The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+crb11]

Merchant Taylors', in Northwood.

[dodgydaved]

OK I don't think there will be any more takers in the next 5 minutes or so and I will therefore award the undisputed DING to crb11.

 

The Merchant Taylors School was indeed founded by the Worshipful company of that name. They were founded in 1484 as was the Worshipful Company of Skinners.

 

Apparently they rowed over who came first (ie 6th in the order of precedence) for over a hundred years until the then Lord Mayor decreed they would alternate on an annual basis between 6th in the order and 7th.

 

Mind a similar phrase also appears in Chaucer some hundred years prior to that - but it is a nice story anyway!!

 

Over to you crb11

 

(typos and speelink)

Edited November 6, 2014 by dodgydaved

[+crb11]

Thank you!

 

Who, when asked whether a record they'd set would ever be broken, responded "Aye, but whoever does it will be bloody tired"?

[+Pajaholic]

That sounds like it might be Graeme Obree (cyclist also known as "the Flying Scot") to me!

[+crb11]

A very reasonable guess, but not him.

[+Pharisee]

Guy Martin after one of his recent record thingies ?

[+crb11]

Nope. Time for a clue, perhaps. The record then was 300: it is now 800.

[+Cache U Nutter]

Then It's Freddie Trueman, surpassed only by the almighty Moralitharan with an aggregate career wicket take in test matches.

In the early 60's Trueman gave me a bowling coaching session at the Boys and Girls Exhibition at Olympia.

Different times ....

[+crb11]

Ding! Although 20-odd other cricketers have also surpassed Fred's total, including Ian Botham and Jimmy Anderson.

[+TheOldfields]

Time to reawaken this I think. Who painted "The Laughing Cavalier"?

[+Beach_hut]

The name in my head is Franz Hals?

[+TheOldfields]

Small error in the first name as it should be Frans but definitely good enough for the ding. All yours.

[+Beach_hut]

Small error in the first name as it should be Frans but definitely good enough for the ding. All yours.

Sorry I missed this. Thanks for the Ding.

 

Ok then, who was known as the laughing Pope?

[+speakers-corner]

After a week and no answer I think it is about time for a bump. No ding for me please but I think it is John Paul I, and it was some time in the 80's I think.

[+crb11]

I agree with that, but had to look it up. (Pope in 1978.) I recognised the other description "The Smiling Pope" but am fairly sure I've never heard the laughing Pope before.

 

How about you ask the next question anyway, speakers-corner, even without the ding.

[+speakers-corner]

I had to look it up as well, thats why I didnt want the ding. Am willing to pass it on.

[+crb11]

Ok, I'll set one.

 

Which US President established Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday?

[+s1ipmatt]

Lincoln?

[+crb11]

Quick DING there! Over to you.

[+s1ipmatt]

Being new to this I hope I don't post a question that's already been asked, so here goes..

 

Which star is the nearest to Earth?

[+Pharisee]

Being new to this I hope I don't post a question that's already been asked, so here goes..

 

Which star is the nearest to Earth?

 

Our sun

[+speakers-corner]

Alpha Centauri

[+s1ipmatt]

Being new to this I hope I don't post a question that's already been asked, so here goes..

 

Which star is the nearest to Earth?

 

Our sun

 

Correct - over to you

[dodgydaved]

All of you keen geocaching quizzers might like to join me here and try it out!

[+Beach_hut]

Sorry not had chance to check this thread for a day or too. Yes John Paul I was right :-) I see we've moved on a bit so time for Pharisee's question now :-)

[+civilised]

All of you keen geocaching quizzers might like to join me here and try it out!

 

So this is still going !

 

Is rutson still in charge ?

[dodgydaved]

All of you keen geocaching quizzers might like to join me here and try it out!

 

So this is still going !

 

Is rutson still in charge ?

.....I don't think anyone is actually in charge!

[+civilised]

All of you keen geocaching quizzers might like to join me here and try it out!

 

So this is still going !

 

Is rutson still in charge ?

.....I don't think anyone is actually in charge!

 

It says it's hosted by rutson - and I think he used to up the difficulty level if someone was scoring particularly well

[+Pharisee]

question deleted.... sorry.

 

I'll have to pass on this turn so if anyone has a question, feel free to ask it.

Edited November 30, 2014 by Pharisee

[+speakers-corner]

What was the name of the brewery in Dorchester?

[Sharpeset]

What was the name of the brewery in Dorchester?

 

Eldridge Pope

[+speakers-corner]

Ding, and over to Sharpeset.

[Sharpeset]

Ding, and over to Sharpeset.

 

Cheers!

 

Which fictional literary character said "One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books." ?

[+civilised]

Ding, and over to Sharpeset.

 

Cheers!

 

Which fictional literary character said "One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books." ?

 

Bertie Wooster ?

[Sharpeset]

Ding, and over to Sharpeset.

 

Cheers!

 

Which fictional literary character said "One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books." ?

 

Bertie Wooster ?

 

Sorry, no

[+speakers-corner]

Sherlock Holmes

[Sharpeset]

Sherlock Holmes

 

No,sorry

[+martin&lindabryn]

Dumbledore

[Sharpeset]

Dumbledore

 

DING - I knew there would be some Potter fans out there somewhere....

[+martin&lindabryn]

Thanks for the ding.

Staying with films

From our last pub quiz, which famous film has the last line

"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner..."

[+civilised]

Thanks for the ding.

Staying with films

From our last pub quiz, which famous film has the last line

"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner..."

 

Silence of the Lambs ?

[+martin&lindabryn]

Ding. I thought that was an easy one

Over to you

[+civilised]

Ding. I thought that was an easy one

Over to you

 

Thanks for the ding - although I resent the implication that I only get the easy ones

 

The man who bought Avebury in Wiltshire in the 1930s, to allow him to excavate archaeologically the village and its surroundings, inherited the money to do so from his family business. On what was the business originally founded and best known for making?

[BOBBLES WORLD TOUR]

Was it a business derived from the toil, sweat and overlording of the local workers?

[+crb11]

Is there any other sort?

[+Hellfire1917]

Me, me, I know! It was a jam/marmalade maker. Keiller's.

[+civilised]

Me, me, I know! It was a jam/marmalade maker. Keiller's.

 

Absolutely spot on !

 

Alexander Keiller, well known playboy, speed freak, sexual adventurer and master amateur archaeologist, was responsible for making Avebury look how we see it today

 

Have a ding !

[+Hellfire1917]

Ok here's mine.

 

When Captain James Cook set off on his epic First Voyage, he was told he could look around for any possible Southern Continent, but that was secondary. Before that he had to locate a very precise spot on the earth (bit like Geocaching) and carry out a specific task. What was it?

 

H

 

Edit - I mean what was the task, not what was the precise spot.

Edited December 4, 2014 by Hellfire1917

[+me N u]

View the transit of Venus across the sun, not sure where though, probably somewhere in the South pacific

[+Hellfire1917]

Give Me n u a ding - absolutely correct.

 

He had to find Tahiti (one of only a few South Sea islands whose latitude and longitude were accurately known) and observe the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun.

 

H