+MartyBartfast Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Guessing that there's some sort of irony involved, I'll guess at Spain. Quote
dodgydaved Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) I know the answer - didn't google, but I have family on Gib - is that allowed? :) speelink Edited March 30, 2014 by dodgydaved Quote
+Beach_hut Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 I know the answer - didn't google, but I have family on Gib - is that allowed? :) speelink If you know the answer without googling, go for it.. Quote
dodgydaved Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 I know the answer - didn't google, but I have family on Gib - is that allowed? :) speelink If you know the answer without googling, go for it.. OK then draw with Slovakia - but It was in Portugal - Faro - not at the Victoria Stadium. Dave N tells me all their home EUEFA matches could be/will be played in Faro. Quote
dodgydaved Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 OK, sticking with the rock. John Pharisee - we missed each other by a couple of days last year - but how much did you learn about Gib. Its a mixture of Andalusian Spanish and British English, with vocabulary from Genoese, Hebrew, Maltese and Portuguese. It is spoken in Gibraltar by the locals. But what is it called? Quote
+Pharisee Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 I would like to be able to say "Yeah... I know that!" but to be truthful, I haven't got a clue. Sorry.... Quote
+Beach_hut Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 If there's any justice in the world, it ought to be called Gibrish! Quote
dodgydaved Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 If there's any justice in the world, it ought to be called Gibrish! :) Quote
+TheOldfields Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Coincidentally.... I figured this one out earlier on.... http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC50JD0_utter-gibberish Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 2, 2014 Author Posted April 2, 2014 Coincidentally.... I figured this one out earlier on.... http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC50JD0_utter-gibberish Premium Members only Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 4, 2014 Author Posted April 4, 2014 I've waited long enough to say "Is it Yan-something?" thanks to a half-remembered comment on some TV programme (with Alan Wicker?) about the rock. Quote
dodgydaved Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 I've waited long enough to say "Is it Yan-something?" thanks to a half-remembered comment on some TV programme (with Alan Wicker?) about the rock. Hi Paul, Yan something is close enough after this time. Yanito or Llanito (not too sure about the spellings though. Over to you :) Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 4, 2014 Author Posted April 4, 2014 That's unexpected, but thank you. The above question inspired the next: Venetia Phair, née Burney (July 11th 1918 – April 30th 2009) was the first person to suggest a name for something, when aged 11 and living in Oxford. She was granddaughter of Falconer Madan, whose brother Henry Madan (once Science Master of Eton) had suggested two names for somethings not entirely different, in 1878. All three names are still in use. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 9, 2014 Author Posted April 9, 2014 Clue One: Her age and date of birth should lead you to a year. Since she suggested it in the first half of the year, add one. You now have a year which may help identify what it was she gave the name to. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 I seem to remember that its something to do with moons, but which ones and round which plane eludes me Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 9, 2014 Author Posted April 9, 2014 You're in the right area, but some way off. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 12, 2014 Author Posted April 12, 2014 Extra clue: This object is now known to have at least five moons, one of which is so unusually big it lifts the system's centre of mass (aka barycenter) and rotation outside its primary - the only body in the solar system known to do this apart from the Sun/Jupiter combination, which only just does it too. The 'wobble' this gives our sun is basically the same as what we use to 'spot' planets around distant stars. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 13, 2014 Author Posted April 13, 2014 Pluto? Ding! Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 using the 'blink comparator' method, but named by a girl from Oxford after the god of the Underworld, Pluto is the rock in question. Over to you! P.S. The great-uncle suggested the names still used for Mars' two small moons. Quote
+TheOldfields Posted April 13, 2014 Posted April 13, 2014 Splendid. What are the four quarters of the old city of Jerusalem? Quote
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted April 13, 2014 Posted April 13, 2014 Oh Dear, I should know this having visited this most wonderful of places some years back...but have my doubts as to my answer. Jewish, Arab, Christian and Greek (?). Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted April 13, 2014 Posted April 13, 2014 Muslim, American, Jewish and Christian Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted April 13, 2014 Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) Muslim, AmericanArmenian, Jewish and Christian Dammed auto correct Edited April 13, 2014 by martin&lindabryn Quote
+TheOldfields Posted April 13, 2014 Posted April 13, 2014 That would be a lovely shiny Ding to m&l. Over to you. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted April 13, 2014 Posted April 13, 2014 Thanks for the ding Now for something different Which famous logo, is the company’s name written in blue, inside a yellow oval which in turn sits inside a blue rectangle? Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted April 13, 2014 Posted April 13, 2014 Very droll, but a quick ding to you Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 13, 2014 Author Posted April 13, 2014 Cheers. A rapid change of direction and a tricky question: What's pretty much unique about the City of Lincoln? Quote
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted April 14, 2014 Posted April 14, 2014 It has a "green" named after it? Worth a punt. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted April 14, 2014 Posted April 14, 2014 Michael Portillo was there on one of his railway journeys recently and the Cathedral doesn't have a spire so I'll go with it's the only Cathedral without one. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 16, 2014 Author Posted April 16, 2014 You're being a little too literal, but I like the cathedral idea. However, St Paul's has no spire. Lots have towers and no spire..? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Well all I can add is that it used to have a number of spires but I think one fell down and the others were dismantled a long time back, just leaving the towers with no spires. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 And at one point Lincoln Cathedral was tallest building in the world, but that's another story. (Or should that be storey?) Is it that it's twinned with another Lincoln? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 22, 2014 Author Posted April 22, 2014 Extra clue: By The City of Lincoln, I don't mean the place which gives its name to Lincolnshire. Quote
+me N u Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 is it the name of the last (?) flying Avro Lancaster? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 is it the name of the last (?) flying Avro Lancaster? A Dam-Busting DING! for that. There's a Canadian one still flying, which is why I said 'pretty much' unique. Over to you! Quote
+me N u Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 is it the name of the last (?) flying Avro Lancaster? A Dam-Busting DING! for that. There's a Canadian one still flying, which is why I said 'pretty much' unique. Over to you! Thank you, we have no idea where we picked up that bit of information, never mind remembered it! Anyway, a bit of a change now - the TV series "Shameless" is set on which fictional Manchester estate? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 28, 2014 Author Posted April 28, 2014 Since no one else has come forward for this, it's the Chatsworth estate, IIRC. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 28, 2014 Author Posted April 28, 2014 DING to Simply Paul - took a while!I wanted to give others a chance Ok. Inspired by a conversation I had while caching in London earlier this month, where would you commonly find a Leaky Feeder? Quote
+Just Roger Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) Obviously in Wales Edited April 29, 2014 by Just Roger Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 30, 2014 Author Posted April 30, 2014 Wrong with Wales (although there must be some there) yet also sort of correct, in a weird way... Keep the guesses coming! Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Used for underground communication in mines and the underground network Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 30, 2014 Author Posted April 30, 2014 Used for underground communication in mines and the underground networkAnd that's how you give a full, clear answer. A Ding for also being the correct answer As M&L say, Leaky Feeders are a type of cable forming a sort of aerial allowing radio signals to be used for communication where they usually wouldn't. Over to you. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Thanks for the ding One of the questions from our pub quiz last night Which was the last country in Europe to give women the vote and for a bonus in what Year? Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 looks like its time for a hint "By giving voters the final say on legislation, this countries system of direct democracy kept women out, but at the same time the extensive autonomy of even the smallest administrative units gave them their chance to break in to political life. It was a tiny commune in Canton Valais that, in 1957, was the first to allow its women members to vote. Several cantons gradually followed suit, and in the 1960s women started occupying more and more important positions in local parliaments and governments. In 1968 the country's third largest city, had a woman mayor - but she still couldn't vote in federal elections. This advance did not prevent suggesting that when this country signed the human rights convention of the Council of Europe, it should opt out of those parts calling for sexual equality. The uproar this provoked forced the government to revise its position. A new referendum was put to the country. The result: on February 7th 1971, by a two thirds majority, finally gave their female compatriots their full federal voting rights." Quote
+Beach_hut Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) cantons? are we in Switzerland then? (by which I obviously mean, is that the answer? ;-) ) Edited May 9, 2014 by Beach_hut Quote
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