dodgydaved Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Sorry for the delay, here's a quickie: Who was Governor of the Falkland Islands during the conflict with Argentina in the 1980's? Ah Ha!! He used to live just down the road from us - that'ld be Sir Rex Hunt. Quote
+civilised Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 (Grergory Peck, American? ) Wasn't he ? Apologies if I've misled - i honestly thought ( and still do ) that he was Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Sorry for the delay, here's a quickie: Who was Governor of the Falkland Islands during the conflict with Argentina in the 1980's? Ah Ha!! He used to live just down the road from us - that'ld be Sir Rex Hunt. That's a DING for DDD! And according to Wikipedia/IMDB Gregory Peck was American and was born in California.... Quote
dodgydaved Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Many thanks Marty. Years ago, when I walked to Sunningdale Station, I passed a house (long since redeveloped) called Styles. What is the connection between this house and the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate? Quote
dodgydaved Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Do they both feature in Pickwick Papers? Nope - but there is a literary connection! Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Well Agatha Christie wrote "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" which I think was a Poirot story, she also famously went missing for a while and was discovered staying incognito at a hotel in Harrogate which I'm guessing was the Old Swan. Quote
dodgydaved Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) Well Agatha Christie wrote "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" which I think was a Poirot story, she also famously went missing for a while and was discovered staying incognito at a hotel in Harrogate which I'm guessing was the Old Swan. That's a mysterious ding to MartyB!! What I forgot to say that "Styles" on Charters Road was Agatha Christie's home. Edited April 29, 2015 by dodgydaved Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Thanks, What and where is this (extra kudos if you can find a geocache in the vicinity ) Quote
dodgydaved Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Hmmm possible a catastrophic & Monumental piccie ? GC5E4B Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 That's the one, The Monument (to the great fire of London) Fish Street Hill in London for anyone not in the know ! Ping, back to you! Quote
+Just Roger Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Something funny going on here. Looks like my cache (Memory not Geo) is not clearing Edited April 30, 2015 by Just Roger Quote
dodgydaved Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Sticking with thoughts of London. Thomas Doggett was an Irish actor in the early 1700's. How is he most remembered these days? Quote
+MTH Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) Agatha Christie at a guess. Sorry page didn't refresh. Edited May 2, 2015 by MTH Quote
dodgydaved Posted May 3, 2015 Posted May 3, 2015 Not Mrs Christie this time! Hint: The Thames is involved - but how specifically? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted May 3, 2015 Posted May 3, 2015 Ah, this is turning into a Ping Pong game, but I've left it a few days and it's something I know a bit about. He was the chap who bequeathed the prize of "Dogget's Coat and Badge" for an annual race on the Thames for Lightermen, who are the men who once rowed boats back and forth to shore unloading ships on the Thames. The race is still held and I believe is still only open to licensed Thames boatmen and I think it may be the oldest race of it's kind in the world. The red coat and brass badge had to be worn on the river by Lightermen to show that they were licensed to carry on their trade. Dogget's Coat and Badge is also the name of a pub on the Thames where I have attended several London Geocaching events Quote
dodgydaved Posted May 3, 2015 Posted May 3, 2015 A wet and watery DING and over to you Marty (and congrats on being the 11,111st person to post on this thread - a sort of megaNelson!! :lol: Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted May 3, 2015 Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) Thanks Dave. Slightly specialist round now. What height (in hands) denotes the difference between a Horse and a Pony (caveat this is a generally accepted classification, there are exceptions such as the Falabella which is a breed much smaller than most ponies but is classified as a horse) Edit: typo. Edited May 3, 2015 by MartyBartfast Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 3, 2015 Posted May 3, 2015 Thanks Dave. Slightly specialist round now. What height (in hands) denotes the difference between a Horse and a Pony (caveat this is a generally accepted classification, there are exceptions such as the Falabella which is a breed much smaller than most ponies but is classified as a horse) Edit: typo. I reckon it is 14 for a horse, less than that for a pony. Talking off equines, how many legs does a horse have? Six, two at the back and forelegs at the front. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted May 3, 2015 Posted May 3, 2015 Thanks Dave. Slightly specialist round now. What height (in hands) denotes the difference between a Horse and a Pony (caveat this is a generally accepted classification, there are exceptions such as the Falabella which is a breed much smaller than most ponies but is classified as a horse) Edit: typo. I reckon it is 14 for a horse, less than that for a pony. Talking off equines, how many legs does a horse have? Six, two at the back and forelegs at the front. Close enough, it's 14-2" and below for a Pony, anything above is a Horse. Your turn. Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Thank you Which two towns did the first railway in the UK connect? Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 The first (steam as opposed to horse-drawn) railway in UK didn't connect two towns. It carried Richard Trevithick's loco from the Penydarren iron works to the Merthyr canal. That said, I suspect you're thinking of Stockton and Darlington (i.e. Stephenson) even though Stephenson's railway was much later than the Cornishman's Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Ding Spot on with a very comprehensive answer You turn Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 Thanks. It's often forgotten that Trevithick is the father of high-pressure steam locomotion -- despite Boulton and Watt's best efforts against high-pressure steam. For the next ding, in which year did Trevithick's Penydarren loco first run; and when did the Stockton to Darlington railway open? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 I dont know the first part but Stockton to Darlington was opened in 1825. Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 1825 is correct for Stockton to Darlington. As a hint, Trevithick was more than two decades earlier... Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 1825 is correct for Stockton to Darlington. As a hint, Trevithick was more than two decades earlier... Don't know but given that I'll have a guess at 1798. One thing I do remember about Trevithick is that one of his engine boilers blew up/burned out when him and his engineer parked it outside a pub and went in for a few pints - sounds like my kind of guy Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 Too early FWIW, Trevithick's 1801 "Puffing Devil" steam carriage (the one where the boiler ran dry and the carriage was destroyed while they were in the pub) is allegedly the inspiration to the song "Camborne Hill"! Quote
+speakers-corner Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Part 1 of the question is 1804, part 2 is 1825. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Thanks for the Ding Pajaholic. Staying with steam trains. What is the Name of the steam train that holds the world speed record and when was this record set. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 I know the name of the engine, but as to the year I don't know, so will leave the answer to some one else Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) IIRC, that's still (after all this time) one of Gresley's A4s -- Mallard. Edited as I've just noticed this is a two-part question. WRT when, I know it was shortly before the start of WWII, so I'll go for 1938. Edited May 10, 2015 by Pajaholic Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 Thanks. Staying with the age of steam... The last locomotive BR commissioned shared its name with an early Stevenson loco. What was its name? Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 Thanks. Staying with the age of steam... The last locomotive BR commissioned shared its name with an early Stevenson loco. What was its name? (The) Rocket? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 The only other one I know was the Locomotion. Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 Wrong Stevenson, the early locomotive I'm looking for was built by R Stephenson & Co in 1839 and was one of a dozen or so of a broad-gauge class built for the Great Western Railway. A replica of another locomotive of that class can be seen at Swindon Steam Railway Museum. The last BR steam locomotive commissioned was built in 1960 and got her name from a competition to come up with the best name. AFAICT, she is the only British main line locomotive to be chosen for preservation before she finished construction and she can currently be seen at the National Railway Museum in York. Quote
Sharpeset Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 Wrong Stevenson, the early locomotive I'm looking for was built by R Stephenson & Co in 1839 and was one of a dozen or so of a broad-gauge class built for the Great Western Railway. A replica of another locomotive of that class can be seen at Swindon Steam Railway Museum. The last BR steam locomotive commissioned was built in 1960 and got her name from a competition to come up with the best name. AFAICT, she is the only British main line locomotive to be chosen for preservation before she finished construction and she can currently be seen at the National Railway Museum in York. That was the Evening Star Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 That'll get you the DING! Over to Sharpeset ... Quote
Sharpeset Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 Thanks - I remember seeing it in steam a few years back when loaned to Swindon. Jumping sideways, which celestial body is commonly known as the Evening Star? Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 I have an inkling that it is not a star, but rather the planet Venus. Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 A change of subject. America states have nicknames for example The Sunshine State for Florida So a question: Which state is known as Peaches, or the Peach State? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 That should be Georga just north of Florida. Sunshine State is actually on the bottom of the licence plates in Florida. Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Ding Spot on, other than the missing 'i' in Georgia. I once won £80 in a pub quiz with that answer/question, a bit of a lucky guess at the time for me. Sorry I cannot offer the same. Over to you Quote
+speakers-corner Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 Thanks for the Ding for Georgia. Staying with the subject. The state of Virginia is nicknamed Old Dominion, after who was Virginia named. Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 As a bit of an educated guess, Queen Elizabeth, who is also known as the Virgin Queen. Quote
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