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Simply Paul

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Apollo 13 Simply Paul thanks you :)

It was Richard Griffiths who lead me to Al's background. I though RG may have starred in a TV show about someone working at a museum (filmed at Bucks County Museum, my local one) who suddenly becomes a Lord - but since I can't find any info about this one-series show from the late 80s, it seems my memory is off. Anyway, it lead me to famous people from Buckinghamshire, and that... If you happen to recall the programme, if you can name it, it'd take some weight off my mind :anibad:

 

That's not the question though. Inspired by the 52nd anniversary of Yuri's flight coming up (April 12th) we're going back into space with a puzzle from the very early days. How was it Ivan Ivanovich beat Yuri Gagarin into orbit?

 

Note, orbit, not space, because at the time ultra-high altitude aircraft pilots were said to be in space above 100,000ft/19 miles, making an almost-Ivan - Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. - the first man in 'space', in September '56. This was later revised up to 50 miles, where X-15's flew, giving eight pilots USAF astronaut status through the 60s. By 1963 Joseph A. Walker was passing above 100,000m or 62 miles in the X-15, the height recognised as space by the FIA. But 'only' at about 3,700mph. A long way off the 17,500mph needed to reach orbit... :ph34r:

Betelgeuse

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How strange. I was reading about Al only a couple of nights ago. A local boy (Stewkley, Bucks), I too was surprised by his background. I think the figure you're after was... Thackery? Now to try to work out what sequence of Wiki-jumps lead me to his page. Someone had died (Richard Griffiths?) and that lead me to... Going off to look at my internet history!

 

Good timing! :D

 

It was indeed William Makepeace Thackeray so the DING! goes to you. :)

Simply Paul

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Just a willed stab in the dark as it’s not an animal

 

Was it a crash test dummy?

Dingski! Ivan was indeed the name given to a weighted space suit used to test Vostok craft and their escape systems. He made several flights ahead of Gagarin's successful launch and orbit. Recordings were also played from the suit, which may have lead to the Lost Cosmonauts conspiracy theories. Over (and out) to you.
martin&lindabryn

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Now let’s bring the quiz back to earth. With a question I set for our pub quiz at the beginning of the year.

The theme of the round was runner up prizes on TV game shows

The question is.

Which popular TV quiz had a runner up prize of “A toy, a tankard or a BFH?”

There was also a bonus point for the meaning of BFH

MTH

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Sorry, forgot to check back here.

 

A change of subject for the next question.

 

Major Major Major Major is a character in which novel?

MTH

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What a dilemna.

 

Do I give dodgydaved the ding because he clearly knows the answer, or do I wait for someone to give the right answer :unsure:

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civilised

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What a dilemna.

 

Do I give dodgydaved the ding because he clearly knows the answer, or do I wait for someone to give the right answer :unsure:

 

Catch 22 ?

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dodgydaved

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What a dilemna.

 

Do I give dodgydaved the ding because he clearly knows the answer, or do I wait for someone to give the right answer :unsure:

 

Catch 22 ?

 

 

Ha!! My bad :( ........give it to civilised - he had the correct answer :lol: :lol: :lol:

MartyBartfast

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A ding for civilised then.:)

 

The TV comedy 'The Big Bang Theory' is set around characters working at which American University ?

Well they're in Pasadena, which is California so I'll guess Cal-Tec (SP?) - just been watching it!

civilised

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A ding for civilised then.:)

 

The TV comedy 'The Big Bang Theory' is set around characters working at which American University ?

Well they're in Pasadena, which is California so I'll guess Cal-Tec (SP?) - just been watching it!

 

Wow - that was quick - and accurate. A ding to you.

 

It's funny too :)

MartyBartfast

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What should I do now ?

 

Just wait a bit, a couple of days is nothing!

 

Anyway to get the ball rolling I'll have a complete guess that a Vicar is, for want of a better term, "fully qualified", whereas a Rector is still in training to become a fully fledged Vicar.

The Blorenges

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I'm sorry - I thought this was easy - of course, it always is when you know the answer :)

 

What should I do now ?

 

Have a nice cup of tea and a cucumber sandwich maybe?

 

(I now know the answer but I had to look it up :D )

 

MrsB

Pajaholic

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I suspect that it's the other way around. I.e. a Rector is 'self-employed' and receives his income directly from the congregation. As such, he cannot be 'sacked' (although his congregation can choose to go elsewhere!) OTOH, a Vicar is employed by a religious organisation, such as a diocese or monastery, receives a stipend, and can be replaced, reassigned, etc.

civilised

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I suspect that it's the other way around. I.e. a Rector is 'self-employed' and receives his income directly from the congregation. As such, he cannot be 'sacked' (although his congregation can choose to go elsewhere!) OTOH, a Vicar is employed by a religious organisation, such as a diocese or monastery, receives a stipend, and can be replaced, reassigned, etc.

 

That seems to be as close as we'll get - it's historical, based on the tithes. A Rector received all the tithes from a parish whereas a Vicar was employed by an institution ( commonly a monastery ) who 'owned' the parish and who paid the vicar to act on their spiritual behalf ( or vicariously ). The Vicar would typically receive a third of the total tithe. The only practical distinction to survive is that generally a Rector owns the freehold of the chancel, but not a Vicar.

 

So it's a ding to Pajaholic :D

Pajaholic

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Thanks.

 

Staying with the Eclesiastical theme, but stepping sideways (and cribbed from QI's "I" series): The Papal Inquisition continues to this day but under a different name. In 1908 it changed its name to "The Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office" and in 1965 to "The Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith". But, for the ding, can you name its leader when John-Paul II was Pope?

dodgydaved

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No, before him. Pope John Paul I took his name by combining the names of his two predecessors. I'm thinking of a last Pope to choose a completely new name.

 

 

Ok Pius....John....Paul......I'll gor for a :

 

Pope Paul (don't know what number though)

 

Just realised if they had a number it wasn't a compl;etely new name :huh:

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