dodgydaved Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Played somewhere other than Wembley? Cardiff? Not that either. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Guess: A dog ran off with the ball? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Guess: A dog ran off with the ball? Sort of extremely close ---- but no banana Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 a streaker popped the ball Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 a streaker popped the ball It wasn't a streaker, but the ball did burst, so..... Pfffffffft. Ding Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 thanks for the ding on yet another guess the 18 miles of train track between Selby and Ferriby is though to be the ??????? line in the UK? Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Guesses are in vogue, so highest? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Well if that's the Selby in Yorks it's certainly not the highest, so maybe the lowest. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) sorry no ding yet but you are on the right track sorry Edited May 14, 2013 by martin&lindabryn Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Well running through Roy Castle singing Record Breakers in my head now! Having looked at a map how about Straightest? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Quietist passenger line, thinking of a report I read in the paper the other day? Quote Link to comment
Slytherin Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Marty got it, it is indeed the longest stretch of straight track in the country. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Well running through Roy Castle singing Record Breakers in my head now! Having looked at a map how about Straightest? your going back a bit there but you have got the ding Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 So sticking with the Roy Castle theme, what were the Chrisian and surnames of the twins who presented "Record Breakers" with him? Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Ross & Norris McWhirter ? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Ross & Norris McWhirter ? Yep them's the boys, a quick DING there. Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Which of the McWhirter brothers was murdered by the IRA ? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 that was Ross McWhirter Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Indeed it was - and a ding to you ! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Thanks for the ding As there is developing a record braking theme my question is Now ranking 7th in the world, linking which two county's in the UK is the longest UK single span suspension bridge and what is its name? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 There are a couple of possibilities in my head.... I'm going to plump for the Severn Bridge. I'll say the counties are Avon & Gwent? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 There are a couple of possibilities in my head.... I'm going to plump for the Severn Bridge. I'll say the counties are Avon & Gwent? sorry no ding yet Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 The Humber Bridge ? Counties being mmmmmm - Lincolnshire & South Yorkshire ? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 The Humber Bridge ? Counties being mmmmmm - Lincolnshire & South Yorkshire ? that's three ding's Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Which are the two oldest road bridges on the River Thames ? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Is this the whole Thames (up to it's Source) or just London? Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Is this the whole Thames (up to it's Source) or just London? Now why would it be just London ? Do you work for the BBC ? :D It's the whole Thames - and as a hint, they're NOT in London. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I can only think of one old bridge. I think its caled the Half penny or the penny bridge Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 The two bridges aren't in Gloucestershire, or Berkshire. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 The two bridges aren't in Gloucestershire, or Berkshire. The Roman name for Staines was something like Pontes - so I'll plump for Staines and Richmond. (Mind I'm away for a few weeks so in the unlikely eventuality I am correct someone else will have to take my go........) Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 The bridges still exist, pretty much in their original form. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 Medieval stone bridges then, in the pack-horse style? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 There's a very old one at Lechlade. Would that be one of them? Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) Medieval stone bridges then, in the pack-horse style? No they're regular road bridges - a bit narrow perhaps, but traffic goes over them. Edited May 22, 2013 by civilised Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 There's a very old one at Lechlade. Would that be one of them? No - Halfpenny Bridge is old, but it's not one of them. Quote Link to comment
Slytherin Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Are they both very close to each other? Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Are they both very close to each other? About 7-8 miles as the crow etc. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 Up or downstream from Oxford? Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Up or downstream from Oxford? Upstream Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 One of them has a battle named after it - and 2 historically separate sets of defenses/earthworks - some of which were investigated on Time Team. The other one has a name opposite to that in the original question. I asked for 2 rather than the oldest because there's some dispute about which has priority. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 One of the bridges at Radcot is very old - I remember it from camping nearby when I was a kid. Dates from the 13th century if I remember rightly. The other one is Newbridge. Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 One of the bridges at Radcot is very old - I remember it from camping nearby when I was a kid. Dates from the 13th century if I remember rightly. The other one is Newbridge. Ding to Betelgeuse ! The Radcot bridge has had a battle named after it, and also has earthworks from the time of Stephen and Matilda, as well as during the Civil War. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 From man made structures to natural ones. What is the highest free standing mountain in the world? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 I assume by freestanding you mean not a part of a larger structure of mountains, which makes me think it could be the one where a lot of it is under water... Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I'm sure It's Hawaii, I think the mountain is called Mauna Kea (or somthing phoenticall similar). Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 In terms of height above sea level I'd guess Kilimanjaro. At least that's what they said when I at the summit! Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 In terms of height above sea level I'd guess Kilimanjaro. At least that's what they said when I at the summit! That's a DING! for you sir. With an overall height of 5,895m, the extinct stratovolcano Kilimanjaro rises some 5,100m above the plain in which it stands. The shield volcano Mauna Kea in the Hawaiian archipelago has a base to summit height of 10,200m but only has a height of 4205m above sea level. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) Thank you. Kili is actually three volcanoes in one: Shira, Mawenzi and Kibo. Whilst Shira and Mawenzi are extinct, the highest peak Kibo is dormant and there are some fumeroles from the summit crater. Which brings me to the next question. Which point on the Earth's surface is furthest from the centre of the planet? Edited May 31, 2013 by MTH Quote Link to comment
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