+Dogfort Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Yeh that was kinda easy. Its last transit was 06. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 As Mercury is the only other planet between us and the Sun, I'll guess 'Mercury'! That's a DING! for Pajaholic Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Thanks! Hopefully another easy one about Mercury -- Freddie Mercury the lead singer of Queen that is: Where was Freddie Mercury born? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Thanks! Hopefully another easy one about Mercury -- Freddie Mercury the lead singer of Queen that is: Where was Freddie Mercury born? Zanzibar Is that a record for fastest finger? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 A bit slow on the next question though! The cartoon "Top Cat" (aka "Boss Cat" in the UK), was based on which other TV show? Quote
+mellers Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 A bit slow on the next question though! The cartoon "Top Cat" (aka "Boss Cat" in the UK), was based on which other TV show? Oooh, I'm thinking Sgt Bilko.... Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 A bit slow on the next question though! The cartoon "Top Cat" (aka "Boss Cat" in the UK), was based on which other TV show? Oooh, I'm thinking Sgt Bilko.... And you'd be right so DING and the actor who played Doberman in Bilko also voiced Benny the Ball (who was based on Doberman) in Top Cat. Quote
+mellers Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 Sticking with the cartoon theme, which actor (or more pedantically, his voice) was the only one to be in all the feature-length Pixar cartoons (to date). Clue... he refers to it obliquely himself, at the end of Cars. Quote
+MTH Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 Fims aren't my thing - last time I went to the cinema was 1998 - so I have no idea. However since I think he's been "in" at least one animated film I'll guess Tom Hanks. Quote
+mellers Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 Fims aren't my thing - last time I went to the cinema was 1998 - so I have no idea. However since I think he's been "in" at least one animated film I'll guess Tom Hanks. No, not Tom Hanks. Quote
+Dogfort Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 I finally know one!!!!! John Ratzenberger. Massive pixar fan. Ones that jump out at me are: Ham the piggy bank - Toy Stories Abominal snowman - Monster Inc Mac - Cars John - Walle Quote
+mellers Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 I finally know one!!!!! John Ratzenberger. Massive pixar fan. Ones that jump out at me are: Ham the piggy bank - Toy Stories Abominal snowman - Monster Inc Mac - Cars John - Walle DING - over to you. Quote
+Dogfort Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 As an American Football coach I'll chuck in this doozy. I am a part owner of the Green Bay Packers. One of the oldest and most storied franchises in the world. How many world championships have the Green bay Packers won? Quote
+Dogfort Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 I am banning Gopackgo from answering this question hahaha! Quote
+mellers Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 As an American Football coach I'll chuck in this doozy. I am a part owner of the Green Bay Packers. One of the oldest and most storied franchises in the world. How many world championships have the Green bay Packers won? Oooh is this a trick question? I'm going to guess that there's no such thing as world championships in American Football so my guess is none. Quote
+Dogfort Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 No sorry. There are such things as world championships. Team and club. (USA won the nation world championships 50-7 over Canada last year) The modern superbowl is regarded as a world championship. It might annoy non-americnas but the fact is if the rest of the world put together a team it would still lose to the worst NFL team. Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 It's a trick question, but probably unintended and not in the way that you might think. AFAICT, the competition that the Packers etc. enter is either the "World Series" or the "Superbowl". The "World Championship" is an entirely different competition among countries rather than 'cities'. So AFAICT although the Packers might have been (and probably have been) 'world champions' several times over, they have never entered let alone won the World Championship! Quote
+Dogfort Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 The world series is baseball not Americna Football. Clubs can have a world championship. Its not a national monopoly. Soccer has one. The only reason there isnt one in american football is because like I said in the previous post, the rest of the world put together would not be able to beat the worst NFL team. So the Superbowl champs are the defacto world champs. Anyone got an answer? Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 The world series is baseball not Americna Football. For info, although baseball has a World Series, so does NFL (their website is littered with the term). AFAICT, the NFL Word Series is more commonly known as the "Superbowl". The "World Championship" is organised by IFAF rather than NFL and is a competition for national teams. ISTR it was held recently in Austria! Quote
+Dogfort Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) Where on their website? Ive never heard it reffered to as a world series. I know all about the IFAF World Championship, I went. Knowing as much as you do about the IFAF World Cup you have either done alot of research on a little known competition to try and make your point which frankly is a bit wierd or you are a big fan of football. If you were a big fan of football youd prob not even replied to the original question as you know the superbowl is the world champs for clubs and the World Cup the world champs for Nations. p.s. I think Im being trolled. Edited June 8, 2012 by Dogfort Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) FWIW the baseball World Series has nothing to do with it being a global championship, but is to do with the fact that it's original (and perhaps current?) sponsor is a newspaper called "The World", hence The World Series a-la Carling Cup. Anyway back on topic, I know zilch about American Football but there are several blokes at work who are obsessed and have their favourite teams, so I joined in and picked my team based on who had the fittest the Cheerleaders and ended up with Dallas Cowboys I'll guess at 4 for The Packers. Edited June 8, 2012 by MartyBartfast Quote
+Dogfort Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 I thought the same thing but the World newspapaer thing is a myth. I lost count how many time I said that and felt smug!!! Glad noone pointed it out to me!!! 4 is a good guess as it is the amount of super bowl Green Bay has won but unfortunately you get a X this time. Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 p.s. I think Im being trolled. You're not being trolled. FWIW, I'm not an NFL fan but you don't forget something that cost you a round of drinks, which this subject has. Some years ago I was offered as many guesses as I wanted to answer the question, Who won the American Football World Championship of a certain year? I went through every NFL team I could think of ... to no avail; and was astonished to discover that 'Japan' was the correct answer. Quote
+Fianccetto Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) That's not trolling, it's British pedantry there's always at least one at any given pub quiz. Just be thankful you're not married to one. (A British pendent, that is...) Mr F is a football fan and he says it's either 3 or 4 times, so as 4 is gone, we're going with 3, please, Dogfort. (he used to play for his college too "Top Catz" and even the Cambridge Lions (now called pythons, apparently)! ) Edited June 8, 2012 by Fianccetto Quote
+Dogfort Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 That's not trolling, it's British pedantry Yeh don't miss it from the regular pub quiz days Mr F is a football fan and he says it's either 3 or 4 times, so as 4 is gone, we're going with 3, please, Dogfort. (he used to play for his college too "Top Catz" and even the Cambridge Lions (now called pythons, apparently)! ) No unfortunately its not 3 either. Yes they are the Pythons now. Pretty crappy. We are in the conference next to them. The offence I run is quite productive. 40 points a game. Quote
+Fianccetto Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 They won it the first 2 times. Was it really just the 2? Quote
+MTH Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Since the Superbowl only dates from 1967 and the "World Champions" tag goes back much further it must be more than the 4 Superbowl wins. Random guess: 11 Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 10 SP, you're slipping you missed an opportunity to slip in a reference to the Geolympix Anyway, I'll cover the bases and go the other way with: 12 Quote
+MTH Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 If we're allowed 2nd guesses then I'll have a punt at 13 since 10, 11 & 12 have gone. Quote
+Dogfort Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Ding for MTH 9 pre superbowl titles 2 titles when it was known as the afl v nfl game 2 superbowls as they are now Quote
+MTH Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 More by luck than judgement. I've been enjoying "Punk Brittania" on the BBC the last few days. So who was the lead singer of X-ray Spex? Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Her stage name was Poly Styrene. Her real name was Marianne Elliot-Said. Sadly missed. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted June 10, 2012 Author Posted June 10, 2012 SP, you're slipping you missed an opportunity to slip in a reference to the Geolympix Thanks for picking up that ball for me MB Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 Sticking with the punk theme, what was the name of the Sex Pistol's original bass player? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 SP, you're slipping you missed an opportunity to slip in a reference to the Geolympix Thanks for picking up that ball for me MB :lol: Back on topic, I suspect it's not Sid Vicious, but that's the only one I know. Quote
+keehotee Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 Sticking with the punk theme, what was the name of the Sex Pistol's original bass player? Glen matlock Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 Sticking with the punk theme, what was the name of the Sex Pistol's original bass player? Glen matlock DING! Vicious replaced Matlock. Matlock is a talented musician and songwriter and wrote the majority of the Pistol's early songs with some input from John Lydon. He is rumoured to have played session bass on later recorded material along with Steve Jones - Vicious couldn't play well when he joined the band but put a lot of effort into learning the instrument and became proficient over time. Quote
+keehotee Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 Paging Keehotee Whoops. I missed venus transitting the sun last week. How long do I now have to wait before I see a planet transit the sun? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) According to the question asked last week (http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=159784&st=8300&p=5055831entry5055831) it's in 2117 so another 105 years. Edited June 13, 2012 by MartyBartfast Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 Paging Keehotee Whoops. I missed venus transitting the sun last week. How long do I now have to wait before I see a planet transit the sun? Since: The next transits will be in 2016 and 2019 but which planet will this be? I guess that you'll have to wait until 2016! Quote
+Simply Paul Posted June 13, 2012 Author Posted June 13, 2012 Ding The lesson here is looking back through recent questions. Both as a question answerer and a question setter Quote
+keehotee Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Ding The lesson here is looking back through recent questions. Both as a question answerer and a question setter Ahem....call me a pedant but nobody's answered the question yet! How long will I have to wait - NOT what year is the next one....... Edited June 14, 2012 by keehotee Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Being equally pedantic, you didn't state the units required. So an answer that states, "you'll have to wait until <some point in time>" seems to meet the requirements as it specifies an interval (from now until that point)! Of course, my answer might not have been accurate enough for the ding, but that's another matter... Quote
+MTH Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Spotting the opportunity to be sneaky 1425 days from today (plus or minus a few hours). But I did have to look up the exact date (May 9th) and use excel to work out the answer so pajaholic deserves the Ding Quote
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