+speakers-corner Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 OK, Portland again. How many lighthouses are there at the Bill, and what are they used for today. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 I think it's three. The tall strippy one's still an operational lighthouse,the small octaginal(?) one is either a private house or can be rented as a holiday cottage perhaps, and the small round(?) one is... used as a Daymark? Ice-cream parlour? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Almost there, three is correct, 2 from 3 uses are also correct, but what is the third use? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Radio beacon site? I'm working from some pretty old memories here! Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sorry, ist not a Radio beacon site. The tall strippy one is the lighthouse that is still in use. The upper lighthouse was a private residence but now a guesthouse. What is the lower lighthouse being used for? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 As I will be away from the Internet until Monday I will pass the Ding to Simply Paul as he is the closest to the answer. The third lighthouse (lower lighthouse) is a Bird Observatory. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 That was going to be my third guess! Thanks SC. Staying with Bills, who had a minor hit in 1978 with a cover of Rocket Man? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 James T. Kirk (AKA William Shatner). Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Ding. A. Ling. That's the. William... I wanted. Over. To you. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) I probably wouldn't have remembered except it's being used for TV ad running at the moment! Anyway, what connects the following: A Lion's Mane An Engineer's thumb A Norwood Builder Edited October 3, 2014 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 The last is a Sherlock Holmes story. Are the other two? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yep, They're all Sherlock Holmes stories. Your go. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Staying near Norwood, Crystal Palace have had two main nicknames in their history. One is "the Eagles", but what is the other? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 It's an obvious one given their name, so be unimaginative! Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I'm going to guess, "The Glaziers" ! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 after having a chat with one of my locals,who is a football fan, he has suggested "The Club"! Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 A ding to Pajaholic! Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Thanks! I think that was more a massive hint than a good guess! Staying with Crystal Palace: they used to play in claret and blue, colours that (at least) three English football teams currently play in. For the ding, name two of those teams. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Aston Villa and West Ham are two. Don't know the third. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 DING! FWIW, Burnley are the third. Over to crb11 Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 What links Ilfracombe, Glastonbury, Swindon, Banbury and Daventry? (Not football this time.) Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 having worked on Lundy island and saled from Ilfracombe I think the link will be the A361 road Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I think so too. Ding! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 thanks for the ding change of tack and a foodie question the spice "mace" comes from the same tree as which other spice? Quote Link to comment
+RJx2 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 We think it might be nutmeg. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 We think it might be nutmeg. that gets a quick ding over to you Quote Link to comment
+RJx2 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Thank you! What is called a "nutmeg" in some sports? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Isn't that kicking a ball between your opponent's legs then running round the side to pick it up? Quote Link to comment
+RJx2 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 It certainly is! Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Picture round. Who made the film which this is a still from? (bonus for naming the film too!) Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Georges Melies, Man in the Moon do I get the smiley for spotting the 35mi film pot? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 That's right and here's your smiley Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 thanks for the ding and the smiley In which year was Barack Obama inaugurated as American President? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 2009 (late January). Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Ding Ding 2009 (He won the election in 2008, presidents are not inaugurated until January) Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 When written out in words, what is the smallest (whole positive) number to contain a letter A? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 101 (one hundred And one)? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 101 dings to you, sir or madam. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Thanks! I'm not into football, but a colleague is a Burnley fan. He suggested the following question ... Blackburn Rovers won the FA Cup three seasons in a row starting in 1884, a feat for which they were given a unique privilege. For the ding, what is that privilege? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Allowed to display the club crest on its corner flags and given a silver shield I am doing well for local questions, as I was born in Preston Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 DING! Over to martin&lindabryn ... Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 thanks for the ding Which iconic gadget was first released on November 10th 2001? Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I'll take a stab at the I-pod Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 ding ding it was the I-pod Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Thanks - better have a music question: In 1985 I bought my first CD. It was by an artiste with the birth name Helen Adu. By what name is this singer better known? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Echo Echo echo echo echo echo echo echo... Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) That's a DING for Beach Hut Edited October 7, 2014 by Sharpeset Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hehe thanks. Sade arugably reached the peak of her career in 1984 - but what was the biggest selling single of that year? (In the UK) Quote Link to comment
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