+TheOldfields Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Would get you a 'turned up to 11' DING. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Thanks, and sorry for the delay. Next question, which Doctor Who actor appears in the Hobbit films? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Had his face clear pretty much immediately but have finally managed to recall the name... Sylvester McCoy. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Had his face clear pretty much immediately but have finally managed to recall the name... Sylvester McCoy. That's the fella. Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Ta. How much is the rent in Monopoly if you land on Park Lane with a hotel built on it? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Ta. How much is the rent in Monopoly if you land on Park Lane with a hotel built on it? At a guess... £2000 Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Do not pass Go. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 £1800 ? We think £2000 is for Mayfair with a hotel. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 You're right about Mayfair, but £1800 is still a bit high for Park Lane. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 You win second prize in a beauty contest and get an unmortgaged ding for £1500. All yours. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Something cheaper now: you could get one for 7/6 pre-decimalisation, and it was almost unchanged in price until its abolition in 1987. What was it? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Just a guess, but is it the dog license Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 ARF! ARF! Your go! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 thanks for the ding Here is a list of first names, what do they have in common? William Patrick Jon Tom Peter Colin Sylvester Paul Christopher David Matt Peter Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 All actors who played Dr Who. (A bit easy given Sylvester McCoy was the answer a few back...) Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 almost left that one out, the ding goes to crb11 Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What happened for the first time 100 years ago today at Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn? Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 A WW1 Zeppelin raid. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Sticking with "firsts" - in 1927, the UK's first set of automatic traffic lights were set up in which town? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 My dad always told me it was on Albion Street, Leeds. (thought I've since heard it was elsewhere but can't remember where) Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I think Leeds has the first permanent set of automatic lights, in 1928. A clue: So did the town I'm looking for, but it also had a set for a temporary, experimental period, in 1927. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 We're thinking London, specifically to enable MPs to get to the Houses of parliament - just a distant thought that s ringing a bell. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Good thinking - there was a set of "traffic lights" somewhere in London in the 1800s. They looked just like railway signals, and had gas lights for visibility at night. But there had to be a policeman in a hut somewhere, pulling levers to control them, so they weren't automatic. They didn't last long, either, as a gas leak caused an explosion and injured the policeman on duty at the time. So your clues are: - it was in 1927 - it was a temporary, experimental installation - the lights were automatic, not requiring anyone to operate them and some new clues: - the place was a town in 1927. It's a city now and has been since 2000 - historically in Staffordshire, it's now part of the Metropolitan County of the West Midlands Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Killed the policeman. They were at the west end of Westminster bridge, close to the clocktower for Big Ben. I'll say Wolverhampton for the more modern lights, as I know it had the first Zebra Crossing in Britain. The poles now at the site have the old-fashioned black and white markings as a little nod to this. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Wolverhampton it is/was. So that's a Red - Amber - Green - DING! to Paul. HF Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Thanks for that. I was there recently. It was cold. My question: What's the function of Britain's most southerly building? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I will take a stab at it being, a lighthouses Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 A scientific research station of some form (on Antarctica). Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 A toilet?! Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 It depends on what you mean by "Britain". If you mean the geographical area of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, it's probably either Bishop Rock lighthouse, off the Scilly Isles, or the battlements at Europa Point, Gibraltar (since Gib is politically part of South West England). If you mean mainland Great Britain, it's probably the Lizard lighthouse. If you mean "British Sovereign Territory", it's probably a research facility in Antarctica. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Lizard Point lifeboat station? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 A toilet?!Ding! Yes, on the tiny Channel Island of Maîtresse (50x20m) on the Les Minquiers reef, south of Jersey has a (non-flushing at the time of my visit in 2010) loo at the edge of a 'village' of tiny stone cottages. A sign on the door reads "This Toilet has the distinction of being the most southerly building in the British Isles. Use with care..."(By Britain I meant the British Isles rather than Great Britain - the island [disused lifeboat station, or small shop on Lizard Point] - or British Overseas Territories [not actually part of Britain, just under its control], etc. Sorry for the confussion.) Over to Yorkshire Yellow! Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 A lucky guess! Okay, here's the next one: - Who were the first professional football club in Britain to install floodlights and in what year were they first used? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) A lucky guess! Okay, here's the next one: - Who were the first professional football club in Britain to install floodlights and in what year were they first used? My Dad was, and my brother is, staunch Owls and I am sure it was one of the Sheffield clubs. I am going for the Blades, Sheffield United in 1892 (date a guess!). ddd PS I saw the first match under lights at Saltergate (the last league ground to install lights!), Chesterfield played Wednesday! Edited January 23, 2015 by dodgydaved Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Sorry dodgydaved, not right, according to my sources. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Bump - can we have a clue please? Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Bump - can we have a clue please? They're a league club, located in the south of the county, but no longer at the ground where the first floodlights were installed. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I can remember a club named Darwin FC or something like that but not sure. I have no idea about a date. Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I can remember a club named Darwin FC or something like that but not sure. I have no idea about a date. No, not Darwen. And that's in the north of the country in any case (Lancashire). Would you like another clue? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Yes Please Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The club concerned is currently in League Two. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Was it Southampton, at The Dell? HF Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Was it Southampton, at The Dell? HF Nope. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Was it Southampton, at The Dell? HF Nope. Surely not Luton Town FC Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Was it Southampton, at The Dell? HF Nope. Surely not Luton Town FC Fulham ? Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I think it was my club, Portsmouth. I don't know which year but will say 1949 simply to say they won the league that year! Quote Link to comment
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