The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+Boggin's Dad]

That's a ding to Martin&lindabryn

 

No middle name, but uses the initial K, reportedly for Kathleen, from her paternal grandmother

[+martin&lindabryn]

thanks for the ding

Now can you name the ship and the program?

[+MartyBartfast]

Is that Farscape? If so I think the ship was called Leviathon or similar (or was that Alien?).

[+martin&lindabryn]

Marty you are right with Farscape. but not the ship name

[+sdg2g08]

Marty you are right with Farscape. but not the ship name

 

Isn't the ship caled Myra or something along those lines.

[+martin&lindabryn]

Is that Farscape? If so I think the ship was called Leviathon or similar (or was that Alien?).

 

Marty you are right with Farscape. but not the ship name

 

Isn't the ship caled Myra or something along those lines.

 

sdg2g08

 

You are so close with Myra, the ship is actual called Moya.

As I have two correct answers, from two different players, I will let the first one of you to post the next question take the honors of the ding.

[+MartyBartfast]

I subsequently had look and Moya was a Leviathan class vessel, so I wasn't too far off so I'll take it.

 

 

What's the name of the co-respondent from North Wales, who often almost fills the post bag on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue ?

[+Boggin's Dad]

I can see from our overflowing post bag, that we have a letter from Mrs Trellis of North Wales.

[+MartyBartfast]

That's a DING to Boggin's Dad

[+Boggin's Dad]

North Wales is famous for being the wettest place in the universe, my question is:

 

Where is the largest desert in the world?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

The Arctic?

[+hal-an-tow]

I'll try the Antarctic !

[+MartyBartfast]

I had an inkling it's the one in Mongolia, but can't remember the name of it.

[radicalmm]

Africa? I'm guessing the Sahara Desert.

[+speakers-corner]

I had an inkling it's the one in Mongolia, but can't remember the name of it.

Gobi

[+MartyBartfast]

I had an inkling it's the one in Mongolia, but can't remember the name of it.

Gobi

 

Thanks, that's the one I was thinking of but having googled I now know it's nowhere near the largest.

[+martin&lindabryn]

Sahara

[curlingfan11]

Africa? I'm guessing the Sahara Desert.

 

Sahara

 

This is already taken by radicalmm.

Edited July 6, 2016 by curlingfan11

[radicalmm]

Africa? I'm guessing the Sahara Desert.

 

Sahara

 

This is already taken by radicalmm.

 

Sorry. Already taken. For a bonus if i'm right..

 

Here are the countries in the Sahara Desert:

 

Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia.

[+MartyBartfast]

Africa? I'm guessing the Sahara Desert.

 

Sahara

 

This is already taken by radicalmm.

 

Sorry. Already taken. For a bonus if i'm right..

 

Here are the countries in the Sahara Desert:

 

Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia.

 

Whoaaa hold on guys, still wating on Boggin's Dad to give the DING .....

[radicalmm]

So whats the final 'verdict'?

[+Boggin's Dad]

I'll try the Antarctic !

 

And the correct answer goes to hal-an-tow

 

The Antartic with an area of 14 million sq km, The Sahara is second with 9 million sq km, Gobi has only 1 million sq km

 

So over to you with a DING to the frozen, but rather dry Hal-an-tow

[Pajaholic]

FWIW, sources checked after the fact note that the Arctic Desert is the second largest with the Sahara being third. Antarctic = 5.5 million sq miles; Arctic 5.4 million sq miles; Sahara 3.5 million sq miles. (Source, Geology.com)

[+Boggin's Dad]

FWIW, sources checked after the fact note that the Arctic Desert is the second largest with the Sahara being third. Antarctic = 5.5 million sq miles; Arctic 5.4 million sq miles; Sahara 3.5 million sq miles. (Source, Geology.com)

 

Hmm

 

On further investigation using the old faithful, wikipaedia, one list acknowledges the Artic, and the other does not, however the Antartic is still (marginally) larger, and the ding is pointing at Hal-an-tow.

[radicalmm]

I see. The one in Antartica is a polar desert. Hmmm...

[+hal-an-tow]

Thanks for the ding, I know it often suprises folk that a desert is defined by precipitation, not temperature.

 

On to the next question :

The recent death of Gordon Murray, creator and puppeteer of the classic Trumpton TV series got me reminiscing - so, what UK reviewer has a link with a childrens TV show ?

For the ding I want the reviewer name and the programme name please

[radicalmm]

Is it Professor Xavier? The show is X-Men. I don't know if this counts

[+MartyBartfast]

Graculuss, the Cormorant from Noggin the Nog.

 

Edit to add: When I first signed up I wanted to use Graculuss for my handle but it was already taken ;-)

Edited July 7, 2016 by MartyBartfast

[+hal-an-tow]

It was indeed Graculus the wise old bird from Noggin the Nog. I assumed he was a raven mind you ( I vaguely recall Odin may have been associated with ravens somehow so it fitted the viking theme) but that'sneither here nor there.

Googling graculus got me this rather entertainingly appropriate academic paper

 

So a ding to you MartyBartfast (and I guess your second choice of caching name had gone too and you had to be 'Marty' instead of 'Slarty' Over to you ...

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks.

 

The Marathon race is supposedly based on a run made following the battle of Marathon in ancient Greece, but what was the name of the messenger who made the original run?

[+hal-an-tow]

Thanks.

 

The Marathon race is supposedly based on a run made following the battle of Marathon in ancient Greece, but what was the name of the messenger who made the original run?

Phidippedes ? (that may well be some of the right letters in approximately the correct order )

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks.

 

The Marathon race is supposedly based on a run made following the battle of Marathon in ancient Greece, but what was the name of the messenger who made the original run?

Phidippedes ? (that may well be some of the right letters in approximately the correct order )

 

That's close enough for me, and pretty quick too.

[+hal-an-tow]

Sometimes being a primary school teacher comes in handy , I have had to teach what one child memorably called 'The Ancient Geeks' a few times ...

 

Right-o, lets swerve to an entirely different bit of U.K. general knowledge:

Red, black, green. What changed from being those colours, and what are the latest colours used ?

[Pajaholic]

Red, black and green used to be the old standard colour codes for mains electrical wiring: Red = Live (now brown), black = neutral (now blue) and green = earth (now green and yellow).

[+hal-an-tow]

Red, black and green used to be the old standard colour codes for mains electrical wiring: Red = Live (now brown), black = neutral (now blue) and green = earth (now green and yellow).

 

A speedy ding to Pajaholic

[Pajaholic]

Thanks.

 

And now for something completely different: What is a "cajon"?

[radicalmm]

Isn't a cajon a Peruvian instrument?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

I first thought it was a type of chicken but then had my doubts and was glad I googled it! (capon).

Edited July 8, 2016 by Yorkshire Yellow

[radicalmm]

Chickens do make some 'annoying instruments'

[Pajaholic]

Isn't a cajon a Peruvian instrument?

It is, and so you get the DING!

 

For completeness, it's a percussion instrument that looks a bit like an up-ended tea chest. You sit on it to play it and the sounds come from slapping the front of the instrument. FWIW, it's surprisingly versatile and becoming a regular sight on the folk-music scene.

 

Over to radicalmm...

[radicalmm]

Thanks. Time for a picture. If you were looking out of ________ you would see this from one angle:

 

Edited July 8, 2016 by radicalmm

[+martin&lindabryn]

Having been to the top of the CN Tower in Toronto, I recognise this view

[radicalmm]

Ding! I realize that I shouldn't give these questions because martin&lindabrym have been o Toronto.

[+martin&lindabryn]

Thanks for the ding.

Where would you find the waggle dance being performed ?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Bees 'waggle dance' in their hives to indicate the distance and direction of food sources.

 

It's also a rather nice beer.

[+martin&lindabryn]

sweet ding to Yorkshire yellow

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

What is the 'lantern rouge' and where would you find it?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

(deleted duplicate post)

Edited July 8, 2016 by Yorkshire Yellow

[Pajaholic]

"Lanterne rouge" means "red light". I suspect you might find one in the window of a house of ill repute. However, it's also the nickname given to the currently last rider in a cycling group; e.g. the currently last competitor in a cycle race such as the Tour de France or the current "tail end charlie" at a club run.

[radicalmm]

It's actually lanterne rouge. I expect Pajaholic to take the ding.