+me N u Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 How about Lincolnshire - specifically the hill that Lincoln cathedral is on? Quote
+crb11 Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Getting closer. From Lincoln the top of the Wolds is in line of sight, and from there you can see higher ground (in Nottinghamshire I think). Not by a lot though. We're after something of similar height to the Wolds, but more isolated from other high ground. Quote
+Pharisee Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Lets have another go, then... There a trig point on the top of the Gog Magog hills, in Wandlebury Park just southeast of Cambridge. It's claimed that if you look north from there, the next higher point is over the north pole in Russia. Not sure about the other directions but it's all pretty flat around there. Is that one of the places you're looking for? Quote
+crb11 Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 No... that's local to me and you can see much higher ground to the SW. This is much harder than I thought, so here's a more specific hint. The place in question is between 100 and 150m high, it's called "Hill" and there's nothing else as high within about 40 miles. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 Sounds like either Dragon Hill in Oxfordshire, Coombe Hill in Bucks or Primrose Hill in London to me, but I'm clutching at straws really. Quote
+Pharisee Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 I thought about Box Hill in Surrey but there's higher points a mile or three away... Quote
+crb11 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Leith Hill (about 10 miles away) is one of the four points, but not the most northerly. If nobody gets the correct county by 5pm, I'm going to award it to the person who has nominated the nearest point to the hill in question. Quote
Sharpeset Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Leith Hill (about 10 miles away) is one of the four points, but not the most northerly. If nobody gets the correct county by 5pm, I'm going to award it to the person who has nominated the nearest point to the hill in question. Not very north, but how about Ivinghoe beacon in the Chilterns? Used to go on family picnics there as a kid and watch gliders. Nothing to see but flatness for miles Quote
+crb11 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Again plausible (and it's north of three of the four points) but you can see something bigger to the south from there. Quote
+crb11 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 So the DING goes to Pharisee at about 70 miles away: the county is Norfolk and the hill Beacon Hill on the north coast - nothing else of any height until you get down into mid-Suffolk. The other three points in England are Leith Hill in Surrey and Walbury Hill in Berkshire, together with High Willhays in Devon. Quote
+Pharisee Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Ohh.... that was a bit unexpected OK.. I'm a very distinctive hill. I'm south Hadrian's Wall, I'm north of the Humber and east of the Pennines. I also sound like something you'd put on your favourite dessert. What's my name and where am I? Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Would that be Roseberry Topping, at the North of the North Yorkshire Moors, not too far from Great Ayton if my memory serves me correctly. Quote
+Pharisee Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Would that be Roseberry Topping, at the North of the North Yorkshire Moors, not too far from Great Ayton if my memory serves me correctly. It would indeed... and a right pig it was to climb. I seem to remember being almost on my hands and knees at one point and all to log the trig at the top!! A DING to you. Quote
Copepod Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Lets have another go, then... There a trig point on the top of the Gog Magog hills, in Wandlebury Park just southeast of Cambridge. It's claimed that if you look north from there, the next higher point is over the north pole in Russia. Not sure about the other directions but it's all pretty flat around there. Is that one of the places you're looking for? Except the trig point in Wandlebury Country Park isn't the highest point in Cambridgeshire [that's in Great Chishill, nearer Royston in Hertfordshire] and it's on the edge of a clump of trees, in a field, surrounded by trees. On a clear day, you can see Ely Cathedral from the edge of the Park, overlooking the golf course. Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 A slight change of subject. Which of his two wives were beheaded by Henry VIII? Quote
+crb11 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Numbers 2 and 5: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Quote
+crb11 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Part of Mendelssohn's choral anthem Hear My Prayer, composed in 1844, is much better known under a different title. What is it? Quote
+crb11 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Not that (that's from Wagner's Lohengrin) but another piece anyone ought to recognise. Quote
+crb11 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 A hint: Madness released a single with virtually the same name. Quote
+crb11 Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Oh dear. This was supposed to be an easier one. It's one of the most recognisable songs for a solo boy treble. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 could it be Oh for the wings of a dove Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 As I own a pub and sell Beer from, The Purple mouse Brewery. My question is. Where in the UK is the highest purveyor of purple mouse? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 I'll have a go at the Tann Hill Inn, North Yorks, which I believe is the highest pub in the UK. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 The Tan Hill Inn, in the Yorkshire Dales. is in fact, the highest pub in Great Britain at 1,732ft above sea level. But I am thinking of somewhere higher Quote
+crb11 Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Can you buy it in the cafe at the top of Snowdon? (And if not, why not?) Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) yaki dar, yes you can on draft crb11 over to you Edited February 27, 2015 by martin&lindabryn Quote
+crb11 Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 An excellent reason to go there again. (I think I knew you were from that area.) A topical question in memory of Leonard Nimoy: who originated the idea of Star Trek? Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Warping back to earth after the excitement of space. Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to be awarded what at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 10 out of 10 for you Thanks, as a 14 year old boy at the time I watched the performances with great interest Anyway, I've just been watching the film "Whisky Galore", which was based on a true story, so the question is what was the name of the ship that ran aground in real life, and what was the name of the same ship in the film? Quote
dodgydaved Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 10 out of 10 for you Thanks, as a 14 year old boy at the time I watched the performances with great interest Anyway, I've just been watching the film "Whisky Galore", which was based on a true story, so the question is what was the name of the ship that ran aground in real life, and what was the name of the same ship in the film? That would be the SS Politician, and I seem to recall reading that it had a more valuable cargo than the whisky - but I can't remember what it was!!! Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 10 out of 10 for you Thanks, as a 14 year old boy at the time I watched the performances with great interest Anyway, I've just been watching the film "Whisky Galore", which was based on a true story, so the question is what was the name of the ship that ran aground in real life, and what was the name of the same ship in the film? That would be the SS Politician, and I seem to recall reading that it had a more valuable cargo than the whisky - but I can't remember what it was!!! Half a ding for SS Politician, but what name did it have in the film? Any yes it was also carrying ten bob notes (I know you will remember them Dave ;-) ) Quote
Pajaholic Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 ISTR the cargo also contained currency that the Royal Mint had produced for another country and that the name of the ship in the film was based on the real-life name; so I'll try "SS Chancellor"? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 I'll try "SS Chancellor"? Along the right lines, but not correct. Quote
dodgydaved Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 10 out of 10 for you Thanks, as a 14 year old boy at the time I watched the performances with great interest Anyway, I've just been watching the film "Whisky Galore", which was based on a true story, so the question is what was the name of the ship that ran aground in real life, and what was the name of the same ship in the film? That would be the SS Politician, and I seem to recall reading that it had a more valuable cargo than the whisky - but I can't remember what it was!!! Half a ding for SS Politician, but what name did it have in the film? Any yes it was also carrying ten bob notes (I know you will remember them Dave ;-) ) Cheeky! Cabinet Minister? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 That's a slàinte to DDD over to you Quote
dodgydaved Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 OK, who wrote the book? (on which the film was based!) Quote
+Just Roger Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 OK, who wrote the book? (on which the film was based!) That'll be Compton MacKenzie or is it McKenzie Quote
+crb11 Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Compton MacKenzie. Interesting chap - he founded both Gramophone magazine and the SNP. Quote
dodgydaved Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 OK, who wrote the book? (on which the film was based!) That'll be Compton MacKenzie or is it McKenzie Aye, that'ld be the laddie - over to you JR!! Quote
+Just Roger Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Thanks Dave. Sticking with films of that vintage, what was the 3 word astronomical name (It had a different name in the US) of a film set on a Nazi occupied channel island? Quote
dodgydaved Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Thanks Dave. Sticking with films of that vintage, what was the 3 word astronomical name (It had a different name in the US) of a film set on a Nazi occupied channel island? OhHo, Dirk Bogarde, "Appointment with Venus" = a rather beautiful young Jersey cow!! Quote
+Just Roger Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Thanks Dave. Sticking with films of that vintage, what was the 3 word astronomical name (It had a different name in the US) of a film set on a Nazi occupied channel island? OhHo, Dirk Bogarde, "Appointment with Venus" = a rather beautiful young Jersey cow!! DING - back to you Dave Quote
dodgydaved Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Still on the war films front then. When I was at school one of the Classics Masters talked often of "My friend Leo" - referring to Leo Genn. I iPlayered a film of his about a pow escape using a piece of gymnastic apparatus. What was the film? Quote
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