dodgydaved Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I remember Worcester Cathedral on one once so - Elgar? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) Bit of a stab in the dark. Dickens? Good guess, Dickens was on the £10 note at roughly the same time, a bit earlier. I remember Worcester Cathedral on one once so - Elgar? Edward Elgar gets the ding! Edited August 20, 2014 by Beach_hut Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Many thanks for that. OK, what's the rather tenuous link between Elgar and a BOAC Comet airliner? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Is the airliner Nimrod (one of the Enigma variations)? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Yup, the Nimrod (variation 10 I think) was based on the Hawker Siddely Comet! Over to you sir!!!! [] Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Yup, the Nimrod (variation 10 I think) was based on the Hawker Siddely Comet! Over to you sir!!!! [] I though De Havilland made the Comet. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Yup, the Nimrod (variation 10 I think) was based on the Hawker Siddely Comet! Over to you sir!!!! [] I though De Havilland made the Comet. You are of course correct John - my bad! Still the right answer though the Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, and intelligence and early warning variations were developed by Hawker from the old De Havilland Comet. Hawker S were the successors to De Havilland! Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 What year was Halley's comet's last approach to the Sun? Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 1986 - seem to remember watching a TV programme about a spacecraft attempting to get close up pictures but something happened and it failed. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Ding! (I thought they'd got _some_ pictures from it though.) Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Continuing the space theme, and a question from a pub quiz we took part in - what were the first words spoken from the surface of the moon? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 The Eagle has landed - if it's when the craft was on the surface. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind - if it's when Armstrong was standing on the surface. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 having had this in on of our quizzes I will say "Houston, The Eagle has landed" Quote Link to comment
+sdg2g08 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Wasn't there something about 'Tranquility base here' before the more famouse eagle line Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 According to QI, the first words were part of commentary Buzz Aldrin gave as he brought the LEM in to land. Those first words were "Contact light". "Houston, this is Tranquility. The Eagle has landed." (or something similar) was uttered a short while after. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) According to QI, the first words were part of commentary Buzz Aldrin gave as he brought the LEM in to land. Those first words were "Contact light". "Houston, this is Tranquility. The Eagle has landed." (or something similar) was uttered a short while after. We're afraid this is the closest to what we were after - radio protocol is to say who you are calling, followed by your callsign then the message. So it would be a DING, except nobody can hear a ding in space! Over to you Pajaholic Edited for spelling. Edited August 24, 2014 by me N u Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Thanks! Continuing with moons, what is the largest moon in the solar system? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Ding! Over to sdg2g08... Quote Link to comment
+sdg2g08 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Chnage of theme Which author wrote the Sharpe Series Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Bernard Cornwell - one of the best! Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) Bernard Cornwell Whoops.... didn't see the next page. Edited August 24, 2014 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Bernard Cornwell Whoops.... didn't see the next page. SNAP!! Quote Link to comment
+sdg2g08 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Ding for Dodgy Daved Edited August 26, 2014 by sdg2g08 Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 What rank did Sharpe achieve at Waterloo? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Major? Sorry Marty, nope! Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 We could have a go at "Play your Cards Right" with me saying Higher or lower........but not yet!! Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Wasn't he a Colonel by then? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 At some period of time he was reduced in rank either back to lieutenant or Sergeant im not sure which. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Ha! The British Army web site states there are 10 commissioned ranks (11 if you include Officer Cadet - a training rank) Of the 10 you have between you named 5 :) Still 5 guesses left then!! :) Quote Link to comment
+sdg2g08 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 LT colonel I belive at waterloo Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Just had another thought.... At Waterloo, he wasn't actually in the British army. Wasn't he some sort of 'adviser' attached to the Prince of Orange? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 LT colonel I belive at waterloo That's a big promoted DING to you sirrah!!! Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 LT colonel I belive at waterloo That's a big promoted DING to you sirrah!!! Quote Link to comment
+sdg2g08 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 What ocupation would you have been to be press ganged Quote Link to comment
tony and carina Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 What ocupation would you have been to be press ganged You could be any ocuptitian to be Press ganged, after press ganging you would be in the Navey, Someone can take the next Q as I will be away for a few days. Quote Link to comment
+sdg2g08 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 What ocupation would you have been to be press ganged You could be any ocuptitian to be Press ganged, after press ganging you would be in the Navey, Someone can take the next Q as I will be away for a few days. Ding and over to the floor Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 OK... As I seem to first in the queue... "Life is a lemon and I want my money back" Said who? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 OK... As I seem to first in the queue... "Life is a lemon and I want my money back" Said who? Meatloaf sang of it. (And now I have the song in my head) Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 OK... As I seem to first in the queue... "Life is a lemon and I want my money back" Said who? Meatloaf sang of it. (And now I have the song in my head) DING to you, sir! Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 DING to you, sir! Why thank you off on another tangent for the next one. Who said the following in film: Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Commonly misquoted, or maybe just in my head I've remembered it differently.... Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 That sounds like something Mae West would have said. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 That sounds like something Mae West would have said. Indeed it was! Ding, and back to you. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Whoops... sorry for the delay Ok... Modern, road going petrol engined cars peak at around 7,000 r.p.m. Motorcycles at getting on for double that. What r.p.m. was Mallard's steam engine doing when it set the world speed record in 1938 (to the nearest few!) ? Quote Link to comment
+Clue-72 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I'll take a wild guess and say 12 r.p.m. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Well I just did a back of the fag packet calculation based on estimates and I reckon it would need just over 1000 revolutions of the driving wheels per minute. Quote Link to comment
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