The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

January 16, 2014

Peter Cook, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.

It's so sad there are few comics as funny or as satirical!

January 16, 2014

Never mind, wasn't reading properly!

Edited January 16, 2014 by Beach_hut

January 16, 2014

A nice shiny ding for tony4in1.

January 17, 2014

OK using the reason we are all here -

GC24GQP-Braycastle Walk, a cache in Hastings asks the cacher about Grey Owl's birth date, what was his birth name?

6.2k · January 24, 2014

I know he was a fake, played in a film by Pierce Brosnan. I know it wasn't Archibald Leach (Cary Grant) but it was something like that.

January 24, 2014

I know he was a fake, played in a film by Pierce Brosnan. I know it wasn't Archibald Leach (Cary Grant) but it was something like that.

Sorry, he wasn't a fake, just misunderstood. Yes he was played in a film by Pierce Brosnan (and if you are looking for clues to his home in that film forget it) But you are getting close with the name!

6.2k · January 25, 2014

I thought he passed himself off as a native american ('red indian' at the time) having been born in... Brighton? Anyway, I'm not going to get this. A little clue?

Also - Page 200. Woo

January 25, 2014

Born in Hastings, lived in Hastings, OK went to America and came back dressed as one with his tribal name that had been given him. Clue - watch the film? Or visit Hastings Museum.

6.2k · January 25, 2014

Hastings! Of course. The clue was in the question

Since this has rolled over a page, I'll do a question reminder: What was Grey Owl's birth name?

6.2k · February 8, 2014

I don't think this one is going to get an answer....

6.2k · February 8, 2014

If this were Pointless, £250 may be getting added to the prize money...

tony4in1, can we have an extra clue please?

February 9, 2014

I don't think this one is going to get an answer....

Hmmm - isn't the answer on wikipedia?

February 9, 2014

I don't think this one is going to get an answer....

Hmmm - isn't the answer on wikipedia?

as pure the rules there is no googling allowed

Rule 1 - No googling!

Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer...

6.2k · February 9, 2014

I don't think this one is going to get an answer....

Hmmm - isn't the answer on wikipedia?

yep, and it will also be on IMDB, but I wouldn't use them any more than I would use google unless explicitly told it was OK by the question setter.

February 9, 2014

As I can't really give a clue, it's one of those things you remember or don't, how about I put you all out of your misery and give an easier one?

Grey Owl was Archie Belaney - I would have accepted Bellamy.

So let's get an easier one -

What is the first line of the Spanish National Anthem? (slightly tricky question)

February 9, 2014

As I can't really give a clue, it's one of those things you remember or don't, how about I put you all out of your misery and give an easier one?

Grey Owl was Archie Belaney - I would have accepted Bellamy.

So let's get an easier one -

What is the first line of the Spanish National Anthem? (slightly tricky question)

AFAICR there are no words.....???

February 9, 2014

Hmmm - isn't the answer on wikipedia?

as pure the rules there is no googling allowed

Rule 1 - No googling!

Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer...

There are rules? ;-)

Shirley those should be guidelines, no? :-)

Edited February 9, 2014 by Blue Square Thing

February 10, 2014

What is the first line of the Spanish National Anthem? (slightly tricky question)

AFAICR there are no words.....???

Ding! for dodgydaved, I did say it was a slightly trick question.

February 10, 2014

I have been given some presa and some pluma - what should I do with them (and why)?

February 10, 2014

As a Chef I should know the answer to this.

I would hope that you cooked and eat them, as they are the tender cuts of Spanish pork meat, taken from the loin next to the neck and behind the shoulder.

Not my question, but haven’t we had this question before?

February 10, 2014

Not my question, but haven’t we had this question before?

....I have a sneaking suspicion that you are correct - both in your answer and surmise -I do vaguely remember asking it before!! (...ad I have another sneaking feeling you might have answered it before :lol: :lol: )

February 10, 2014

Not my question, but haven’t we had this question before?

....I have a sneaking suspicion that you are correct - both in your answer and surmise -I do vaguely remember asking it before!! (...ad I have another sneaking feeling you might have answered it before :lol: )

now you mention it, you may be correct about me answering it as well

February 10, 2014

Not my question, but haven’t we had this question before?

....I have a sneaking suspicion that you are correct - both in your answer and surmise -I do vaguely remember asking it before!! (...ad I have another sneaking feeling you might have answered it before :lol: )

now you mention it, you may be correct about me answering it as well

ooops!

Found it! Less than a year ago as well - sorry!!

February 10, 2014

Thanks for the ooops!

Now for something a bit different

What hobby would you be taking part in? If you were using DMC, Anchor or Madeira

February 16, 2014

I was expecting this to have been answered by now as I have had no electric /internet since 3pm Wednesday

But, as it hasn’t, let give you a hint.

It is more of a feminine hobby but a lot of men do it too.

February 16, 2014

I was expecting this to have been answered by now as I have had no electric /internet since 3pm Wednesday

But, as it hasn’t, let give you a hint.

It is more of a feminine hobby but a lot of men do it too.

My Mum used to have Anchor Silks in her sewing machine box (I played with the empty bobbins) so I will plump for embroidery .........

February 16, 2014

I was expecting this to have been answered by now as I have had no electric /internet since 3pm Wednesday

But, as it hasn’t, let give you a hint.

It is more of a feminine hobby but a lot of men do it too.

My Mum used to have Anchor Silks in her sewing machine box (I played with the empty bobbins) so I will plump for embroidery .........

That’s a ding for dodgydave

They are manufacturers of silks for embroidery, cross stitch etc

Over to you

February 17, 2014

OK - sticking with sports and pastimes (very loose link there!)

What sport uses pieces of equipment that measure 2.74 m (9ft) by 1.525 m (5ft)?

6.2k · February 17, 2014

I'm going to have a stab at snooker/billiards (the table).

February 17, 2014

I'm going to have a stab at snooker/billiards (the table).

Nope - if you stab at that you will rip the baize []

February 17, 2014

OK - sticking with sports and pastimes (very loose link there!)

What sport uses pieces of equipment that measure 2.74 m (9ft) by 1.525 m (5ft)?

Gymnastics - Trampoline?

6.2k · February 17, 2014

I think it might be Boris' favourite: Wiff-Waff.

3.8k · February 18, 2014

Table tennis ?

February 18, 2014

Right - controversy about to unfold. :(

I am giving the Ping-Pong-Ding to Pharisee - 'cos table tennis is the answer I have.

I had to google to find out what wiff-waff was: and of course googling is not allowed in this thread :lol: :lol: :lol:

3.8k · February 19, 2014

Right - controversy about to unfold. :(

I am giving the Ping-Pong-Ding to Pharisee - 'cos table tennis is the answer I have.

I had to google to find out what wiff-waff was: and of course googling is not allowed in this thread :lol:

Ta... I have no idea what "wiff-waff" is either. I thought Boris was more likely to "wiffle-waffle" :lol:

Anyway... on with the show.

A 19th century mathematician and Anglican Deacon wrote a fantasy novel (and it's sequel) that is still read by millions. Any idea what the first book's title is?

6.2k · February 19, 2014

Ta... I have no idea what "wiff-waff" is either. I thought Boris was more likely to "wiffle-waffle"

Anyway... on with the show.

A 19th century mathematician and Anglican Deacon wrote a fantasy novel (and it's sequel) that is still read by millions. Any idea what the first book's title is?

Philistines! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiff_Waff - Anyway, I think you're looking for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (rather than the shortened title, Alice in Wonderland) which spawned Alice Through the Looking Glass. The Deacon was Charles Ludwich Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. Edited February 19, 2014 by Simply Paul

3.8k · February 20, 2014

Ta... I have no idea what "wiff-waff" is either. I thought Boris was more likely to "wiffle-waffle"

Anyway... on with the show.

A 19th century mathematician and Anglican Deacon wrote a fantasy novel (and it's sequel) that is still read by millions. Any idea what the first book's title is?

Philistines! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiff_Waff - Anyway, I think you're looking for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (rather than the shortened title, Alice in Wonderland) which spawned Alice Through the Looking Glass. The Deacon was Charles Ludwich Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll.

Absolutely right... DING to you, Paul.

6.2k · February 21, 2014

Thanks for that. Since I live close to Oxford I've a bit of an unfair advantage.

A slightly cryptic one: What from 1977 links Alice with Brazil?

February 21, 2014

I am probably wrong, as I usually am.

But wasn't Alice the name of the song sung by Smokie?

And thus I guess it was released in 1977. Well around then anyway.

But the Brazil part has me even more perplexed.

Was Brazil, the film, released in 1977?

I doubt that very much as too early I'd say.

Oh well.

6.2k · February 22, 2014

You are luc warm

February 24, 2014

You are luc warm

Base purely on JoLuc's theory and a bit of de Bono......

Alice was song by Smokey

Some time in the 70's, Ronnie Biggs escaped to Brazil.

Biggs was a bandit, so possibly the link between Alice and Brazil is the film Smokey and the Bandit??

Edited February 24, 2014 by Sharpeset

6.2k · February 26, 2014

Sorry to say that link wasn't where JL was warm. It was the film Brazil - which was on TV as I was posing the question - I was referring to, but that was from 1985, not '77.

February 26, 2014

For some reason I'm thinking of Alice Cooper. He didn't have a song by that name from that year, did he?

I'm presuming the film is a red herring unless I read it wrong?

6.2k · February 27, 2014

Terry Gilliam directed Brazil, and he would have been doing lots of stuff round '77.

6.2k · February 27, 2014

And a quick scoot through Terry's back catalog on IMDB reveals a link with Alice and 1977, but won't reveal here in case it's a breach of the "googling" rule.

February 27, 2014

In that case would it be that Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and also wrote Jabberwocky which was a film directed by Terry Gilliam who also directed Brazil? Not sure what year Jabberwocky came out though...

6.2k · February 28, 2014

In that case would it be that Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and also wrote Jabberwocky which was a film directed by Terry Gilliam who also directed Brazil? Not sure what year Jabberwocky came out though...

With some help from MartyBartfast that's a Ding! for Clue-72. Jabberwocky is a poem from Alice through the Looking Glass, and inspired a cracking pythonesque film (directed by Gilliam in 1977) of the same title. Well done. Over to you!

February 28, 2014

Thanks for the DING ( and thanks for the nudge in the right direction MartyBartfast )

Next question...

For which writer was the name Gerald Wiley a pseudonym?

6.2k · February 28, 2014

Ronnie Barker.

February 28, 2014

After watching a BBC documentary recently on Ronnie Barker

I know that he used Gerald Wiley to submit scripts for Frost on Sunday and the Two Ronnies

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