The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+martin&lindabryn]

not goggling but using the link above, would that be MARY FORD

[Pajaholic]

It would! DING!

[+martin&lindabryn]

thanks for the easy Ding I didn't have any clue as to the answer.

now for a change of subject and hopefully an easy one.

Issued in 1840, what were the names given to the first TWO postage stamps in the world?

[+MartyBartfast]

I feel like this might be a QI moment but,

 

Penny Black and Two penny Blue.

[+martin&lindabryn]

I feel like this might be a QI moment but,

 

Penny Black and Two penny Blue.

 

Nothing that devious this time

You get the stamp.

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks.

 

Who was Ethel Clara Neave's (AKA Ethel Le Neave) lover?

[+MTH]

Dr Crippen

[+MartyBartfast]

Indeed she was, and I was surprised to find out that she died as recently as 1968.

[+MTH]

That is surprising.

 

On a similar theme who, although she was actually acquitted, allegedly:

 

... Took an axe

And gave her mother forty whacks.

When she saw what she had done,

She gave her father forty-one.

Edited August 10, 2015 by MTH

[+TheOldfields]

Lizzie Borden rings a bit of a bell.

[+MTH]

Lizzie Borden will get you The ding.

[+TheOldfields]

Thank you very much. To continue the macabre theme, in what city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand killed in 1914?

[+MartyBartfast]

If I remember O-level History (which I failed!) it was Sarejavo (not sure about the spelling).

[+TheOldfields]

Yup. That would get you a bell dinging for thee.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

As MartyBartfast hasn't posted a question I'm assuming they're away, so will post my own: -

 

Which town's claim to fame is that it was the home to composer of the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers"?

 

[Pajaholic]

OMG .. I guess you have to come from there to know this one. However, I'll have a stab. "Onward Christian Soldiers" reminds me of "Land of Hope and Glory" from Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance. IIRC, Elgar was born in a village near Malvern -- so Malvern is my guess.

[+Hellfire1917]

I have no idea which town is involved, but Nobody composed the hymn, "Onward Christian Soldiers". The hymn is just the words. The man I suspect Pajaholic is thinking of composed the tune, which is called "St Gertrude". It's a minor point, as we all know what Paja means, but hey - I remembered this from my days as a choirboy over 60 years ago and couldn't keep quiet!

Edited August 18, 2015 by Hellfire1917

[+Hellfire1917]

I have no idea which town is involved although I can name the composer, but strictly speaking, nobody composed the hymn, "Onward Christian Soldiers". The hymn is just the words. The man I suspect Pajaholic is thinking of composed the tune we sing it to, which is called "St Gertrude". It's a minor point, but hey - I remembered this from my days as a choirboy over 60 years ago and couldn't keep quiet!

Edited August 18, 2015 by Hellfire1917

[Pajaholic]

I need to remember that most songs are the result of collaboration between a composer and a lyricist. In the case of "Land of Hope and Glory", a portion of "Pomp and Circumstance" became "The Coronation Ode" -- otherwise known as "Land of Hope and Glory". While Elgar composed the tune, Arthur C Benson composed the lyrics.

 

That said, I googled to check -- to find my answer was incorrect. However, my checking reveals that the question is ambiguous and a bit of conundrum. The words were written before the tune we now associated with the hymn; and the lyricist paired the words with an existing work by a well-known classical composer. So there are two possible answers for the composer and one for the lyricist! ... but Hellfire1917 is correct: nobody composed Onward Christian Soldiers.

[+MartyBartfast]

As MartyBartfast hasn't posted a question I'm assuming they're away, so will post my own: -

 

 

Oops! I did go away, then came back but forgot about this - Sorry.

 

As I'm going away again next week I'll stay out of this one ( I don't know the answer anyway )

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Sorry for the inaccurate question. To clarify, we are looking for the town where the composer of the tune "St Gertrude" (which is the music to the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers") lived.

 

Do you need a clue?

[+-KROP-]

Camberley

 

I think....

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Camberley

 

I think....

North, England.

[dodgydaved]

Camberley

 

I think....

North, England.

 

Hmmm, are you sure about that, I thought differently (not sure enough to plump for it though) and Googled.............Hmmmm!

[Pajaholic]

Camberley

 

I think....

North, England.

 

Hmmm, are you sure about that, I thought differently (not sure enough to plump for it though) and Googled.............Hmmmm!

Me too -- and AFAICT, the person in question has a blue plaque in the South East (also, I don't think the town in question is most famous for being this person's home )

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Camberley

 

I think....

North, England.

 

Hmmm, are you sure about that, I thought differently (not sure enough to plump for it though) and Googled.............Hmmmm!

Me too -- and AFAICT, the person in question has a blue plaque in the South East (also, I don't think the town in question is most famous for being this person's home )

As there'a a difference of opinions on this one I'll leave it and invite someone else to post another question.

[+TheOldfields]

OK. I'll sneak one in.... Dwight D Eisenhower... what name is the D short for?

[+martin&lindabryn]

I think this might be a trick question, as I believe the D didn’t stand for anything.

[+civilised]

I think this might be a trick question, as I believe the D didn’t stand for anything.

 

I think that's Harry S Truman where he just added the S to fit in with other Americans - not even enough imagination to come up with a name

 

Still don't know what Ike's middle name is though

[+TheOldfields]

Yup. The D is a real name.

[dodgydaved]

Yup. The D is a real name.

 

David :laughing:

[+TheOldfields]

Dave's David Dings.

[dodgydaved]

OK, what is the link between President J F Kennedy and an English stately home?

[+civilised]

I think the house is Chatsworth

[dodgydaved]

I think the house is Chatsworth

 

A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised!

[+civilised]

I think the house is Chatsworth

 

A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised!

 

Would you like to explain the connection dodgydaved? Or do you think that Devonshire & Hartington will convince players that we're not cheating :D

[dodgydaved]

I think the house is Chatsworth

 

A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised!

 

Would you like to explain the connection dodgydaved? Or do you think that Devonshire & Hartington will convince players that we're not cheating :D

 

JFK's sister married the Marquis of Hartington (son of the Duke of Devonshire) and they lived at Chatsworth. She is buried in Edensor churchyard, Edensor being the estate village. Sorted!!

[+civilised]

I think the house is Chatsworth

 

A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised!

 

Would you like to explain the connection dodgydaved? Or do you think that Devonshire & Hartington will convince players that we're not cheating :D

 

JFK's sister married the Marquis of Hartington (son of the Duke of Devonshire) and they lived at Chatsworth. She is buried in Edensor churchyard, Edensor being the estate village. Sorted!!

 

Thanks for that

 

After the death of her husband, John Kennedy's sister Kathleen died in a plane crash with her lover

 

The lover was the owner of a house with allegedly the longest facade in Europe at 606 feet

 

What's the name of the house?

[+civilised]

I think the house is Chatsworth

 

A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised!

 

Would you like to explain the connection dodgydaved? Or do you think that Devonshire & Hartington will convince players that we're not cheating :D

 

JFK's sister married the Marquis of Hartington (son of the Duke of Devonshire) and they lived at Chatsworth. She is buried in Edensor churchyard, Edensor being the estate village. Sorted!!

 

Thanks for that

 

After the death of her husband, John Kennedy's sister Kathleen died in a plane crash with her lover

 

The lover was the owner of a house with allegedly the longest facade in Europe at 606 feet

 

What's the name of the house?

 

OK - some clues - the house was vandalised by Mannie Shinwell, in his capacity as Minister of Fuel and Power. Due to his hatred of inherited wealth, he turned the immediate surroundings of the house into the 'largest open cast mining site in Britain'

 

The house was later bought by a private individual, who has tried to sue the successors to the National Coal Board for subsidence caused at that time

 

It's in South Yorkshire

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

I think the house is Chatsworth

 

A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised!

 

Would you like to explain the connection dodgydaved? Or do you think that Devonshire & Hartington will convince players that we're not cheating :D

 

JFK's sister married the Marquis of Hartington (son of the Duke of Devonshire) and they lived at Chatsworth. She is buried in Edensor churchyard, Edensor being the estate village. Sorted!!

 

Thanks for that

 

After the death of her husband, John Kennedy's sister Kathleen died in a plane crash with her lover

 

The lover was the owner of a house with allegedly the longest facade in Europe at 606 feet

 

What's the name of the house?

 

OK - some clues - the house was vandalised by Mannie Shinwell, in his capacity as Minister of Fuel and Power. Due to his hatred of inherited wealth, he turned the immediate surroundings of the house into the 'largest open cast mining site in Britain'

 

The house was later bought by a private individual, who has tried to sue the successors to the National Coal Board for subsidence caused at that time

 

It's in South Yorkshire

I need to have think about this. I only read about this place (re the coal mining side of things) a few weeks ago...

[+civilised]

Shall I give the answer ?

 

Don't like to hold the game up

[+MartyBartfast]

Shall I give the answer ?

 

Don't like to hold the game up

 

You could open it up to Googling, or give a hint.

BTW I already googled and would never have guessed it.

[+civilised]

Shall I give the answer ?

 

Don't like to hold the game up

 

You could open it up to Googling, or give a hint.

BTW I already googled and would never have guessed it.

 

Please feel free to get an answer in any way you can - the players here are able to answer really obscure questions (to me), and I tend to forget that others may not have the same interests as me

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

I think the house is Chatsworth

 

A Devonshire and Hartington Ding to civilised!

 

Would you like to explain the connection dodgydaved? Or do you think that Devonshire & Hartington will convince players that we're not cheating :D

 

JFK's sister married the Marquis of Hartington (son of the Duke of Devonshire) and they lived at Chatsworth. She is buried in Edensor churchyard, Edensor being the estate village. Sorted!!

 

Thanks for that

 

After the death of her husband, John Kennedy's sister Kathleen died in a plane crash with her lover

 

The lover was the owner of a house with allegedly the longest facade in Europe at 606 feet

 

What's the name of the house?

 

OK - some clues - the house was vandalised by Mannie Shinwell, in his capacity as Minister of Fuel and Power. Due to his hatred of inherited wealth, he turned the immediate surroundings of the house into the 'largest open cast mining site in Britain'

 

The house was later bought by a private individual, who has tried to sue the successors to the National Coal Board for subsidence caused at that time

 

It's in South Yorkshire

I need to have think about this. I only read about this place (re the coal mining side of things) a few weeks ago...

Nope,I can't remember it.

 

Another clue, perhaps?

 

[dodgydaved]

I "knew" this place - but not by its correct name (which I googled). If it is OK by civilised I will add a little hint that could help cachers of a certain age that were teacher trained perhaps - Lady Mabel College!!

[+civilised]

I "knew" this place - but not by its correct name (which I googled). If it is OK by civilised I will add a little hint that could help cachers of a certain age that were teacher trained perhaps - Lady Mabel College!!

 

Yes of course - I'm a little embarrassed that this has gone on so long - and I must say that I don't think dodgydaved's hint is particularly helpful

 

I did say some time ago that i'd be happy if someone searched for it

[+Hellfire1917]

I respectfully suggest that civilised just tells us the answer and moves matters on by setting us a new question.

[+civilised]

I respectfully suggest that civilised just tells us the answer and moves matters on by setting us a new question.

 

Good idea - the answer is Wentworth Woodhouse, previously owned by the Earls Fitzwilliam, one of whom was the man who died with Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, John Kennedy's sister

 

As Hellfire1917 made the suggestion, I'll pass the question setting to him/her, in the hope that something less obscure will come up

[+Hellfire1917]

Well, it was never my idea to supplant you, civ, but to keep the game moving I'll ask this one;

 

In which year were the first Isle of Man TT races held?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

A complete guess - 1903.

 

@Hellfire1917 - higher or lower?