The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[Sharpeset]

Thanks for the quick ding

What made the deciphering of hieroglyphics possible and was rediscovered in Egypt in 1799?

 

The Rosetta Stone

 

it's quick ding night, tonight

 

Thanks - in which of Shakespeare's plays did the phrase 'green-eyed monster' originate?

[+Beach_hut]

Hamlet?

[Sharpeset]

Hamlet?

 

I fear not

[+Hellfire1917]

The Merchant of Venice.

[+speakers-corner]

Hamlets gone, The Merchant of Venice is also out of the game, so there are only a few of the more famous Plays left. Hmmmm, Macbeth or Othello, not sure which. I'll go for Macbeth.

Edited December 14, 2015 by speakers-corner

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Hamlets gone, The Merchant of Venice is also out of the game, so there are only a few of the more famous Plays left. Hmmmm, Macbeth or Othello, not sure which. I'll go for Macbeth.

 

In which case I'll go for Othello!

[Sharpeset]

The Merchant of Venice.

 

Sorry, no

[Sharpeset]

Hamlets gone, The Merchant of Venice is also out of the game, so there are only a few of the more famous Plays left. Hmmmm, Macbeth or Othello, not sure which. I'll go for Macbeth.

 

chose the wrong one..!

[Sharpeset]

Hamlets gone, The Merchant of Venice is also out of the game, so there are only a few of the more famous Plays left. Hmmmm, Macbeth or Othello, not sure which. I'll go for Macbeth.

 

In which case I'll go for Othello!

 

Good choice, that's the DING

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Thanks for the ding Sharpeset.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

My question is "Who precedes the fictional characters Vinicius and Tom, and why?".

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Anyone?

 

Would you like a hint?

[+martin&lindabryn]

yes please

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Okay.

 

The characters stated, and their predecessors which I'm looking for, do not generally appear in a either works of literature, films or television, but something else.

[+me N u]

We accidentally found out the why whilst reading another website, but have no idea on the who.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Okay, another clue.

 

The characters are from the sporting world.

[+Boggin's Dad]

I think I posted a question about this a while ago on this very topic

 

The only characters I can think of that are associated with sporting event are mascots, and I guess these are the mascots for the Olympics in Brazil next year. The predecessors are Mandeville and Wenlock, from London 2012.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Sorry for the delay - Christmas visitors using the bedroom where we have our PC.

 

That's a DING! for you, Boggin's Dad.

[+Boggin's Dad]

Thanks for the DING. A lucky/educated guess there

 

A return question - what are the three peaks in the Yorkshire Three Peak Challenge?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Ingleborough, Pen y Gent & Great Whernside.

[+Boggin's Dad]

That's a Ding, Ding, Ding for each of those answers.

 

Over to the Yorkshire one

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Thanks Boggin''s Dad.

 

Which company, originally known as "Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho", is now known by the Anglicised version of the name of one of its early products?

[dodgydaved]

Thanks Boggin''s Dad.

 

Which company, originally known as "Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho", is now known by the Anglicised version of the name of one of its early products?

 

Looks as if it ought to be be SEIKO

[+Hellfire1917]

I only just spotted this question. I'm a camera freak and I think the answer is CANON.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Ding!

[+Hellfire1917]

Thanks for the DING.

 

Which British rock band's first three singles were (1) a Chuck Berry song, (2) a Lennon and McCartney song and (3) a Buddy Holly song?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

The Beatles?

[Pajaholic]

I suspect that Hellfire1917 is looking for the Quarrymen (who, as a different lineup, later became the Beatles). Their first recording included Buddy Holly's "That'll be the Day" and an original by George Harrison and Paul McCartney. As just about every band of the late 50's covered at least one of Chuck Berry's songs (Johnny B. Goode, Roll Over Beethoven, etc.), I suspect that one of the Quarrymen's first three would be a Chuck Berry cover.

[+Hellfire1917]

Sound thinking, but not what I was looking for. The band in question's first three singles all made it into the UK charts at 21, 12 and 3. And they were all released under the same band-name.

Edited January 3, 2016 by Hellfire1917

[Pajaholic]

I just checked my Buddy Holly collection for inspiration and discovered that he wrote "Not Fade Away", which I previously thought was a Jagger-Richards composition. On that basis alone, I'll guess it's the Rolling Stones.

[+Hellfire1917]

*DING*

Rolling Stones it is. The three singles are:

 

1 "Come On" - Chuck Berry

2 "I wanna be your man" - Lennon/McCartney

3 "Not Fade Away" - Buddy Holly

Edited January 3, 2016 by Hellfire1917

[Pajaholic]

Thanks. Staying with the musical theme -- for the next ding, name the resonator guitar and lap steel player who won the Country Music Association's 'Musician of the Year' award in 2002, 2005 and 2007, who co-produced the BBC 'Transatlantic Sessions' with fiddler Aly Bain, is a regular member of the band 'Union Station' and who made a cameo appearance in one of Dave Carroll's 'United Breaks Guitars' protest trilogy.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Nope, not a clue....

[Pajaholic]

Eek! What's a country 'god' got to do to become known to the masses?!?

 

About the only clue I can give is a link to Dave Carroll's site, but first it's probably worthwhile reading about Dave Carroll's experiences from a business relations point of view.

 

Here's the link to Dave Carroll's site. No Googling, but please feel free to follow any links on either of the pages I've linked above

[+TheOldfields]

Jerry Douglas?

 

(...found in comments on the third YouTube video, have to admit I've never heard of him. Good story though.)

[Pajaholic]

A good story indeed. Dave Carroll offered to accept the $1,200 cost of repair to his guitar in flight vouchers. United refused and the resulting bad publicity wiped about 10% (about 180 million dollars) off the value of United's shares.

 

DING. Over to TheOldfields

Edited January 7, 2016 by Pajaholic

[+TheOldfields]

Shouldn't that be a twang rather than a ding?

 

On to sport. What is the only football club to have won the FA Cup but never played in it since?

[Sharpeset]

Shouldn't that be a twang rather than a ding?

 

On to sport. What is the only football club to have won the FA Cup but never played in it since?

 

I'll hazard a guess at Wimbledon?

[+MartyBartfast]

Didn't an Army team win it in the very early days, I'll guess the Royal Artillery.

[+TheOldfields]

No ding so far.

[+Boggin's Dad]

Would it be a team such as Cambridge University?

[+Beach_hut]

Until Saturday at least, Arsenal

 

Is it Royal Engineers?

[+TheOldfields]

A ding for Beach_hut for spotting that Arsenal haven't played in it since they won it last year. All yours.

[+Beach_hut]

A ding for Beach_hut for spotting that Arsenal haven't played in it since they won it last year. All yours.

 

Thanks for the ding. Apologies for not checking back sooner, shows my confidence in my answer!

 

OK then, staying with the theme, who's the only non-league team to win the FA Cup (obviously not counting before there was a league)?

[+MTH]

Spurs in 1901?

[+Beach_hut]

Spurs in 1901?

 

A Lillywhite DING for you :-)

[+MTH]

Thanks for the ding it's one of those facts I just know. A bit like asking which team held the FA cup for the longest continuous time, but we've had that before!

 

. Sticking with the FA cup, which team has won the competition the most times?

Edited January 10, 2016 by MTH

[+Boggin's Dad]

Arsenal

[+speakers-corner]

Man U

[+MTH]

Arsenal gets the ding. Last year was their 12th win. Thought I'd balance it up a bit!