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Posted (edited)

trick question. that didn't catch you out

 

the ding goes to MartyBartfast

 

I got that one from a cache called

"March of the elephants" GC3X1KX

I recommend anyone to do it.

Edited by martin&lindabryn
Posted (edited)

Cheers Marty!

 

(When I was a lad I am sure the blocks of flats on Jordanthorp estate nr Sheffield were nickenamed after these three!!)

 

Sticking with the Bard, what was the name of the acting company he belonged to for most of his career? (It actually had two similar names, either being sufficient for the DING)

 

(typo :( )

Edited by dodgydaved
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I've checked out the original thread started in 2006 and the rules are:

 

Rule 1 - No googling!

 

Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer...

 

(Forgetting that Rule 2 is, IMHO broken at times) I can see no reference to not being allowed to ask your sister!! :)

 

I have your PM and you are correct so should you feel like posting it before anyone else does...... ;):);)

Posted

One of the two was "The King's Men", I think. I have no idea whether either of my sisters-in-law knows this.

 

I dingeth thee - the other was the Chamberlains Men - changed names on the accession! Over to thee!!

Posted (edited)

Staying with the same theme: it's reasonably well-known that Shakespeare's longest play is Hamlet (followed by two other tragedies: Coriolanus and Cymbelene). The three shortest are all comedies - name any of them.

 

(As it happens, I was talking to my sister-in-law last night on the phone, but decided against asking her what she knew about Shakespeare!)

Edited by crb11
Posted

A very brief but humorous DING to Martin&LindaBryn - that's indeed the shortest of them all. (The other two were A Midsummer Night's Dream and Two Gentlemen of Verona.)

Posted

That's a tough one. I can think of Australia, New Zealand, Niue and Fiji, plus the UK and probably about half a dozen in the Caribbean, so let's assume a few more and go for 15.

Posted

I saw the news article on this, and I'm sure it's only a handful. I think that apart from the UK there were 4, and now Fiji have dropped it only 3.

crb11 list of Australia, New Zealand, Niue and Fiji, plus the UK is correct but he then added a few more just in case so sorry the Ding goes to Marty you saw the same articular as I did, over to you

Posted

 

3. No one trusts him

 

 

Surely that could be any of them (except the ladies!)

 

Anyway If nobody gets all of them I'll give the DING to whoever gets most right by the time I check tomorrow morning, so maybe crb11 should put up his answers.......

Posted

FWIW, my guestimate is:

 

Theresa May (Conservative)

Nigel Farage (UK Independence Party)

Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats)

David Cameron (Conservative)

Edward Miliband (Labour)

Nichola Sturgeon (Scottish Nationalist Party)

Harriet Harman (Labour)

 

Although I suspect that Joluc and SP's answers are much closer to public opinion!

Posted

Think I have the same as crb....

 

Natalie Bennett (Green)

Nigel Farage (UKIP)

Nick Clegg (Lib Dem)

David Cameron (Con)

Ed Miliband (Lab)

Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)

? (must be Plaid Cymru I think)

 

Do I get bonus points for asking why you've not mentioned Al Murray (FUKP)?

Posted

Think I have the same as crb....

 

Natalie Bennett (Green)

Nigel Farage (UKIP)

Nick Clegg (Lib Dem)

David Cameron (Con)

Ed Miliband (Lab)

Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)

? (must be Plaid Cymru I think)

 

Do I get bonus points for asking why you've not mentioned Al Murray (FUKP)?

 

DING to TheOldfields, the last one is Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru. As for why no FUKP leader, well I lifted the picture straight from the BBC news site, so blame them for the political bias :P

Posted (edited)

(At least according to my calculations) there are only four points in England from which it is not theoretically possible to see a higher point, assuming a clear enough day and ignoring issues of tree cover, buildings on the summit etc. The southernmost is High Willhays on Dartmoor - Exmoor is just high enough to block line of sight to the south Wales peaks.

 

In which county is the northernmost?

 

EDIT: corrected question as per notes below

Edited by crb11
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I'm going to go for the obvious (which leads me to think it's not right):

 

Scafell Pike

 

Just to clarify, you said not possible to see a higher point in England, but then mention that from Darmoor you can't see South Wales, so is this confined to England or Great Britain?

Posted

Sorry, typed question wrong. Apologies.

 

We're looking for points from which it is not possible to see any higher point (anywhere). Ben Nevis is one, as is Snowdon. There are four in England, but Scafell Pike isn't one (you can see Snowdon from there).

Posted (edited)

I think it probably is, but it isn't in England. I'm looking for the northernmost of the four in England.

 

I should point out also that I've disregarded everything under 10m (since I didn't have accurate enough data) - there are certainly parts of the Fens where a 9m high hill would satisfy the conditions.

Edited by crb11
Posted

No - you need a clear day, but you can see the Lake District (Scafell Pike is 83 miles), and (at least in theory) at least three Munros - Ben Lawers, Ben Vorlich and Stob Binnein.

 

A hint: you're looking for something much lower (which stops you being able to see so far).

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