+mikethemad Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Just log in to ask a question but this was a easy question to answer It's echo and the bunny men Mike the mad Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 No, it's not Echo and the Bunnymen, so no ding.... Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Bill Halle and the comets? Pulp? Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 No ding again sorry to say..... Quote Link to comment
+Marcoraymondo2 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Fair to say you may only know this one if you've been to "Hotel California" It's The Eagles, I think... Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 That is a Ding for Eagles... Over to you Marcoraymondo2 Quote Link to comment
+Marcoraymondo2 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Thank you, Ducky Try this one... Which sweet substance shares its name with a river in Guyana? Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I'll have a go at Demerara. Quote Link to comment
+Marcoraymondo2 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 I'll have a go at Demerara. DING - Demerera it is! Well done MTH (and nice try to Fiancetto!) Your turn! Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 The Heineken Cup kicks off this weekend so it's time for a rugby question. In recent years the competition has been dominated by Irish teams. So which was the last English team to win and in what year? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 2007 and it was the London Wasps, remember it well as I drove up from Devon to watch it at Twickers. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 It was indeed Wasps in 2007. I was there as well. I was also there in 2003 when Wasps won for the first time. Over to you Mark Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Thanks for the ding. If somebody is suffering from Hypergargalesthesia, what is that they are extremely sensitive to? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Thanks for the ding. If somebody is suffering from Hypergargalesthesia, what is that they are extremely sensitive to? Beer? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Nope, sorry John Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Ding DOng and over to you Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Let's have a phobia. If someone has triskaidekaphobia, what are they scared of? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Think it's the number 13. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Think it's the number 13. Blimey, that was quick! DING to you sir. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 What happened in the vicinity of the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound on November 7th 1940 ? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Galloping Gertie finally collapsed in high winds. Galloping Gertie was a suspension bridge that crossed the Tacoma narrows. The deck had a serious design flaw (lack of damping) which led to the deck oscillating wildly in high winds. The lack of damping lead to a runaway positive feedback that destroyed the span. The footage of the deck oscillating in crosswinds is used today to provide a lesson in harmonic damping to student civil engineers. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Ha Ha another quick one! DING Back to you! Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Let's go with another phobia... Who can tell me what hydrophobophobia is? Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Let's go with another phobia... Who can tell me what hydrophobophobia is? Fear of water? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Fear of Rabies? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Fear of Rabies? DING! Over to you Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Cool, thanks Staying with phobias, what is Sesquipedalophobia the fear of? Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Cool, thanks Staying with phobias, what is Sesquipedalophobia the fear of? Long words? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Ding for you mellers! Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 It was thiscache which meant I knew the answer to that one. I had looked it up soon after it was published. Funny, the things you learn while caching! OK, for a DING, who can tell me James T. Kirk's middle name? Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Tiberius IIRC You do indeed remember correctly. DING! Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Thanks. Staying with Star Trek, in Star Trek TNG, what was the Picard family business? Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Thanks. Staying with Star Trek, in Star Trek TNG, what was the Picard family business? They had a vineyard (I remember Jean Luc and his brother, having a mud fight in it, when he went home for an episode!) Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 DING! Over to Mellers... Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I like a bit of sci-fi, me. What was the name of the little boxy computer (which was housed in a clear perspex box/frame) on Blake's Seven? (I'm just being clear there, about which computer I'm asking about. I'm NOT talking about the one integrated in to the ship) Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) I like a bit of sci-fi, me. What was the name of the little boxy computer (which was housed in a clear perspex box/frame) on Blake's Seven? (I'm just being clear there, about which computer I'm asking about. I'm NOT talking about the one integrated in to the ship) Orac Edit to add: Zen is the one you didn't want (and BTW Kirk's middle initial on the gravestone in the Pilot episode was R . From another sci-fi saddo ) Edited October 18, 2012 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I like a bit of sci-fi, me. What was the name of the little boxy computer (which was housed in a clear perspex box/frame) on Blake's Seven? (I'm just being clear there, about which computer I'm asking about. I'm NOT talking about the one integrated in to the ship) Orac Edit to add: Zen is the one you didn't want (and BTW Kirk's middle initial on the gravestone in the Pilot episode was R . From another sci-fi saddo ) That's a DING to Marty with a side order of kudos for Zen as well! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 What's the width of a British standard gauge railway track in imperial measurements (none of your new fangled metric stuff thanks). Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I'll have a stab with 4'-6"..... Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I seem to remember seeing a documentary program that said the guage evolved from the width of a Roman chariot / ruts in the road / horse drawn wagons to fit the ruts / wagons on the first railway but I have no idea what it is! Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 4ft 8½" (I think) MrsB Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) 4ft 8½" (I think) MrsB DING to Mrs B. I had always thought it must be a Victorian thing but as Pharisee says there's evidence that it goes way back to the Roman times. Edited October 19, 2012 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 A width that I recall from childhood - I had a Dad who was very interested in steam trains. Now then... A few weeks ago we came upon the village of Rodney Stoke in Somerset. The road sign as you enter the village gives its name and underneath is written "A Thankful Village". I'd never seen such an unusual comment on a village name before, so I had to look it up when I got home. Can you explain what it means? MrsB Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Is it one of the villages where everyone who fought in WW1 came back alive? Mark Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Is it one of the villages where everyone who fought in WW1 came back alive? Mark Exactly. More info: The "Thankful" villages Over to you. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I thought so, having seen something about them last year. Remarkably there are some "doubly thankful" villages that didn't lose anyone in WW2 either. We were in Somerset not that long ago, staying just south of Exmoor; a beautiful part of the world. So I'll keep my question in that part of the country. What is the claim to fame of the "Man from Porlock"? Quote Link to comment
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