+Boggin's Dad Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 This weekend is the Monaco Grand Prix, so a related question: What is the area of this rather small country? Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 I would guess at about 12 square miles. Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 You are all over estimating the area, so less than one square mile. Closest one tomorrow night wins. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 I rounded it up to the sqr mile. 0,8 sqr mile is also rounded up. Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 Less than a square mile?!? Since a square mile is just over two square kilometers, that's what I'll guess: 2 km2 Quote
+Beach_hut Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 You are all over estimating the area, so less than one square mile. Closest one tomorrow night wins. About 0.5 square miles then? Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 It's a bit of a tie-break with Pajoholic and speakers corner. Both 0.02 out. Correct answer is 0.78 sqr mile or 2.02 sqr km. So I know technically one is slightly closer, but for a bit of fun it is a DOUBLE DING, and the winner is 'fastest finger first' so whoever gets the next question in first wins. Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Speakers-corner posted the answer before I did. So over to speakers-corner... Quote
+speakers-corner Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 My thanks to Boggin`s Dad for the Ding and thanks to Pajaholic for passing it on. Staying on the subject. Name all of the Grand Prix circuits in the UK. Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 I can come up with five: Brooklands, Aintree, Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Donnington I believe all of these have hosted grand prix, with Donnington being the European race rather than the British but it is still in the UK. Classic race won by the great Ayrton Senna. Might have missed one.... Quote
+speakers-corner Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 I dont think Brooklands was an F1-Circuit but the others were and they were the ones I was looking for. So well done to Boggin`s Dad. Aintree 1955 - 1962 Brands Hatch 1964 - 1986 Donington Park 1993 Silverstone 1950 - Today Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 Thanks Speaker-corner for the ding I guess that Brooklands was a Grand Prix circuit in the pre-F1 era, so it could or could not be counted. For a bit of a change of subject matter: How many men have walked on the moon? And bonus points for any that you can name. Quote
Pajaholic Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 12 (IIRC). Notable amongst these: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Shephard and then I must miss loads before we get to Eugene Cernan, who was the last. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted May 31, 2015 Author Posted May 31, 2015 (Alan Bean and Pete Conrad on Apollo 12, AS and Edgar Mitchell on 14, James Irwin and Scott something/something Scott on 15, Charles Duke and John Young - who also flew the Shuttle - on 16 and EC and Harrison 'You Don't Know' Schmitt on 17.) Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Thanks! Rumour has it that more people have walked on the moon than have gone to the deepest place in our oceans. For the ding, where is the deepest place in our oceans, and how many have gone there? Bonus points for naming them! Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Challenger Deep which is located in Mariana Trench, As to who has been there I have no ideas Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Isn't there a geocacher who has placed a cache both in space on the ISS, and in the deepest bits of the ocean too. I think he goes by the name Lord British. Afraid I do not know how to enter a hyperlink to him on an iPad Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 GCG822 Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents is this the one you were thinking about Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 That cache is 'only' about a fifth as deep as the Challenger Deep -- nonetheless, it's gotta be one humdinger of a cache to log! In the interests of keeping this thread going, I'm giving martin&lindabryn the DING. For the record, only three people have been to the bottom of the Challenger Deep: Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh in Trieste in 1960; and James Cameron in Deepsea Challenger in 2012. Over to martin&lindabryn Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 thank you for the ding now for a change of subject Name the only female competitor at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal who didn't have to undergo a sex test? Quote
+Pharisee Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 thank you for the ding now for a change of subject Name the only female competitor at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal who didn't have to undergo a sex test? Go a feeling that was Princess Anne. Don't think the organisers wanted to start World War III Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 thank you for the ding now for a change of subject Name the only female competitor at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal who didn't have to undergo a sex test? Go a feeling that was Princess Anne. Don't think the organisers wanted to start World War III That’s a royal ding for Pharisee Quote
+Pharisee Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 That's a royal ding for Pharisee Thank you... Here's your music starter for 10 Which English rock band released an album entitled "Demons and Wizards"? Extra kudos if you know the year it was released. Quote
+Pharisee Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 Nope... neither of them but a very well known group Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 I'll take a stab at it being an early Uriah Heep album. Very 'eavy, very 'umble was their first and ISTR it being one or two after that -- so early 1970s (1972?) Quote
+koselig Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) Uriah heap - may have been 1972 ish Edited June 5, 2015 by koselig Quote
+Pharisee Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) I'll take a stab at it being an early Uriah Heep album. Very 'eavy, very 'umble was their first and ISTR it being one or two after that -- so early 1970s (1972?) That's a kudos laden DING to you. It was their 4th album, released in early '72. Edited June 6, 2015 by Pharisee Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) Thanks. Same year but the album is "Machine Head". For the ding, who are the band? Edited June 6, 2015 by Pajaholic Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 I think that was 'The Village People' Just in case that answer wasn't ironic, I googled to check and AFAICT, The Village People didn't get going until five years after Machine Head was released and have not released an album by that name. Clue: The band I seek are the same genre (i.e. hard rock/heavy metal) as Uriah Heep. Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 I think that was 'The Village People' Just in case that answer wasn't ironic, I googled to check and AFAICT, The Village People didn't get going until five years after Machine Head was released and have not released an album by that name. Clue: The band I seek are the same genre (i.e. hard rock/heavy metal) as Uriah Heep. It's a shame they didn't. I think it would have been a classic.... Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 I will take a semi educated guess at Deep Purple Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 That will get you the DING! Over to martin&lindabryn ... Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Thanks for the ding. staying with the rock music theme, This question was asked at one of our recent pub quizzes. Which English rock band appeared a record 106 times on the BBC's “Top Of The Pops”? Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 That could be one of two AFAICT. The first band I'm thinking of would have appeared the record number times because they were both an act in their own right and also the backing band for the solo artist that appeared the most times for any act. The second were just a prolific band .. and I'm going for them because I remember Rick Parfitt mentioning the record on the One Show a few weeks ago. So, I'll plump for Status Quo (but hold the band I first mentioned in reserve!) Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 That could be one of two AFAICT. The first band I'm thinking of would have appeared the record number times because they were both an act in their own right and also the backing band for the solo artist that appeared the most times for any act. The second were just a prolific band .. and I'm going for them because I remember Rick Parfitt mentioning the record on the One Show a few weeks ago. So, I'll plump for Status Quo (but hold the band I first mentioned in reserve!) There’s no need for the reserves to be called on, as you have it right, with you first guess, which gets you the quick ding Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Thanks. I'll call up my reserve for the next question, as this stays on the theme of TOTP: Which solo artist has made the most number of appearances on Top of the Pops of any act? Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 That gets you the DING! ... which means that the other band I thought of in answer to martin&lindabryn's question was The Shadows. Over to me N u ... Quote
+me N u Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 That gets you the DING! ... which means that the other band I thought of in answer to martin&lindabryn's question was The Shadows. Over to me N u ... Thank you, we didn't really expect that! On with the quiz, when Japanese is translated into English every word ends with a vowel or which letter? Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 I suspect that you mean, "When Japanese is written in Roman characters, every word ends in a vowel or which letter?" If so, I guess that letter would be "n" (as in <name>-san, Nissan, etc.) ? Quote
+me N u Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Ding to pajjaholic - despite our slightly incorrect question - your assumption is indeed what we were asking. Quote
Pajaholic Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Thanks. For the next ding: How far on average along any meridian (i.e. due North or South) would you have to travel along the surface of the Earth for the northing co-ordinate on your GPSr to change by one degree of latitude? (Although I'd prefer the answer in nautical miles, I'll accept answers in any reasonable units.) Quote
+koselig Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I think it's supposed to be 60 nautical miles. Either longitude or latitude is always 60 and the other one changes a bit. Quote
+koselig Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I think it's supposed to be 60 nautical miles. Either longitude or latitude is always 60 and the other one changes a bit. Quote
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