The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+Beach_hut]

I might have imagined this but, wasn't there a poet who dreamt an amazing poem about Kubla Khan, and on waking up set about writing it down, only the man from Porlock came to visit the poet part way through, and by the time the man had gone the poet had forgotten the poem, so it remained unfinished forever?

[+MTH]

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

A stately pleasure-dome decree:

Where Alph, the sacred river, ran

Through caverns measureless to man

Down to a sunless sea.

 

So twice five miles of fertile ground

With walls and towers were girdled round:

And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,

Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;

And here were forests ancient as the hills,

Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

 

But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted

Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!

A savage place! as holy and enchanted

As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted

By woman wailing for her demon-lover!

And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,

As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,

A mighty fountain momently was forced:

Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst

Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,

Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail:

And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever

It flung up momently the sacred river.

Five miles meandering with a mazy motion

Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,

Then reached the caverns measureless to man,

And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:

And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far

Ancestral voices prophesying war!

 

The shadow of the dome of pleasure

Floated midway on the waves;

Where was heard the mingled measure

From the fountain and the caves.

It was a miracle of rare device,

A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!

 

A damsel with a dulcimer

In a vision once I saw:

It was an Abyssinian maid,

And on her dulcimer she played,

Singing of Mount Abora.

Could I revive within me

Her symphony and song,

To such a deep delight 'twould win me

That with music loud and long

I would build that dome in air,

That sunny dome! those caves of ice!

And all who heard should see them there,

And all should cry, Beware! Beware!

His flashing eyes, his floating hair!

Weave a circle round him thrice,

And close your eyes with holy dread,

For he on honey-dew hath fed

And drunk the milk of Paradise.

 

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 

No-one knows who the Man (or Person) from Porlock actually was, or he even existed.

 

That's a DING by the way.

[+Beach_hut]

Yayyy!!!

 

What were John Sedgwick's (1813-1864) last words?

[+MartyBartfast]

I'm going to go for a wild guess at :

 

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...." (which was some American Civil war colonel who's name I don't know).

[+Beach_hut]

I'm going to go for a wild guess at :

 

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...." (which was some American Civil war colonel who's name I don't know).

 

That's the one. Consider yourself DINGed!

[+MartyBartfast]

Which novel was subtitled "The Modern Prometheus"

[+MTH]

Frankenstein

[+MartyBartfast]

Frankenstein

 

DING

[+MTH]

Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley who's husband,Percy, wrote the poem Ozymandias ("I met a traveller from an antique land...").

 

Who was Ozymandias?

[+maxx borchovski]

The poem Ozymandias was inspired by a statue of Ramses II, an Egyptian pharaoh. Isn't it amazing what you remember from school?

[+MTH]

A very quick DING for Ramesses II

[+maxx borchovski]

ok, new to this, I am guessing that a ding means correct and its my turn to ask a question?

 

If so here is my question...

 

Keeping to the Pharaoh theme, the Faroe Islands are one of the few countries in Europe to not have any McDonalds, if you are in need of a burger, which chain restaurant could you go to, and post the longitude and latitude to locate this Ozymandias.

Edited October 20, 2012 by maxxborchovski

[+mellers]

ok, new to this, I am guessing that a ding means correct and its my turn to ask a question?

Absolutely, and welcome to the forum!

[+maxx borchovski]

Oops, I edited my post as your post came in. Will repost my question here so it all makes sense.

 

Keeping to the Pharaoh theme, the Faroe Islands are one of the few countries in Europe to not have any McDonalds, if you are in need of a burger, which chain restaurant could you go to, and post the longitude and latitude to locate this Ozymandias.

[+MTH]

Welcome.

 

I like the sound of the Faroes. I've only eaten at McDonalds once in my life - once too often! It was at Stockholm airport after our flight was cancelled and it was the only place open. Never again! I'll starve next time.

 

As for the question, please remember it's a "pub quiz" the idea being someone competing in a pub quiz could answer without looking it up. I'm not sure knowing the lat/long counts :-)

 

At a guess Burger King, N58 W22

[+maxx borchovski]

ok, i thought as we were on the net, then I had to make it a bit more complicated. Sorry.

 

 

Ding for the burger king

Edited October 22, 2012 by maxxborchovski

[+MTH]

No worries. No browsing is one of the rules.

 

I think the Ding is generous, given my co-ordinates were somewhere in the mid-Atlantic!

 

Following on from Burger and King, an Elvis question...

 

What was Elvis's first UK number 1 single?

 

Mark

[+The Blorenges]

Jail House Rock?

 

MrsB

[+Simply Paul]

I'll take a punt at All Shook Up (thank you Guiness Book of Hits Singles)

[+MTH]

Your Punt is right on the Mark & wins you a Euro. Sorry, that's a Ding.

[+Beach_hut]

I was about to argue the toss there, I thought it was Heartbreak Hotel, but that only got to number one in the USA....

[+Simply Paul]

Thanks MTH. Sticking with Elvises (Elvi?), where would you have seen heard Elvis Costello's dad?

Edited October 23, 2012 by Simply Paul

[+MTH]

He was the secret lemonade drinker in the R White's ad

 

Young elvis I think was singing backing vocals

 

[+Simply Paul]

MTH, you posted as I was editing the question, after double-checking my facts

 

But good enough for the Ding. Yes, Ross McManus sang the old R Whites Lemonade advert jingle, 'Secret Lemonade Drinker'.

Edited October 23, 2012 by Simply Paul

[+MTH]

OK, I'll change my answer. He sang Secret Lemonade Drinker" in the R.White's TV ad.

 

Young Declan McManus sang backing vocals

 

Posted before Simple Pauls's latest edit

Edited October 23, 2012 by MTH

[+MTH]

Procol Harum sang "A Whiter Shade of Pale", but how did the band get its name?

 

Mark

Edited October 23, 2012 by MTH

[+maxx borchovski]

random letters out of the scrabble bag?

[+The Blorenges]

Off a Dulux colour card?

 

MrsB

[+Betelgeuse]

It was the show name of a friend's cat.

[+MTH]

Miaow.

 

Over to you

[+Betelgeuse]

Sticking with band name origins, where does Kasabian's name come from?

[+Simply Paul]

Sticking with band name origins, where does Kasabian's name come from?

That was the surname of a woman involved in the Charles Manson murders. She (Lydia? Linda?) was 'part of the family' and became a prosecution whitness.

[+Betelgeuse]

Linda Kasabian is correct. She was the key witness that enabled prosecutor Vincent Buglioni to convict Manson and the others involved in the Tate-Bianca murders. She was the only person in the Manson family to show remorse for the killings and sympathy for the victims and actively tried to stop them from taking place - she took no active part herself other than being present when they were committed. Initially she wanted to give evidence just to clear her conscience and wanted no special treatment but her attorney was smart enough to arrange immunity from prosecution in return for her turning state's evidence.

 

So a DING for you.

[+Simply Paul]

Thanks for that Ding. Not sure how that scrap of info got into my head; I'm not a fan of the band or Manson, especially.

 

I'm off to see Skyfall, the 23rd official Bond film later. Inspired by that, in 1967, who starred in the Italian-made spy spoof called 'Operation Kid Brother'?

[+Simply Paul]

No one? Do a couple of the film's other titles help remind you of it? Operation Double 007 and Secret Agent 00. Its original title rather gives the game away, so I won't add that for a while...

[+TheOldfields]

Sean Connery's brother?

[+Simply Paul]

Sean Connery's brother?

Good enough for the Ding. Neil is the younger brother of Sean and looks a lot like him. The film's other title is OK Connery. Edited October 30, 2012 by Simply Paul

[+TheOldfields]

Blimey. A massive 2.6/10 on imdb. That really must be a top quality film.

 

In the Squeeze song 'Up the junction', what time was the baby born?

[+Beach_hut]

5:20am (thirty minutes after it was taken to the incubator)

[+TheOldfields]

DING!

[+Beach_hut]

DING!

 

Woo!

 

Staying with Up the Junction... Who wrote the novel?

[+Betelgeuse]

Nell Dunn

[+Beach_hut]

That's a ding!

[+Betelgeuse]

Nell Dunn wrote her collection of short stories 'Up the Junction' in 1963. It was made into a film for both cinema and television. She published her first novel in 1967 and this was also made into a film starring a young Terence Stamp.

 

What was the title of the novel?

[+Pharisee]

Nell Dunn wrote her collection of short stories 'Up the Junction' in 1963. It was made into a film for both cinema and television. She published her first novel in 1967 and this was also made into a film starring a young Terence Stamp.

 

What was the title of the novel?

 

Blow up?

[+Betelgeuse]

Nell Dunn wrote her collection of short stories 'Up the Junction' in 1963. It was made into a film for both cinema and television. She published her first novel in 1967 and this was also made into a film starring a young Terence Stamp.

 

What was the title of the novel?

 

Blow up?

 

Sorry but no ding. Blow up starred David Hemmings, by the way.

[+Betelgeuse]

A few more clues then...

 

The director was Ken Loach and the film credits list Malcolm McDowell although all of his scenes were deleted in the public release.

 

Donovan performs the title song.

[+TheOldfields]

I knew the answer a while ago after I gave up and googled it a week ago, so can't really join in here. Any suggestions on next move would be good.

[+maxx borchovski]

I found the answer to this on DVD whilst browsing in a local charity shop at the weekend. Mr Stamp's name rang a bell, which made me look at the DVD. Does this could as looking up the answer?

[+mellers]

I found the answer to this on DVD whilst browsing in a local charity shop at the weekend. Mr Stamp's name rang a bell, which made me look at the DVD. Does this could as looking up the answer?

AFAIK, looking the answer up on a DVD (or even in a book) is fine it's just looking for it on your computer, using search engines and the like, which would make all this far too easy... and therefore pretty pointless, which is not allowed.

 

I seem to remember we had a ruling from the OP, Simply Paul a few moths back!