+Simply Paul Posted October 22, 2012 Author Posted October 22, 2012 I'll take a punt at All Shook Up (thank you Guiness Book of Hits Singles) Quote
+MTH Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 Your Punt is right on the Mark & wins you a Euro. Sorry, that's a Ding. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 I was about to argue the toss there, I thought it was Heartbreak Hotel, but that only got to number one in the USA.... Quote
+Simply Paul Posted October 23, 2012 Author Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) Thanks MTH. Sticking with Elvises (Elvi?), where would you have seen heard Elvis Costello's dad? Edited October 23, 2012 by Simply Paul Quote
+MTH Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 He was the secret lemonade drinker in the R White's ad Young elvis I think was singing backing vocals Quote
+Simply Paul Posted October 23, 2012 Author Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote
+MTH Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote
+MTH Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) Procol Harum sang "A Whiter Shade of Pale", but how did the band get its name? Mark Edited October 23, 2012 by MTH Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 random letters out of the scrabble bag? Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 It was the show name of a friend's cat. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 Sticking with band name origins, where does Kasabian's name come from? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted October 25, 2012 Author Posted October 25, 2012 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. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 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. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted October 26, 2012 Author Posted October 26, 2012 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'? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted October 29, 2012 Author Posted October 29, 2012 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... Quote
+Simply Paul Posted October 30, 2012 Author Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote
+TheOldfields Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 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? Quote
+Beach_hut Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 5:20am (thirty minutes after it was taken to the incubator) Quote
+Beach_hut Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 DING! Woo! Staying with Up the Junction... Who wrote the novel? Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 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? Quote
+Pharisee Posted November 3, 2012 Posted November 3, 2012 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? Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted November 3, 2012 Posted November 3, 2012 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. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 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. Quote
+TheOldfields Posted November 11, 2012 Posted November 11, 2012 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. Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 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? Quote
+mellers Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 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! Quote
+mellers Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Time out. A new rule: If a Dingee fails to ask a question one week after bing Dinged, anyone can step in with a fresh question. A reminder of the other rules: Questions should be Pub-Quiz level and Internet searches aren't allowed to find the answer... unless things drag-on and the Questioner ok's Googling (or similar). It's also fine to ask friends or family - so long as they don't look up the answer online either - and books are alright to check. The various QI ones seem a good bet Game on! Aha! I knew it was here somewhere. See above for SP's ruling that books and other non-computer sources of info are fine. Quote
Pajaholic Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 AIUI, only the Internet is banned and you're at liberty to use resources that are on your own computer. In this post a few after the one mellers cited, I asked Simply Paul, "Are electronic resources OK provided they're not on the Internet? For example, would using a calculator or spreadsheet to answer my previous question be permitted?", to which he replied, "I think the general rule would be yes, unless the question-poser asks for them not to be used to answer their specific question.". So that DVD maxxborchovski has would seem acceptable. HTH, Geoff Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 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? Nope, that's acceptable to me - you weren't specifically looking for the answer so go for it. Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 The DVD I found was called 'Poor Cow' so my guess is the novel has the same name. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 The DVD I found was called 'Poor Cow' so my guess is the novel has the same name. That would be a DING! for you, sir. Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 My question is what is the most common metal in the human body? Quote
+mellers Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 My guess is calcium... I think it can be found as a metal-like substance! Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 My guess is calcium... I think it can be found as a metal-like substance! Thats a quick DING, Calcium is an alkaline earth metal and the most common metal in humans. Quote
+mellers Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 My guess is calcium... I think it can be found as a metal-like substance! Thats a quick DING, Calcium is an alkaline earth metal and the most common metal in humans. Yeay! I seem to remember it coming up on QI once.... Give me a moment to come up with a question. Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 Guess what I was watching last night... Quote
+mellers Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 Which TV drama centred around the Earl and Countess of Southwold's daughter (and her family)? Quote
+TheOldfields Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 I'll take a guess at Upstairs Downstairs. Quote
+mellers Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 I'll take a guess at Upstairs Downstairs. Always worth a guess....! Have a DING! Quote
+TheOldfields Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 In World War II, what operation did the First US Army Group and the British Fourth Army feature in? Quote
+mellers Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 In World War II, what operation did the First US Army Group and the British Fourth Army feature in? I'm only familiar with one famous Operation, so my guess is Overlord. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 Only other one I can think of is "Market Garden", but that was primarily an airborne op so don't think those two groups would have been the main protagonists. Quote
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