The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+martin&lindabryn]

Thanks for the ding

 

Where in the British isles is the Marisco Tavern

 

That i believe is on the Isle of Lundy, even though i have never been there, i used to live in North Devon, so spent a lot of time looking at it []

 

That is a Ding for you.

I worked in the Tavern in 2001/2 I know it well.

[+paulemma]

Thanks for the ding

 

Where in the British isles is the Marisco Tavern

 

That i believe is on the Isle of Lundy, even though i have never been there, i used to live in North Devon, so spent a lot of time looking at it []

 

That is a Ding for you.

I worked in the Tavern in 2001/2 I know it well.

Cool, I'll keep it on the Marisco theme and ask which town, which can see Lundy has a nightclub called Mariscos?

[+civilised]

Weston super Mare ?

[+MTH]

A choice of two - Bideford?

[+paulemma]

A choice of two - Bideford?

No to WSM and Bideford

[Sharpeset]

A choice of two - Bideford?

No to WSM and Bideford

 

Bude?

[+Pajaholic]

Ilfracombe?

[dodgydaved]

Woolacombe - only place I remember on that stretch of coast, went for my hols as a kid in the early 1950's

[+paulemma]

Yep woolacombe is the

answer and there are some lovely caching walks around there

[dodgydaved]

OK, you have all heard of a pride of lions or a troop of monkeys - but what is the collective noun for a load of moles?

 

A ****** of moles!

[+martin&lindabryn]

OK, you have all heard of a pride of lions or a troop of monkeys - but what is the collective noun for a load of moles?

 

A ****** of moles!

 

that will be company or labour of Moles

I have a cat that loves to cache moles. he sits for hours watching mole hills, he then takes of vertically, dives head first into the hill and comes out with the mole in his mouth. the local farmer loves him as he keeps his filed clear of moles.

[dodgydaved]

OK, you have all heard of a pride of lions or a troop of monkeys - but what is the collective noun for a load of moles?

 

A ****** of moles!

 

that will be company or labour of Moles

I have a cat that loves to cache moles. he sits for hours watching mole hills, he then takes of vertically, dives head first into the hill and comes out with the mole in his mouth. the local farmer loves him as he keeps his filed clear of moles.

 

 

Cor, that was quick - DING!

[+martin&lindabryn]

OK, you have all heard of a pride of lions or a troop of monkeys - but what is the collective noun for a load of moles?

 

A ****** of moles!

 

that will be company or labour of Moles

I have a cat that loves to cache moles. he sits for hours watching mole hills, he then takes of vertically, dives head first into the hill and comes out with the mole in his mouth. the local farmer loves him as he keeps his filed clear of moles.

 

 

Cor, that was quick - DING!

It would have been quicker if I hadn't had to answer the phone.

 

which is the highest navigable road in N Wales? at approx, 1950ft/595m(but only by walkers, mountain bikers and 4x4 off roaders)

Edited June 16, 2013 by martin&lindabryn

[dodgydaved]

 

It would have been quicker if I hadn't had to answer the phone.

 

 

:lol: :lol:

[+MTH]

which is the highest navigable road in N Wales? at approx, 1950ft/595m(but only by walkers, mountain bikers and 4x4 off roaders)

 

Some idiot drove up Snowdon twice not long ago. Does that count?

[+martin&lindabryn]

which is the highest navigable road in N Wales? at approx, 1950ft/595m(but only by walkers, mountain bikers and 4x4 off roaders)

 

Some idiot drove up Snowdon twice not long ago. Does that count?

 

dose not count, as the road I am thinking of, has legal public access, it is very popular with 4*4 drivers and motorbikes.

there is also a cache near the top of the pass that has been there since September 2002

[+Beach_hut]

Bump for this thread. Not a clue what the answer is though.

[+martin&lindabryn]

looks like I may have to allow a goggle search for the answer

to help narrow it down the green lain is in clwyd

[+Beach_hut]

I think I've identified it using a little bit of research... I didn't technically go on Google (well apart from their maps service)

 

The cache is Wayfarer's Memorial GC8AEE. The track runs from Llandrillo to Pentre?

[+martin&lindabryn]

I think I've identified it using a little bit of research... I didn't technically go on Google (well apart from their maps service)

 

The cache is Wayfarer's Memorial GC8AEE. The track runs from Llandrillo to Pentre?

 

that will be a ding for you Google will be forgiven this time

[+Beach_hut]

I think I've identified it using a little bit of research... I didn't technically go on Google (well apart from their maps service)

 

The cache is Wayfarer's Memorial GC8AEE. The track runs from Llandrillo to Pentre?

 

that will be a ding for you Google will be forgiven this time

Woo thanks!

 

Ok here's my question. "Who owns the fish?" is a famous logic puzzle. Who is reputed to have devised it?

[+Beach_hut]

Bumped with a clue.

 

This person died nearly 60 years ago, and is world famous.

[+MTH]

Einstein?

[+MartyBartfast]

Going purely on the hint I'm going to guess Albert Einstein; not sure whether he owns the fish, or asked the question, or both.

 

Sod it, must remember to be less verbose

Edited June 29, 2013 by MartyBartfast

[+Beach_hut]

It's a DING for MTH and an honourable mention for MartyBartfast :-)

[+MTH]

There can only be one question to follow, although it's a bit beyond what you might get in a pub quiz (sorry)

 

There are five houses in a row and in five different colours.In each house lives a person from a different country.

 

Each person drinks a certain drink, plays a certain sport, and keeps a certain pet.

 

No two people drink the same drink, play the same sport, or keep the same pet.

 

• The Brit lives in a red house
• The Swede keeps dogs
• The Dane drinks tea
• The green house is on the left of the white house
• The green house owner drinks coffee
• The person who plays polo rears birds
• The owner of the yellow house plays hockey
• The man living in the house right in the centre drinks milk
• The Norwegian lives in the first house
• The man who plays baseball lives next to the man who keeps cats
• The man who keeps horses lives next to the one who plays hockey
• The man who plays billiards drinks beer
• The German plays soccer
• The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
• The man who plays baseball has a neighbour who drinks water.

Who Owns The Fish?

 

[+MTH]

Come on - it took me 10 minutes to work it out

[+civilised]

Come on - it took me 10 minutes to work it out

 

The man who owns the fish ?

[+MTH]

There are only 5 choices - have guess if you can't solve the puzzle

[+Beach_hut]

There are only 5 choices - have guess if you can't solve the puzzle

Right, guess time....

 

The Dane.

[+Betelgeuse]

Ten minutes is about right.

 

It's the German.

[+MTH]

Ten minutes is about right.

 

It's the German.

 

Gets you the DING

[+Betelgeuse]

Thanks I've always been a fan of logic puzzles.

 

Albert Einstein, who devised that particular logic puzzle, was also a Nobel Laureate receiving the Nobel prize for Physics in 1921. Can you tell me for which subject he was awarded his Nobel prize?

[dodgydaved]

Thanks I've always been a fan of logic puzzles.

 

Albert Einstein, who devised that particular logic puzzle, was also a Nobel Laureate receiving the Nobel prize for Physics in 1921. Can you tell me for which subject he was awarded his Nobel prize?

 

Physics :lol:

[+martin&lindabryn]

Theoretical Physics, but didn’t actually receive it till 1922

[+Betelgeuse]

I'm looking for something a bit more specific than either of those answers.

[+MTH]

The photo-electric effect.

[+Betelgeuse]

That'll get you the DING!

 

Although the Nobel was awarded for "services to theoretical physics", the substantive piece of work that earned him the prize was the discovery of the Law governing the photoelectric effect. This discovery laid the foundations for future work in quantum physics.

 

Over to MTH

[+MTH]

Sticking with Nobel prizes. Who is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in their own right. i.e. neither prize was shared?

[+drdick&vick]

Marie Currie

[+Pajaholic]

I thought that Marie Curie shared her first Nobel prize with her husband.

 

This question is nagging me because it asks for a "person". ISTR that the International Red Cross has won several Peace prizes, including for both World Wars. I suspect that, legally, the Red Cross is a 'person' (in the same way as any body incorporated is) but I'm not sure it's the answer that MTH is looking for!

[+martin&lindabryn]

Linus Pauling, for Chemistry in 1954 and Peace in 1962

[+MTH]

Linus Pauling gets the Ding.

 

Marie Curie dod indeed share het first prize with her husband and , I think, Roentgen. Howevere Pierre Curie refused to accept unless Marie was included.

 

Seversl organisations, including the Red Cross, have won more than one prize but I did want an individual.

 

I must find out more about Pauling - Chemistry and Peace is quite some going!

[+MTH]

Correction - Becquerel not Roentgen

[+martin&lindabryn]

thanks for the ding.

lets have a change of subject

 

At 9:02 AM on August 27, 1896 the world`s shortest war started. Where did it start and how long did it last?

Edited July 7, 2013 by martin&lindabryn

[+Beach_hut]

45 minutes. I believe it was somewhere like Andorra?

[+martin&lindabryn]

45 minutes. I believe it was somewhere like Andorra?

you have 1/2 the answer correct

[+civilised]

Zanzibar ?

[+martin&lindabryn]

Zanzibar ?

that will be the ding for Civilised

 

The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted around 40 minutes, and is the shortest war in history.

Edited July 8, 2013 by martin&lindabryn

[+civilised]

that will be the ding for Civilised

 

Thanks !

 

What descending sequence is represented by the initial letters D M E V B ?