+me N u Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Jean Michel Jarre ? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Question : Which long-standing musician originally studied sculpture, and worked with Salvador Dali before taking up synthesizers? Bumping this.. Is anyone right so far and if not can we have a clue? Edited October 28, 2014 by Beach_hut Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Question : Which long-standing musician originally studied sculpture, and worked with Salvador Dali before taking up synthesizers? Bumping this.. Is anyone right so far and if not can we have a clue? Well I just googled it, and nobody's right, what's more I've never heard of 'em ! Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Neither had I when I Googled it last night. Think it's time for a DING to Google for coming up with Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream. Google now asks which actor links The Princess Bride and House of Cards? Quote Link to comment
+Hampk Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Neither had I when I Googled it last night. Think it's time for a DING to Google for coming up with Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream. Google now asks which actor links The Princess Bride and House of Cards? It's a ding to you (or Google if you rather), and I guess there's nothing wrong with using Google - you either know 'em or you don't! Sorry if it was a bit hard for some of you.. And for those who haven't heard of them remember Streethawk? Near Dark? Risky Business? Thief? They did the soundtracks Ah, go get some and listen Edited October 28, 2014 by Hampk Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I'd googled it too: I've heard some Tangerine Dream, but hadn't heard of Edgar Froese. Interestingly of our guesses, two met Dali: there's photos of Eno having a meal with him, and Wakeman notoriously threw him out of a gig for disrupting it! No connection with Jarre that I can find. The new one is much easier: Robin Wright was in both I believe. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 And a nice shiny Ding to crb11. Over to you.... Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) A country gained its current name 50 years ago today, combining parts of the names of its mainland section and an offshore island group. Which country? Edited October 29, 2014 by crb11 Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 A country gained its current name 50 years ago today, combining parts of the names of its mainland section and an offshore island group. Which country? Tanzania? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) Not so dodgy! A quick DING to you. Tanzania was formed from Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Edited October 29, 2014 by crb11 Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Cheers Kidder, OK, In 1944 Helen Duncan was the last case of a woman being tried and convicted in the U.K. for what crime? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Cheers Kidder, OK, In 1944 Helen Duncan was the last case of a woman being tried and convicted in the U.K. for what crime? Pretty sure she's the woman imprisoned for witchcraft after she supposedly gave out details of a naval ship sinking at a public seance in Portsmouth which had been kept secret by the War Dept. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Cheers Kidder, OK, In 1944 Helen Duncan was the last case of a woman being tried and convicted in the U.K. for what crime? Pretty sure she's the woman imprisoned for witchcraft after she supposedly gave out details of a naval ship sinking at a public seance in Portsmouth which had been kept secret by the War Dept. A scary Halloween Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing to Marty!! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 It's amazing what you learn through Geocaching : http://coord.info/GC465EX Anyway, who succeeded Mrs Peel as John Steed's right hand woman? Quote Link to comment
+Clue-72 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Was it Joanna Lumley as Purdey? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I remember it well, it was Tara King. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I remember it well, it was Tara King. Indeed it was! Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Who is sitting on the "White Horse" near Weymouth? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Ooops, thanks for the ding Marty. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Who is sitting on the "White Horse" near Weymouth?I think that's a George. I'll guess at IV, based on his fine hat. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Its not George IV, but. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) George III? Edited October 31, 2014 by Beach_hut Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 A Ding für Beach_hut. It was George III, and because he was shown riding away from Weymouth he didnt return there again. Quote Link to comment
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Shuks! I knew the Tara King answer. My friend's dad dated her in the 80's. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 A Ding für Beach_hut. It was George III, and because he was shown riding away from Weymouth he didnt return there again. Thanks for the Ding. Next question - related to Georges and horses - which George sang of a Dark Horse in 1974? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 George Harrison? (Before my time, but worth a guess.) Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 George Harrison? (Before my time, but worth a guess.) And there's a quick ding. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Thank you! If Essex is north of Suffolk, Suffolk is north of Norfolk, and Cambridge is in Middlesex, where are we? (Other than a bottom Geography set.) Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 The good old US of A? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Yes, but where specifically? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Yes, but where specifically? Well the only one I know off the top of my head is that Cambridge is in Massachusetts, so I'll go with that. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 That's the one. Ding! (I thought adding in that Boston was in Suffolk might make it a bit too easy.) Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Thanks. What do Mary Read and Anne Bonny have in common? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Wild West, Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane?? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Wild West, Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane?? I like your thinking, but no. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Both pirates, I think. (We used these as dorm names for a youth holiday a few years back.) Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Aaaaarrrr, that be right me old shipmate. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 What connects London, Wigan, Paris, Catalonia and Burma? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 What connects London, Wigan, Paris, Catalonia and Burma? Down and out on the road to wigan was George Orwell (hope he went via catalonia and burna some how! ( ) Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 A bit confused, but I'll give you the requisite thirteen dings. Amongst Orwell's books were "Down and Out in Paris and London", "The Road to Wigan Pier", "Homage to Catalonia" and "Burmese Days". Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 A bit confused, but I'll give you the requisite thirteen dings. Amongst Orwell's books were "Down and Out in Paris and London", "The Road to Wigan Pier", "Homage to Catalonia" and "Burmese Days". Who, traditionally, were originally at "sixes & sevens"? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Two of the London livery companies - I think one of the two was the Mercers. They got to do something in order of precedence (date of foundation?) but two were equal sixth, so one year one was sixth and the other seventh, and the next they swapped over. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Two of the London livery companies - I think one of the two was the Mercers. They got to do something in order of precedence (date of foundation?) but two were equal sixth, so one year one was sixth and the other seventh, and the next they swapped over. Right idea - but for the ding which 2 worshipful companies - not the Mercers I am afraid. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I'm fairly sure I know one of the two (they founded a school that a friend went to) but no idea of the other. But let's see if anyone else knows both. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Now I know what the question is about, but will not answer as I have Googled it. Good question. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) Two of the London livery companies - I think one of the two was the Mercers. They got to do something in order of precedence (date of foundation?) but two were equal sixth, so one year one was sixth and the other seventh, and the next they swapped over. Right idea - but for the ding which 2 worshipful companies - not the Mercers I am afraid. I knew I'd come across this recently but couldn't figure out where - it was while researching for your Dad's "Other Place"! But I had to google to come up with the right two. Edited November 4, 2014 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Two of the London livery companies - I think one of the two was the Mercers. They got to do something in order of precedence (date of foundation?) but two were equal sixth, so one year one was sixth and the other seventh, and the next they swapped over. Right idea - but for the ding which 2 worshipful companies - not the Mercers I am afraid. I knew I'd come across this recently but couldn't figure out where - it was while researching for your Dad's "Other Place"! But I had to google to come up with the right two. I could rename it "Little Brother's Fave Place" as he is now the Master of the Company Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I probably should know it... but I don't... My brother is a Freeman of the City of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Upholderers (whatever they are!) but I don't suppose that's one of the two you're looking for. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 OK - unless someone gets it in the next 24 hrs I will hand the DING to crb11 for getting the ideal first, especially if he names the famous school founded by one of the 2 worshipful companies involved! Quote Link to comment
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