Pajaholic Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Strangely, this was a question on tonight's "The Chase". Bob Holness was the alleged saxophonist while the real musician was Raphael somebody or other. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Strangely, this was a question on tonight's "The Chase". Bob Holness was the alleged saxophonist while the real musician was Raphael somebody or other. DING & Raphael Ravenscroft was the real dude. Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Thanks. Staying with Gerry Rafferty: Between The Humblebums and Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty formed which band with Joe Egan? Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 Stealers Wheel. DING! Over to Betelgeuse... Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Returning to Baker Street, who were the original Baker Street Irregulars? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Returning to Baker Street, who were the original Baker Street Irregulars? I think they were the gang of "street urchins" that Sherlock Holmes used to use occasionally. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Blimey, 15 minutes! That'll be a DING! for you, sir. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 What's the english translation of: Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 I haven't read the book since I was a teenager but that looks like Sauron's ring inscription from Lord of the Rings. "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them" Or something like that. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Returning to the Baker Street theme once more, there was another (non-fictional) group called the Baker Street Irregulars that were actually based at 64 Baker Street. Who were they? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted January 9, 2013 Author Posted January 9, 2013 Since Stargazing Live is on at the moment and this hasn't been answered in a while, I'll jump in with a guess at astronomers, as I've half-a-feeling there is such a group. Note sure about that past-tense in the question though... On a side note, over 250,000 views! Which I think may make this the second-most viewed thread on Groundspeak's forums? Thanks everyone! Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Wasn't it a group of spies in WW2? Quote
+drdick&vick Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 if I remember rightly they were a bunch of children Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Wasn't it a group of spies in WW2? I suspect that it would be irregular troops rather than spies. Irregulars are special forces, resistance cells, guerrillas, etc. In WWII, these would probably have been coordinated by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). So I wonder if the Baker Street Irregulars might have been one or more of the groups controlled by SOE during WWII. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Since Stargazing Live is on at the moment and this hasn't been answered in a while, I'll jump in with a guess at astronomers, as I've half-a-feeling there is such a group. Note sure about that past-tense in the question though... On a side note, over 250,000 views! Which I think may make this the second-most viewed thread on Groundspeak's forums? Thanks everyone! I believe there is but it's not the group I'm looking for. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 if I remember rightly they were a bunch of children That was the original and fictional bunch I asked about a couple of questions ago. This lot were real Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Wasn't it a group of spies in WW2? I suspect that it would be irregular troops rather than spies. Irregulars are special forces, resistance cells, guerrillas, etc. In WWII, these would probably have been coordinated by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). So I wonder if the Baker Street Irregulars might have been one or more of the groups controlled by SOE during WWII. Close, maxx but they weren't just spies. Pajaholic was much closer with his irregular forces although espionage was one branch of their activities. It was the SOE itself that was based at 64 Baker Street during WWII so the DING! goes to Pajaholic. Over to you sir. Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Thanks for the unexpected ding! Loosely related: One of the SOE operations was to thwart the Nazi atomic bomb programme by sabotaging the plant that produced heavy water. The saboteurs became known as the Heroes of Telemark, which gives the link to my question: In which variant of which activity would you find a Telemark turn? (and bonus kudos if you can describe one!) Quote
+MTH Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Skiing Not sure I can describe one though. Is it where you plant a pole and jump into the turn with both skis parallel? Edited January 10, 2013 by MTH Quote
+Pharisee Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Skiing Not sure I can describe one though. Is it where you plant a pole and jump into the turn with both skis parallel? Isn't it the way ski jumpers land... sort of knees bent, one ski in front of the other. EDIT... Ignore that.... Should have read the question properly!! Edited January 10, 2013 by Pharisee Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Skiing Not sure I can describe one though. Is it where you plant a pole and jump into the turn with both skis parallel? Isn't it the way ski jumpers land... sort of knees bent, one ski in front of the other. EDIT... Ignore that.... Should have read the question properly!! I think that's the Telemark landing, the Telemark turn is the same sort of movement to make a turn in cross country skiing. Quote
+MTH Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Perhaps I should read the question and not answer the question I expect it to be having missed the "which variant" part. However I'm pretty sure you can use it in most forms of skiing - downhill, slalom or cross-country. Edited January 10, 2013 by MTH Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) I think that's the Telemark landing, the Telemark turn is the same sort of movement to make a turn in cross country skiing. That'll get you a DING! It would have been difficult to respond to MTH or Pharisee without giving the answer away. MTH described a Christiana (or parallel) turn used by Alpine skiiers. Ski jumpers land in the Telemark position but use a Christiana turn to stop, so I couldn't give the ding to Pharisee either. A Telemark turn is used in cross-country, Nordic, or Telemark skiing. In those disciplines the bindings allow your heels to rise. It's impossible to use a Telemark turn in Alpine skiing because the bindings won't allow your inside heel to rise off the ski. The turn is made with the outside ski well-forward, outside heel flat, inside heel raised, and with most weight on the outside ski. In contrast, the Christiana (stem christie) turn has the weight on the inside ski and the inside ski slightly forward of the outside. Over to MartyBartfast... Edited January 10, 2013 by Pajaholic Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 When Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon, who was orbiting above in the Command Module? Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 I lived and breathed the American space programs when I was a yoof. So, Neil Armstrong was the first man to stand on the moon, but who was the last? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted January 14, 2013 Author Posted January 14, 2013 Easy one: Eugene Cernan. Hopefully not the last *ever* man to walk on the moon, but the most recent, if I can put it that way.(Some people might say Schmitt, but he was the 12th man to walk on the moon. He got back in the LM ahead of Cernan on their final moonwalk though.) Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 DING! Everyone remembers the first man, few remember the last. Eugene Cernan was the last human to leave the surface of the moon (so far ) Quote
+Simply Paul Posted January 14, 2013 Author Posted January 14, 2013 Thanks. Taking a differnt tack on a similar subject, where would you find Makemake, and what is he/she/them/it? Quote
+MTH Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 Since it's on a similar theme I'll guess it's in space. As for what it is, that's tougher. At a guess one of the many rocky asteroids, planetoids, minor planets, plutoids or whatever they're now called. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted January 16, 2013 Author Posted January 16, 2013 Good enough. It's a minor planet in the same class as Pluto, but in orbit far beyond it. A Ding to you sir! Quote
+MTH Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Change of subject, but topical. You'll have heard about the sad demise of HMV, but for what do the initials stand? Quote
+mellers Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Change of subject, but topical. You'll have heard about the sad demise of HMV, but for what do the initials stand? His Master's Voice Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Even with their logo it only dawned on me that is what HMV stood for a couple of years ago. It was a real Homer moment. Quote
+mellers Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Which is the only US state without a straight line on its border? Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Wow, that was a guess. So my question... What was the first animal ever sent into space? (Bonus points if you can tell me what type of transport took them there) Quote
+mellers Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Wow, that was a guess. So my question... What was the first animal ever sent into space? (Bonus points if you can tell me what type of transport took them there) Wasn't that Leika the dog. No idea of name of craft though. Quote
+maxx borchovski Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 nope, Leika was the first to go into orbit. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted January 17, 2013 Author Posted January 17, 2013 I've a feeling this has been on QI. I think it was fruit flies (if they count as animals) launched in the late 40s inboard a captured V2. There may have been experiments with high altitude balloons before that, but you can argue a balloon can never get into space, just somewhere sort-of near it... Quote
+Simply Paul Posted January 18, 2013 Author Posted January 18, 2013 Thanks very much Maxx. Leika's story isn't a happy one, but was an important step along the path to safe space travel for humans. BTW, If anyone likes space sim games I've been addicted to Kerbal Space Program for a while. Really good fun and an old version is free on their website. Anyway, to take things off in a 180 degree tangent (on a free return trajectory), what's a stiletto? Quote
+mellers Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Thanks very much Maxx. Leika's story isn't a happy one, but was an important step along the path to safe space travel for humans. BTW, If anyone likes space sim games I've been addicted to Kerbal Space Program for a while. Really good fun and an old version is free on their website. Anyway, to take things off in a 180 degree tangent (on a free return trajectory), what's a stiletto? I only know it as a dagger (after which the heel shape is named) Quote
dodgydaved Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) oooops, too late (NB refresh page more often!) Edited January 18, 2013 by dodgydaved Quote
+me N u Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Stiletto was also Baron Silas von Greenbacks right hand crow in the dangermouse cartoon - probably not the answer you were looking for though Quote
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