you get on a KLM flight, not a KLM-AirFrance one. Mr F. think's KLM is older than Qantas but stopped during the war. Ding! 7th October 1919 - Operations stopped during World War II apart from the operations in the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean. Merged with Air France in 2004. Currently the oldest existing airline. More controversy, I see it coming..... Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Moving swiftly on then, and keeping loosely to the theme... Where was London's first (civilian) international airport? Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Ding! (to MartyBartfast) Edited March 13, 2012 by Fianccetto Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 Hey, Marty, if you're off out to the pub tonight, bring a question back with you! Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) Hey, Marty, if you're off out to the pub tonight, bring a question back with you! Oops, here's a proper pub quiz question then General John Manners, was in the habit of setting up some of the old soldiers under his command as publicans when they left his service, many of whom gave the same name to their pub, what is that name? (not at the pub but at home sharing a bottle of Chianti & a Toblerone!) edit for typo Edited March 16, 2012 by MartyBartfast Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 I'm going with The White Hart. Nope. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted March 18, 2012 Posted March 18, 2012 Marquis of Granby. It was Manners' title. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted March 18, 2012 Posted March 18, 2012 Marquis of Granby. It was Manners' title. DING It is thought that he has more pubs named after him than any other individual. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Something a bit different... Jupiter is prominent in the western evening sky at the moment along with Venus. A good pair of binoculars or a small telescope will show up to four small bright dots in line with its equator. These are known as the Galilean moons. What are their names? Quote
+mellers Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Something a bit different... Jupiter is prominent in the western evening sky at the moment along with Venus. A good pair of binoculars or a small telescope will show up to four small bright dots in line with its equator. These are known as the Galilean moons. What are their names? Io Titan Gannymede and Europa? (guessing here, one or more might be from Saturn!) Quote
+Graculus Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com UK Geocaching Information & Resources website www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk Geocaching.com Knowledge Books Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Something a bit different... Jupiter is prominent in the western evening sky at the moment along with Venus. A good pair of binoculars or a small telescope will show up to four small bright dots in line with its equator. These are known as the Galilean moons. What are their names? Io Titan Gannymede and Europa? (guessing here, one or more might be from Saturn!) Io and Ganymede are right, Europa is a Jovian moon but not one of the Galileans and Titan is, as you thought, a moon of Saturn - it's largest moon in fact Close but no ding Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com UK Geocaching Information & Resources website www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk Geocaching.com Knowledge Books DING! You even got them in the right order Over to you, Chris... Quote
+Graculus Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Amateur astronomer for more than 50 years.. so the moons of Jupiter are like a mantra! Question coming up.... This is the coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Which country is represented by the Unicorn? Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Amateur astronomer for more than 50 years.. so the moons of Jupiter are like a mantra! Question coming up.... This is the coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Which country is represented by the Unicorn? Scotland Quote
+Graculus Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 I don't think this quiz thread has moved so fast recently! DING!... over to you... Chris Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) Thanks. 'Nemo me impune lacessit' is the Latin motto of the Order of the Thistle and other organisations... What is the English translation of this motto? Edited March 19, 2012 by Fianccetto Quote
+mellers Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Quotes: "Good tea. Nice house." "I am NOT a merry man." "Today is a good day to die" Which character said these lines and in which TV series franchise. The name of the overall franchise will do - specific series not required. Quote
Pajaholic Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) Sounds like Worf in Star Trek TNG. Good Tea, nice house -- possibly the episode where only a husband and wife were left on a planet; but the husband was some superior being who'd 'resurrected' a facsimile of his wife. I an NOT a merry man -- when they first met Data in a holodeck simulation of Robin Hood Today is a good day to die -- just about every other episode. Edited March 20, 2012 by Pajaholic Quote
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Due to the moribund tone of these words, I'm going for Hancock (as per Hancock's Half Hour) They may be words written for tv, but they seem to be personal to Mr Hancock also. For that reason I couldn't and cannot watch him. Too depressing. Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 It made me think of Dalziel & Pascoe, loaded with irony. But then I thought...Taggart. I suspect we already have the answer though. Quote
+mellers Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Sounds like Worf in Star Trek TNG. Good Tea, nice house -- possibly the episode where only a husband and wife were left on a planet; but the husband was some superior being who'd 'resurrected' a facsimile of his wife. I an NOT a merry man -- when they first met Data in a holodeck simulation of Robin Hood Today is a good day to die -- just about every other episode. DING to Pajaholic. Quote
Pajaholic Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Thanks. Continuing the sci-fi theme ... I'm a sucker for pulp fiction, so this is one for E.E. 'Doc' Smith fans: The first of the Skylark series (Skylark of Space) begins with Doctor Richard Seaton conducting an experiment when a steam bath unexpectedly flies off with terrific speed over a laboratory table, through an open window, and continues accelerating in a straight line out of sight. The phenomenon that caused this unexpected incident was later to power the Skylark. My question is simply, what was that source of power? Quote
+MTH Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 I've no idea who Doc smith is, or what the Skylark series was. However the scenario sounds very much like an Isaac Asimov short story I read many years ago. I can't rememebr the exact plot but think it revolved around two scientists arguing over what would happen if you were playing pool and turned off gravity. To resolve the argument they invented an anti-gravity machine to test the theory. When they tried it the pool ball accelerated off killing one of the scientists. So that's my answer; gravity Quote
Pajaholic Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Anti-gravity was what H.G. Wells 'used' in "First Men in the Moon", which pre-dates Asimov. However, although anti-gravity has been used by so many sci-fi authors, it's not the answer here. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted March 20, 2012 Author Posted March 20, 2012 Not anti-gravity, so anti-inertia? I've only read the Lensman series by EE., not the Skylark books. Quote
Pajaholic Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Not anti-inertia either. To be honest, this book was published in 1928 and so well before the stuff it attempts to describe were understood. The mechanism for transmitting the power is very loosely described. Some of that description borders on gravity, but it's more than just gravitational attraction. That said, I'm after just the source of power rather than the mechanism by which that power moves stuff. To make this fair on those who're not familiar with E.E. Smith, I'll mention that getting the answer by reading the book is not cheating, and that some of the Skylark series are available as free eBooks. They can be downloaded in a variety of formats from http://manybooks.net/authors/smithee.html (among others). BTW, I loved the Lensman series when I read them decades ago, but I haven't been able to find more than Triplanetary as an eBook and so I might be a while before I get around to re-reading them! Quote
Pajaholic Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 I'm going off-grid for a while and so won't be able to hand over the ding. TBH I'm surprised that nobody has correctly answered this question -- even more so since I've given a freely accessible source of the answer. FWIW, E.E. Smith appears alongside Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, et al. in just about every top 10 list of sci-fi authors I've seen. We've already had a question from "A Stranger in a Strange Land" (Heinlein) and this question seems to me no more obscure than that as it asks for the pivotal 'fact' of the book. Since I'm unable to participate for a while, I guess it's time to roll things back. I pm'd earlier today to ask Mellers to set another question, but haven't had a reply. So if anyone wants to jump in and set a question, please go ahead. Quote
+eusty Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 OK..I'm up for it. What don't UK stamps have on them that other countries do? Quote
+Pharisee Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) OK..I'm up for it. What don't UK stamps have on them that other countries do? The price? And having just looked at one... The country!! Edited March 24, 2012 by Pharisee Quote
+eusty Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Ding! I guess if you are the first one to use things there is no need for the country, bit like The Open in golf. Quote
+Pharisee Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 I guess we're all familiar with the events of "9/11"... the 11th September 2001, but there was another 9/11 event that for those involved was probably just as momentous but without the extreme trauma and horrific loss of life. This "9/11" was the 9th November 1989.... What happened? Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 I think that might be when the Berlin wall came down (but Mr f says it has something to do with a Rugby match England did particularly well at...) Quote
+Pharisee Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 I think that might be when the Berlin wall came down (but Mr f says it has something to do with a Rugby match England did particularly well at...) That's close enough for a DING. In fact, it was the day that the East German government announced that travel restrictions on their citizens had been lifted and that they were free to travel into the west if they wanted to. The wall started to come down that evening but it was quite some time before it was completely demolished. Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Thanks for the clarification. On 9th November, 1921, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". Quote
+Fianccetto Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Marie Curie? Or Einstein Well, I suppose you can have a guess each! That's a ding for Einstein. Quote
+Misty and Minou Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) Thanks for the ding, hopefully an easy question who was described as "Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know?" Edited March 25, 2012 by Misty and Minou Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) Well, I suspect there is going to be a QI style klaxon going off but I can only think of one physicist from that era so.... Albert Einstein Oops, looks like I missed the boat on that one! Edited March 25, 2012 by MartyBartfast Quote
+The Patrician Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Thanks for the ding, hopefully an easy question who was described as "Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know?" Lord Byron Quote
+Misty and Minou Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 And that is a ding for the Patrician. Famously stated by Lady Caroline Lamb Quote
+The Patrician Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 And that is a ding for the Patrician. Famously stated by Lady Caroline Lamb Thanks! In which country is Byron regarded as a national hero? Quote
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