+MTH Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Ding for Geoff Hurst. The former Essex wicketkeeper (1 match, no runs, 1 catch) went on to have a moderately successful career in football Over to dodgydaved. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 OK - Sticking loosley with sports:- In which sport are the Thomas Cup, Uber Cup and Sudiman Cup tournaments played? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Badminton? Side out a DING to The Oldfields. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Thankyouverymuch. A topical question... who has played Doctor Who in the most episodes of the program? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Hmm, good one! I'm going to plump for dear old Johnny Pertwee. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Trick question? No one has played Doctor Who, at least not in the programme of the same name. I think Tom Baker was the longest-serving Doctor though, so I'll plump for him Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Not meant as a trick question (though intrigued by how it could be taken as one). Tom Baker gets a multi-dimensional ding. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Well, thank you for the kind Ding. Tom Baker was very much 'my Doctor' as I born in 71 and so 'grew up' with him in the role. If I was to take your question literally ("A topical question... who has played Doctor Who in the most episodes of the program?") the answer would be none. That's why I thought it might be a trick question. The character isn't called Doctor Who, he's simply The Doctor. People (including the fan club, I noted in a recent Tweet of theirs) are still getting this wrong after fifty years, so don't feel too bad about it. My Question, staying with things 'Not of this Earth': what would the mnemonic (now passing out of fashion for reasons of sexism) "Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Right Now Sweetie" be referring to? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 That would refer to stellar spectral classification Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 That would refer to stellar spectral classification Trust you to know that lol. Please may we have a question about seaside buildings next? ;-) Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) That would refer to stellar spectral classification Trust you to know that lol. Please may we have a question about seaside buildings next? ;-) Ding! for Betelgeuse. Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Right Now Sweetie does indeed remind us of the O B A F G K M R N S stellar spectral classification sequence. Adding a W to the start (since 1998, for ultr-hot Wolf-Reyet stars) makes a Wow! to begin with. Betelgeuse is a red supergiant - or Class M - star, of course Edited August 10, 2013 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 As requested by Beach_Hut a quick question about a seaside building. So... Can you tell me which is the shortest pier in Britain? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 As requested by Beach_Hut a quick question about a seaside building. So... Can you tell me which is the shortest pier in Britain? curses! Foiled! Lord Moynihan is quite a short peer... (I'm here all week, try the veal) Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I was on the one at Great Yarmouth last weekend and that didn't reach the sea! Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Wigan Pier... It doesn't go anywhere... as mentioned by George Formby :lol: Edited August 13, 2013 by maxkim Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 curses! Foiled! Lord Moynihan is quite a short peer... (I'm here all week, try the veal) Careful with that petard now... I was on the one at Great Yarmouth last weekend and that didn't reach the sea! Must have been a pretty low tide - it's short but it's not that short. Wigan Pier... It doesn't go anywhere... as mentioned by George Formby :lol: Wigan pier eh? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 Southwold? I just saw a photo of it. It looks pretty compact. If not, I remember Ventnor's pier (IOW) being underwhelming... Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Southwold? I just saw a photo of it. It looks pretty compact. If not, I remember Ventnor's pier (IOW) being underwhelming... Neither of those. The pier in question consists of a pavilion on piles abutted directly to the esplanade. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 That sounds like the stub remains of the Pier Bandstand in Weymouth, but I imagine you mean 'built short' rather than 'shortened by explosives'..? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Will that be the pier at Burnham-on-sea Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 That sounds like the stub remains of the Pier Bandstand in Weymouth, but I imagine you mean 'built short' rather than 'shortened by explosives'..? Weymouth Council cheated! So, no. Not their excuse for a pier. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Will that be the pier at Burnham-on-sea That will get you the DING! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Thanks for the ding. A question this time from one of my quiz rounds at the pub. What is the name for a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians? Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 A ziggurat? MrsB Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Well that didn’t last long That’s a ding for Mrs B Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 A fairly topical one, a new word I learnt recently... Pogonophobia is a fear of what? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Pogo sticks Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Pogo sticks No... in a just world it should be... but it isn't MrsB Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Pogo sticks No... in a just world it should be... but it isn't MrsB LOL Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I think its beards? Correct I saw the word when the whole Bearded Paxman issue was being discussed. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Ooo heck...now I have to think of a question.... (wanders off to think...) Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Right- be gentle with me...its my first go at this. Where was a famous British 4x4 vehicle first thought up, and how was the blueprint for it created? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 In a pub, back of an envelope, or am I thinking of the Mini? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 There was something famous that was literally designed on a cigarette packet. Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Both good answers, but not what I was looking for Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) I've seen this on the telly, and I think the fag packet is still in existence, I can't remember what it was though. I'll have a guess at Frank Whittle and the jet engine. Edit: Just realised I hadn't read the right question, so I answered something completely different (clearly a jet engine isn't a 4x4 vehicle!!!!) - Doh. Edited August 23, 2013 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Nope- not the one I was thinking of. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Ok, I'll take a punt at Landrover and since its roots are in wartime, I'll guess at 'on the back of a napkin' - officers got napkins at dinner, right? Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Ok, I'll take a punt at Landrover and since its roots are in wartime, I'll guess at 'on the back of a napkin' - officers got napkins at dinner, right? Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Getting close, but not fully correct Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Getting close, but not fully correct Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Jeep - Tablecloth. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 British. I'll show my evil side by jumping in, saying in Terry-Thomas's voice, "The Landrover, on a table cloth. With the lead pencil. What an absolute shower." Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Well I will give you Land Rover...but sadly theres not been a correct answer for the second part yet. Am off caching for the weekend soon, so there may be a slight delay in responding to any further messages due to a variable interweb connection. Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Any further guesses before I award the half right answer? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Any further guesses before I award the half right answer? Not so much a guess ... because I'm not sure what you're getting at with "how the blueprint was created". I assume that the blueprints themselves were created in the conventional manner of the day by draughtsmen at the Rover drawing office in Solihull, where they'd moved after their pre-war factory was destroyed. Rover had a bit of a problem when the war ended. Their model range was a little on the ostentatious side and too expensive to be successful in the austerity of post-war Britain. So they needed a stop-gap that could quickly be put together to tide them over until they could design more down-to-earth models. Stealing a march from Willys, they created a rugged vehicle for use by farmers. The prototype even had a tractor-like PTO! They couldn't afford the time to design it from the ground up, and so they pressed components from their pre-war range into service in the new vehicle. Steel was heavily rationed, and so they used aluminium alloy left over from their war-time aircraft making for the body panels. Although it was a hotch-potch cobbled together from necessity, the Landrover was an immediate success. It was only meant as a stop-gap. Yet descendents of the Landrover are all that's now left of the once-proud Rover company Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Right- first apologies for the delays, had a bit of trouble in the real world that needed sorting. Back to the quiz. The answer I was looking for was Land Rover -the model being what is now the Defender. The second part I was looking for was "Maurice Wilks tested a prototype for what has become one of the world's most successful off-road utility vehicles in fields at Red Wharf Bay just across the road from Ysgol Dwyran. As an inventive engineer Mr Wilks thought he could come up with a better vehicle for farmers, combining the qualities of a car with those of a tractor. He drew a sketch of his ideal all-terrain vehicle in the sands of Red Wharf Bay and the Land Rover was conceived." I now need clarification on who I award the Ding to- Simply Paul for being first to name Land Rover ...or Pajaholic for a more detailed explanation of the process, but without actually mentioning Red Wharf Bay or drawing in the sand (but almost everything else about the creation!) Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Pajaholic gets my vote. I'm a little sick of quizzes right now Quote Link to comment
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