Nediam Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 OK next one.... Who was the first British person to do a Space Walk? Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 OK next one.... Who was the first British person to do a Space Walk? Michale Foale? (Does he count as British? I think he's a US passport holder or something ...) Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 OK next one.... Who was the first British person to do a Space Walk? Michale Foale? (Does he count as British? I think he's a US passport holder or something ...) DING!!! Over to you Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Where will you find Dr Tucker's big ears in the S. of England? There's a cache nearby. Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Where will you find Dr Tucker's big ears in the S. of England? There's a cache nearby. Are those "Sound Mirrors"? If so, there are quite a few around the coast including the north of England but I'll go with near Dungeness Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Where will you find Dr Tucker's big ears in the S. of England? There's a cache nearby. Are those "Sound Mirrors"? If so, there are quite a few around the coast including the north of England but I'll go with near Dungeness Ding Backatcha! The ones near Dungeness were the ones I had in mind. The cache I had in mind was GCJYEA The driving personality behind these was Dr William Tucker. More info Here Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Next one... Name these 5 World Champions.... 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - The ding goes to whoever gets the last answer Quote Link to comment
+minstrelcat Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 (edited) 4 - Alain Prost No idea about any of the others. EDIT: yes I do, it's just come to me. I think No 1 is Evander Holyfield. There, that's a bit less for someone else to do! Edited June 11, 2007 by minstrelcat Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 1 - Evander Holyfield - minstrelcat 2 - ? 3 - ? 4 - Alain Prost - minstrelcat 5 - ? Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 2 - No idea! 3 - Beth Tweddle ? 5 - Valentino Rossi Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 1 - Evander Holyfield - minstrelcat 2 - ? 3 - ? 4 - Alain Prost - minstrelcat 5 - Valentino Rossi - Guanajuato Sorry, 3 is not Beth Tweddle Quote Link to comment
+Woodchurch One Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 1. Evander Holyfield 2. Grace Jones 3. Victoria Pendleton? 4. Alain Prost 5. Valentino Rossi Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 (edited) 1 - Evander Holyfield - minstrelcat 2 - ? 3 - Victoria Pendleton - Woodchurch One 4 - Alain Prost - minstrelcat 5 - Valentino Rossi - Guanajuato Sorry, 2 is not Grace Jones Edited June 11, 2007 by Nediam Quote Link to comment
+Woodchurch One Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 2. Marion Jones ? Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 1 - Evander Holyfield - minstrelcat 2 - Marion Jones - Woodchurch One 3 - Victoria Pendleton - Woodchurch One 4 - Alain Prost - minstrelcat 5 - Valentino Rossi - Guanajuato So the DING goes to Woodchurch One Over to you...... Quote Link to comment
+Woodchurch One Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I thank you. Now to matters of a historical gaming nature. Each of the kings in a deck of playing cards represents a great king/ruler from history. The question is which king represents which suit? A ding to the last correct answer. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Alexander, Charlemane, Caeser and David. Can't remember the suits though .... Quote Link to comment
+Woodchurch One Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Well shuffled, but who suits which suit!!? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 Guessing time: Alexander - Hearts Charlemane - Spades Caeser - Diamonds David - Clubs Quote Link to comment
+Woodchurch One Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 2 out of 4 correct. Quote Link to comment
+Woodchurch One Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 (edited) 1 out of 4 correct. Caeser. Sorry my bodge Edited June 11, 2007 by Woodchurch One Quote Link to comment
+4 Badgers Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Alexander - Clubs Charlemane - Hearts Caeser - Diamonds David - Spades Quote Link to comment
+Woodchurch One Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Sorry for the delay. That's a big DING to 4 Badgers. Quote Link to comment
+4 Badgers Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Delays here as well. OK, here's an easy one: The Batt brothers - David Alan and Stephen. What names are they better known as, and - for extra points - who are the other three people they worked with most closely in the 70's and 80's Quote Link to comment
NickPick Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Delays here as well. OK, here's an easy one: The Batt brothers - David Alan and Stephen. What names are they better known as, and - for extra points - who are the other three people they worked with most closely in the 70's and 80's I think David was better know as Cricket, Alan as Baseball, and Stephen as Wom. Not sure about the other three people though. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Ooh ooh - I know this one..... David Sylvian and Steve Jansen - from Japan (the band, not the country) - worked with Mick Karn, Richi Barbieri and Rob dean in the band.! Quote Link to comment
+4 Badgers Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) Ooh ooh - I know this one..... David Sylvian and Steve Jansen - from Japan (the band, not the country) - worked with Mick Karn, Richi Barbieri and Rob dean in the band.! And a big DING goes to keehotee now that I've picked myself up off the floor after having read NickPick's guess Edited June 13, 2007 by 4 Badgers Quote Link to comment
+2202 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 With NickPick absent here's a caching related question. Its big, round and goes up and down and would have helped us with our longitude readings. What is it, and who invented it? Quote Link to comment
+The Bongtwashes Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 (edited) With NickPick absent here's a caching related question. Its big, round and goes up and down and would have helped us with our longitude readings. What is it, and who invented it? The Sun NOT invented by Rupert Murdoch (Sorry, like NickPick I'm also from Hemel Hempstead) Edited June 14, 2007 by The Bongtwashes Quote Link to comment
+GAZ Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Is it a Foucault Pendulum? Don't rightly know what it does!! Will google it if you say it aint that!! Quote Link to comment
+2202 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Is it a Foucault Pendulum? Don't rightly know what it does!! Will google it if you say it aint that!! No, that covers the earth rotation. (Tony from Watford / Berkhamsted) Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Its the ball on top of the Greenwich observatory which was/is lowered on the hour so that shipmasters on the Thames could set their watches. No idea who invented it but I'll guess Hershel (?) the astronomer. Quote Link to comment
NickPick Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) With NickPick absent here's a caching related question. I'm not absent, merely resting (or actually unusually busy). It wasn't actually my turn to answer a question as keehotee got the ding, I just made 4 Badgers laugh with my guess. (Sorry, like NickPick I'm also from Hemel Hempstead) I'm not actually from Hemel, I just happen to live there (although I suppose after 9 years of living there, I will shortly inevitably become 'from' Hemel) (Tony from Watford / Berkhamsted) Watford / Berko - that means that on average, you're from Hemel Hempstead aswell! Edited June 15, 2007 by NickPick Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Its the ball on top of the Greenwich observatory which was/is lowered on the hour so that shipmasters on the Thames could set their watches. No idea who invented it but I'll guess Hershel (?) the astronomer. Wasn't Harrisons Chronometer instrumental (pardon the pun) in the calculation of Longitude and it was necessary to know the exact time for it to be effective, hence the ball at Greenwich on the Prime Meridian being dropped ... but I can;t recall if it drops at 12 noon or 1pm Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 It's 1pm. Ding. I don't mean you're right, I just mean that's the noise 1pm makes Quote Link to comment
+4 Badgers Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Balls dropping????? Am now perplexed :D Quote Link to comment
+2202 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Its the ball on top of the Greenwich observatory which was/is lowered on the hour so that shipmasters on the Thames could set their watches. No idea who invented it but I'll guess Hershel (?) the astronomer. I'll give Marty a DING for that. Its called a Time Ball and was invented by Robert Wauchope later to be an Admiral back in 1833. There are around 60 in the world. He went onto meet and become a friend of Herschel. An interesting antidote is that in 1834 his brother-in-law, Admiral Patrick Campbell, invited him to be his flag captain. Wauchope accepted on the condition that no prostitutes were to be allowed on board the ship. His insistence on this resulted in him being summoned before Sir Thomas Hardy the First Sea Lord, who ordered him to resign his commission. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Well, if I look out of my office window right now I can see the Greenwich Observatory a couple of miles away, I can also see a large object bearing the identification "R07" slightly nearer. By what name is this object better known? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 HMS Belfast? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) HMS Belfast? No, but youre on the right lines. Edited June 15, 2007 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+Team Balders Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Just read the answer to Simply Paul, so can I try - The Cutty Sark (or what's left of it)? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Just read the answer to Simply Paul, so can I try - The Cutty Sark (or what's left of it)? You can try as many times as you want, but you're still wrong I'm afraid. Clue: It wasn't here last weekend, and it won't be here next weekend. Quote Link to comment
+kennamatic Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Ah, the time clue might help. (Which it's why it's a clue! ). Is it HMS Ark Royal, I think I saw it had come into the POol of London to mark the 25th anniversary of The Falklands War. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Ah, the time clue might help. (Which it's why it's a clue! ). Is it HMS Ark Royal, I think I saw it had come into the POol of London to mark the 25th anniversary of The Falklands War. DING It is indeed HMS Ark Royal, although it's moored up at Greenwich, and not in the pool. BTW they had to tow it in backwards from the Millenium Dome, 'cos that's the closest spot where the river is wide enough to turn it round! Quote Link to comment
+kennamatic Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Time for a bit of culture. In which opera would you find; Sarastro, Monostatos, The Queen of the Night and Papageno? Quote Link to comment
+Eckington Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Time for a bit of culture. In which opera would you find; Sarastro, Monostatos, The Queen of the Night and Papageno? Die Zauberflute, Mozart? Quote Link to comment
+kennamatic Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Time for a bit of culture. In which opera would you find; Sarastro, Monostatos, The Queen of the Night and Papageno? Die Zauberflute, Mozart? A greatly operatic DING to Eckington. Or for those who prefer the title in English, The Magic Flute. Quote Link to comment
+Eckington Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Time for a bit of culture. In which opera would you find; Sarastro, Monostatos, The Queen of the Night and Papageno? Die Zauberflute, Mozart? A greatly operatic DING to Eckington. Or for those who prefer the title in English, The Magic Flute. ..... a little wander along very similar lines, GEOGRAPHICALLY where might one encounter Wilfred Shadbolt, Colonel Fairfax and Jack Point, and why might you find them there? Quote Link to comment
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