+me N u Posted August 24, 2014 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
Pajaholic Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 Thanks! Continuing with moons, what is the largest moon in the solar system? Quote
+sdg2g08 Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 Chnage of theme Which author wrote the Sharpe Series Quote
+Pharisee Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) Bernard Cornwell Whoops.... didn't see the next page. Edited August 24, 2014 by Pharisee Quote
dodgydaved Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 Bernard Cornwell Whoops.... didn't see the next page. SNAP!! Quote
+sdg2g08 Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Ding for Dodgy Daved Edited August 26, 2014 by sdg2g08 Quote
dodgydaved Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 What rank did Sharpe achieve at Waterloo? Quote
dodgydaved Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 We could have a go at "Play your Cards Right" with me saying Higher or lower........but not yet!! Quote
+speakers-corner Posted August 28, 2014 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
dodgydaved Posted August 28, 2014 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
+Pharisee Posted August 28, 2014 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
dodgydaved Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 LT colonel I belive at waterloo That's a big promoted DING to you sirrah!!! Quote
dodgydaved Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 LT colonel I belive at waterloo That's a big promoted DING to you sirrah!!! Quote
+sdg2g08 Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 What ocupation would you have been to be press ganged Quote
tony and carina Posted August 28, 2014 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
+sdg2g08 Posted August 28, 2014 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
+Pharisee Posted August 29, 2014 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
+Beach_hut Posted August 29, 2014 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
+Pharisee Posted August 29, 2014 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
+Beach_hut Posted August 31, 2014 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
+Pharisee Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 That sounds like something Mae West would have said. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 That sounds like something Mae West would have said. Indeed it was! Ding, and back to you. Quote
+Pharisee Posted September 5, 2014 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
+Clue-72 Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 I'll take a wild guess and say 12 r.p.m. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted September 5, 2014 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
+Pharisee Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 I'll take a wild guess and say 12 r.p.m. It's a bit faster than that. Quote
+Pharisee Posted September 5, 2014 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. But not as fast as that. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted September 5, 2014 Author Posted September 5, 2014 I'd guess at a drive wheel diameter of 6ft or so. Add some pi and I've a figure of 19ft approx. 125ish mph is 183ft per sec, or approx. 580rpm at the wheel. No idea if there's any form of gearing in a steam engine though, so this could be way off. Quote
+Pharisee Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 I'd guess at a drive wheel diameter of 6ft or so. Add some pi and I've a figure of 19ft approx. 125ish mph is 183ft per sec, or approx. 580rpm at the wheel. No idea if there's any form of gearing in a steam engine though, so this could be way off. That's just about close enough for a DING, Paul. The driving wheels are 6 feet 8 inches in diameter and the speed was 125.88 m.p.h. That works out to 528.91 r.p.m. assuming there no wheel spin. No gearing, the connecting rods are coupled to the driving wheels. Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted September 12, 2014 Posted September 12, 2014 Rather than let this thread lapse, I'll have a go: - What links the places Dubna (Russia), Darmstadt (Germany) and Berkeley (USA), with the planet Neptune? Quote
+Simply Paul Posted September 15, 2014 Author Posted September 15, 2014 Hershal visited the first three and discovered the last? I have a rather nice science book where Neptune is listed as Hershal. I think he hoped it'd be called George-something, after the king. Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Hershal visited the first three and discovered the last? I have a rather nice science book where Neptune is listed as Hershal. I think he hoped it'd be called George-something, after the king. No, not Hershal, but you've mentioned the general area you should be considering in your post. Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 chemical elements?? Ding! They all have chemical elements named after them. Dubna - Dubnium Darmstadt - Darmstadtium Berkeley - Berkelium Neptune - Neptunium. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Thanks for the ding. Now for a bit of history. What are the connections between the families Cornwallis and Lafayette Quote
+crb11 Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 A Cornwallis was one of the British generals in the American War of Independence, and a Lafayette one of the Americans ones. Cornwallis I think was the one who surrendered: possibly to Lafayette? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 A Cornwallis was one of the British generals in the American War of Independence, and a Lafayette one of the Americans ones. Cornwallis I think was the one who surrendered: possibly to Lafayette? Thats the second part. Cornwallis or rather his 2IC surrendered to Washingtons 2IC. There is another connection. Quote
+crb11 Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 I found another one (between the same Cornwallis and a different Lafayette) by looking on Wikipedia but it's pretty obscure. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 If it helps! The first part is on similar grounds as the second but has to do with the father of one of them. Quote
+crb11 Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 That fits what I've got. (We're not meant to look things up, so I wasn't claiming the win: knew I didn't know anything else about Cornwallis!) Quote
+speakers-corner Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 OK, then I will give you the Ding. The other Information that I was looking for was that in a european war Cornwallis took part in a battle that killed the father of Lafayette. The son later took part in a battle that caused Cornwallis to surrender. Found all this out when I was in Yorktown last week. Quote
+crb11 Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Thanks! A punchline to a well-known joke answers the following: what is the odd one out from American Football, elephants, Northern Ireland, particle physics. What is the joke? Quote
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