+Betelgeuse Posted October 24, 2013 Posted October 24, 2013 Right country, right misinterpretation, wrong person. Quote
+crb11 Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) The recesses of my mind have come up with a name like Scarpelli, and about 1890. (Astronomy-obsessed as a kid, less so now...) Edited October 26, 2013 by crb11 Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Not Da Vinci. Scarpelli is getting very close indeed but it's not right although the date is definitely in the ballpark. The study was undertaken in Mars' opposition of 1877. The astronomer was the first to identify the 'canali' later misinterpreted as 'canal' as mentioned by Simply Paul in an earlier post. Quote
+Fianccetto Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Not Da Vinci. So I was only a few centuries out, then! Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 So I was only a few centuries out, then! Off by a whisker. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted October 31, 2013 Posted October 31, 2013 Sticking with Mars themed questions, who produced the first detailed map of Mars? Bump.... Still stuck :-( Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted October 31, 2013 Posted October 31, 2013 There are a heap of clues already given - the canali clue is probably the strongest. However, He was born in 1835 and died in 1910. He was an Italian astronomer and also a science historian. As well as his studies of Mars, he also showed that the Perseid and Leonid meteor showers were associated with comets, in particular, he proved that the orbit of the Leonids and the orbit of the comet Tempel Tuttle were the same leading him to form the hypothesis that meteor showers could be caused by cometary trails. He has craters on both the Moon and Mars named after him. Any takers? Quote
+crb11 Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 I looked the answer up after guessing before because it was bugging me... doubt the extra information you're giving is going to help anyone either, I'm afraid. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 :-( Can we relax the no-google rule in this one instance? Quote
dodgydaved Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 From the first post in the original thread: Posted 19 May 2006 - 07:32 PM Welcome to the Groundspeak Arms, come in, take your coat off - put your feet up! I'm going to ask a question, whoever answers correctly can post the next question and so on... Rule 1 - No googling! Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer... Hmmmmmm! Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 :-( Can we relax the no-google rule in this one instance? I suppose that would be up to Simply Paul as the owner of the quiz. I've no particular objection if he's ok with it. Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 From the first post in the original thread: Posted 19 May 2006 - 07:32 PM Welcome to the Groundspeak Arms, come in, take your coat off - put your feet up! I'm going to ask a question, whoever answers correctly can post the next question and so on... Rule 1 - No googling! Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer... Hmmmmmm! All things are relative. Set a TV soap or a popular sport question and I'd be stumped. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted November 4, 2013 Author Posted November 4, 2013 :-( Can we relax the no-google rule in this one instance?I suppose that would be up to Simply Paul as the owner of the quiz. I've no particular objection if he's ok with it. Given it seems unlikely anyone knows this off the top of their heads, let the race to Google begin! (on this occasion. The standard rules apply generally) Quote
+Beach_hut Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 In that case, Giovanni Schiaparelli? Quote
+Betelgeuse Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 Google You can have the DING! for that. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted November 5, 2013 Posted November 5, 2013 Google You can have the DING! for that. Hehe thanks. My question is an ironic homage: what was Google called before it was Google? (And not 'Googol') Quote
+Beach_hut Posted November 8, 2013 Posted November 8, 2013 Bump with a clue: the name is related to the way it ranks sites based on the number of sites that link back to it? Quote
+The Duckers Posted November 13, 2013 Posted November 13, 2013 I seem to recall (after reading your clue, giving part of what I think is the answer.....) that it is was called backscratch? Quote
+Beach_hut Posted November 13, 2013 Posted November 13, 2013 I seem to recall (after reading your clue, giving part of what I think is the answer.....) that it is was called backscratch? Close enough for a ding - the answer is Backrub. Your turn Quote
+The Duckers Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Thanks, I'll take the close enough I'll stick with the search engine of choice for the moment and ask what the first Google Doodle was in honour of? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Thanks, I'll take the close enough I'll stick with the search engine of choice for the moment and ask what the first Google Doodle was in honour of? Is this a clever ploy to ensure we can't search for the answer in Google? (because if you type Google into Google it will break the Internet). Quote
+The Duckers Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Yes Marty, I am full of clver ploys Sorry Beach Hut, no ding there...... Quote
+The Duckers Posted November 23, 2013 Posted November 23, 2013 Oh well, seems like a clue may be needed as it's gone very quiet in here...... Quote
+Beach_hut Posted November 23, 2013 Posted November 23, 2013 Oh well, seems like a clue may be needed as it's gone very quiet in here...... Yes please :-) Quote
+Simply Paul Posted November 24, 2013 Author Posted November 24, 2013 No need. I read about it on a news site related to the Doctor Who 50th Doodle. The first was a stick man in the Burning Man style, used to suggest the Google team were 'out of office' and away having fun in the desert. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted November 26, 2013 Author Posted November 26, 2013 Thanking you kindly. Sticking with burning men, which film is credited with featuring the first 'full body burn' by a stuntman? Quote
+Beach_hut Posted November 27, 2013 Posted November 27, 2013 Thanking you kindly. Sticking with burning men, which film is credited with featuring the first 'full body burn' by a stuntman? I'm going to guess at the Wicker Man? Quote
+Clue-72 Posted November 27, 2013 Posted November 27, 2013 I reckon it's earlier than that, and the earliest I can think of is The Thing From Another World. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted November 28, 2013 Posted November 28, 2013 You didn't see Edward Woodward burn in The Wicker Man, I'm gonna guess "The Towering Inferno" as I reckon it's about the right era. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted November 28, 2013 Posted November 28, 2013 I can’t remember the title of the film, but wasn’t it in a 1950 horror film about an alien. Quote
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted November 28, 2013 Posted November 28, 2013 I'll stick with a Sci-Fi total guess. Was it The Day The Earth Stood Still (the original film with Michael Rennie) Early 50's and fab. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted November 28, 2013 Author Posted November 28, 2013 I reckon it's earlier than that, and the earliest I can think of is The Thing From Another World.And you'd be correct! The 'vegetable man' alien (well done martin&lindabryn) from the 1951 film is set on fire with electricity. Thanks to his outfit and mask, it was possible to set the stuntman on fire, all over. The film was remade (ish) by John Carpenter in 1982 as The Thing. A classic Scifi Ding! to you. Quote
+Clue-72 Posted November 29, 2013 Posted November 29, 2013 Thanks for the ding! Who revealed, in 2005, that he had been the secret informant known as Deep Throat during the Watergate scandal of the 1970s? Quote
+Beach_hut Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I've got a name in my head.... Was he Mark Felt? Quote
+Clue-72 Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 That's a DING! It was indeed Mark Felt, the Associate Director of the FBI at the time of the Watergate break-in. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 That's a DING! It was indeed Mark Felt, the Associate Director of the FBI at the time of the Watergate break-in. Thanks for the DING. A question about something else 'Deep' now: what was the name of the hit that one-hit-wonder Deep Blue Something are known for? Quote
+MTH Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 Yes, I remember the film. it was Breakfast At Tiffany's Quote
+Simply Paul Posted December 2, 2013 Author Posted December 2, 2013 In anticipation of the next linked question, George Peppard in Battle Beyond the Stars Quote
+MTH Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 That won't get the Ding when I get to ask the next question. Actually that sounds like an idea - guess the next answer before the question is asked! :-) Quote
+Beach_hut Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 Yes, I remember the film. it was Breakfast At Tiffany's Yes that's a DING! I'm curious what next question SP had in mind. George Peppard was in Breskfast at Tiffany's IIRC? Quote
+MTH Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 A linked question then, but definitely not the one SP expected. Who wrote the book on which the film Breakfast At Tiffany's was based? Quote
+civilised Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 A linked question then, but definitely not the one SP expected. Who wrote the book on which the film Breakfast At Tiffany's was based? Truman Capote Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 A linked question then, but definitely not the one SP expected. Who wrote the book on which the film Breakfast At Tiffany's was based? George Peppard (in Battle Beyond the Stars) ? Quote
+Fianccetto Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Truman Capote Opps, I'm too late! Edited December 3, 2013 by Fianccetto Quote
+MTH Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 That's a Ding for civilised sorry my response wasn't as quick. Quote
+MTH Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 That's a Ding for civilised sorry my response wasn't as quick. Quote
+civilised Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 That's a Ding for civilised sorry my response wasn't as quick. Thanks Truman Capote wrote a very famous true crime book based on a 1959 murder. In which US state did this murder take place ? Quote
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