+TheOldfields Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Thank you. Victoria Crosses are said to be made from the metal of cannons captured in which battle? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Thank you. Victoria Crosses are said to be made from the metal of cannons captured in which battle? Sebastopol? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Sebastopol would get you a DING. All yours. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 By tradition, and possibly fact, what metal were the aforesaid cannon made from? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Bronze? (Have a vague recollection that was what Napoleonic War-era cannons were made of, anyway.) Edited February 16, 2015 by crb11 Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Bronze? (Have a vague recollection that was what Napoleonic War-era cannons were made of, anyway.) That's the stuff - over to you!! Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (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 February 16, 2015 by crb11 Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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). Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks for clarifying, it wouldn't have changed my guess though! I have another idea but I'll wait for someone else to chip in before trying it. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm guessing that Pen-y-Fan has to be one of them. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (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 February 16, 2015 by crb11 Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Derbyshire? "Northern" county picked at random. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I was thinking of Kinder Scout, which is in Derbyshire. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Not bad, but you can see all the Yorkshire Three Peaks as well as Snowdon from there. See http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/ENG/KINDERSCOUT.GIF Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 How about 'The Cheviot' in Northumberland... that's quite high at 2674 feet and there doesn't seem to be anything higher around there. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 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). Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 How about Lincolnshire - specifically the hill that Lincoln cathedral is on? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 19, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted February 20, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 20, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share 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 Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I thought about Box Hill in Surrey but there's higher points a mile or three away... Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 21, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted February 21, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 21, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 21, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted February 23, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted February 23, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted February 23, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
Copepod Posted February 24, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 A slight change of subject. Which of his two wives were beheaded by Henry VIII? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Numbers 2 and 5: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Ding Over to you Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 25, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Here comes the Bride? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Not that (that's from Wagner's Lohengrin) but another piece anyone ought to recognise. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 A hint: Madness released a single with virtually the same name. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 27, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 could it be Oh for the wings of a dove Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 It could indeed. DING to you! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 27, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 27, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 27, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Can you buy it in the cafe at the top of Snowdon? (And if not, why not?) Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) yaki dar, yes you can on draft crb11 over to you Edited February 27, 2015 by martin&lindabryn Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 27, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Gene Roddenberry Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 A warp 9 DING there. Back to you. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 28, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment
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