The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+Pajaholic]

IIRC, a "split" is an American Football 'play'. It's also been the political state of Northern Ireland; and particle physicists have been known to split the odd atom. The only way I can think of an elephant "splitting" is by "getting out of here"! So I'll guess that "split" is the very common word; but I have no idea of the joke!

[+crb11]

Right idea, not the right word. (It's specifically Northern Ireland and nowhere else that I'm aware of.)

[+crb11]

Oh dear. To clarify the hint: if all four were linked, then something in American football would be called X, something in Northern Ireland would be called X, something to do with elephants would be called X, something to do with particle physics would be called X. Four Xs, but a different meaning in each case. Except that one of these four isn't true, and there's a joke about it.

 

The joke also features a duck.

[+TheOldfields]

Quark, craic and quack?

[+crb11]

That looks like it could be a better answer than mine, but no. All the connections are the same word, pronounced and spelt the same (except one has a capital letter.)

[Sharpeset]

Oh dear. To clarify the hint: if all four were linked, then something in American football would be called X, something in Northern Ireland would be called X, something to do with elephants would be called X, something to do with particle physics would be called X. Four Xs, but a different meaning in each case. Except that one of these four isn't true, and there's a joke about it.

 

The joke also features a duck.

 

No idea of the joke, but could the word possibly be 'Down'?

Logic being:

American football features eg "first down and ten";

There's a County Down in NI;

Picking up on the Oldfields suggestions, I believe quarks can be classified as 'up' or 'down' (used to work in nuclear fusion facility -in admin- but surrounded by physicists discussing such things over coffee at lunchtime);

 

That leaves elephants: can't think of a 'down' connection, but since you mention that the joke features a duck, could that duck possibly be an eider duck, giving an eider down link?

 

Pete

[+crb11]

That's the connection, and I'll give you the ding for it.

 

The joke is: "How do you get down off an elephant?" "You don't, you get down off a duck." (I'd seen it regularly, but think I was into my teens before I understood it.)

[Sharpeset]

That's the connection, and I'll give you the ding for it.

 

The joke is: "How do you get down off an elephant?" "You don't, you get down off a duck." (I'd seen it regularly, but think I was into my teens before I understood it.)

 

Thanks- ah yes, remember it now

 

What word links the “Wizard of Oz” with the top goal-scorer in the 1990 World Cup finals?

[+Beach_hut]

That's the connection, and I'll give you the ding for it.

 

The joke is: "How do you get down off an elephant?" "You don't, you get down off a duck." (I'd seen it regularly, but think I was into my teens before I understood it.)

 

Thanks- ah yes, remember it now

 

What word links the “Wizard of Oz” with the top goal-scorer in the 1990 World Cup finals?

 

The goalscorer was Salvatore Schillaci, who I believe was also known as Toto.

 

Edit to finish joining the dots: and Toto was Dorothy's dog in the Wizard of Oz

Edited September 23, 2014 by Beach_hut

[Sharpeset]

That's the connection, and I'll give you the ding for it.

 

The joke is: "How do you get down off an elephant?" "You don't, you get down off a duck." (I'd seen it regularly, but think I was into my teens before I understood it.)

 

Thanks- ah yes, remember it now

 

What word links the “Wizard of Oz” with the top goal-scorer in the 1990 World Cup finals?

 

The goalscorer was Salvatore Schillaci, who I believe was also known as Toto.

 

Edit to finish joining the dots: and Toto was Dorothy's dog in the Wizard of Oz

 

Back of the net! - over to you...

[+Beach_hut]

Why thank you. Toto's last goal of that World Cup was against England, in a match Italy won 2-1. Who scored for England?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

David Platt?

[+Beach_hut]

David Platt?

And that's a DING!

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Wow! That was a total guess!

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Okay then, here's the next one: -

 

What connects ice hockey, polo, tug of war and gliding?

[+martin&lindabryn]

they all used to be Olympic sports

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Correct.

[+martin&lindabryn]

Thanks for the Ding.

A nice easy question for you now.

 

What animal is used on UK road signs to denote a zoo?

Edited September 27, 2014 by martin&lindabryn

[+speakers-corner]

a Zebra

[+speakers-corner]

or was it an Elephant.

[+Pharisee]

A kangaroo

[+martin&lindabryn]

over to speakers-corner with his second attempt Elephant.

[+speakers-corner]

History.

Who built the breakwaters of Portland Harbor?

[Sharpeset]

The inmates of Portland Prison (who were prisoners of war)

Edited September 28, 2014 by Sharpeset

[+speakers-corner]

There goes the Ding. It was built by the inmates of Portland prison, they were not prisoners of war but were convicts who lived at "The Grove" on Portland.

[Sharpeset]

There goes the Ding. It was built by the inmates of Portland prison, they were not prisoners of war but were convicts who lived at "The Grove" on Portland.

 

Thanks - sticking with Portland, which battleship was deliberately scuttled in the southernmost entrance to Portland Harbour in 1914?

[+speakers-corner]

That was going to be one of my questions.

It was HMS Hood, sunk across the opening to stop enemy submarines from entering the Harbour.

[Sharpeset]

DING! - exactly right

[+speakers-corner]

OK, Portland again.

How many lighthouses are there at the Bill, and what are they used for today.

[+Simply Paul]

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?

[+speakers-corner]

Almost there, three is correct, 2 from 3 uses are also correct, but what is the third use?

[+Simply Paul]

Radio beacon site? I'm working from some pretty old memories here!

[+speakers-corner]

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?

[+speakers-corner]

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.

[+Simply Paul]

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?

[+MartyBartfast]

James T. Kirk (AKA William Shatner).

[+Simply Paul]

Ding.

A.

Ling.

That's the.

William...

I wanted.

Over.

To you.

[+MartyBartfast]

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

[+crb11]

The last is a Sherlock Holmes story. Are the other two?

[+MartyBartfast]

Yep, They're all Sherlock Holmes stories.

 

Your go.

[+crb11]

Staying near Norwood, Crystal Palace have had two main nicknames in their history. One is "the Eagles", but what is the other?

[+crb11]

It's an obvious one given their name, so be unimaginative!

[+Pajaholic]

I'm going to guess, "The Glaziers" !

[+martin&lindabryn]

after having a chat with one of my locals,who is a football fan, he has suggested "The Club"!

[+crb11]

A ding to Pajaholic!

[+Pajaholic]

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.

[+crb11]

Aston Villa and West Ham are two. Don't know the third.

[+Pajaholic]

DING!

 

FWIW, Burnley are the third.

 

Over to crb11

[+crb11]

What links Ilfracombe, Glastonbury, Swindon, Banbury and Daventry? (Not football this time.)

[+martin&lindabryn]

having worked on Lundy island and saled from Ilfracombe I think the link will be the A361 road