The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Sorry for the delay in posting but I've been busy.

 

Yes, you're correct Pajaholic - 'ding!'.

[Pajaholic]

Thanks. Continuing the theme, in The Tour de France, what does the green jersey signify?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

The green jersey is worn by the leader of the points classification. As most of the points available in it are awarded for stage wins and also a lesser amount for intermediate sprints, it's often held by a sprinter - a case in point being the current holder this year, Mark Cavendish of Dimension Data.

[Pajaholic]

A very speedy DING to Yokshire Yellow! ...

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Here's one you can all have a go at. A 'nearest the bull' (sort of) type question.

 

Still on the Tour De France theme. You've all seen the riders taking on new water bottles numerous times during a stage, chucking the old bottle one away.

 

To the nearest 500, how many water bottles are expected to be used during this year's Tour?

Edited July 11, 2016 by Yorkshire Yellow

[+martin&lindabryn]

purer guess 4500

[radicalmm]

42500? I know this is a lot, but may be close because of how much people are competing, I might be pretty close.

Edited July 11, 2016 by radicalmm

[+subay]

56000???

[radicalmm]

Changed my guess to 42000

[+MartyBartfast]

35,000

[+hal-an-tow]

26500

I wonder, do the French ever use 'em as cache containers ?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

The 'ding!' here goes to radicalmm.

[radicalmm]

Really? I'm shocked. Relating to martinandlindabryn, I thought I was way off! Staying with the Tour De France topic, about how many kilometres does the race cover?

[+speakers-corner]

About 3500km

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Really? I'm shocked. Relating to martinandlindabryn, I thought I was way off! Staying with the Tour De France topic, about how many kilometres does the race cover?

So was I. I wondered how many, having seen a veritable cascade of them heading onto the roadside verges during the highlights of a recent day's stage, so checked it out. It's fact 2 here.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

26500

I wonder, do the French ever use 'em as cache containers ?

I don't know, perhaps they do. I think they're referred to a 'bidon', so if you see that on a French language listing page, then you know they do.

 

I did find this though.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

About 3500km

I concur with speakers-corner. I have the feeling it's slightly longer this year, if my recollection of what was said on the rest day programme on ITV last night is correct. I do know that they've already covered half distance so far this year in 9 of 21 stages - rather them than me!

[radicalmm]

And the ding goes to speakers-corner. The real distance 3519 km.

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the ding, it was just a guess really. The race is normally between 3300 and 3600km.

Staying wih the race. Who heads the list of multiple winners and include number of wins. I will accept 1 of 4 names.

Edited July 12, 2016 by speakers-corner

[dodgydaved]

Thanks for the ding, it was just a guess really. The race is normally between 3300 and 3600km.

Staying wih the race. Who heads the list of multiple winners and include number of wins. I will accept 1 of 4 names.

 

I'll go with the obvious one, Froome!

[Pajaholic]

I suspect that nobody's beaten Eddie Merckx's record yet?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

We're talking race winners, not stage winners - yes?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

If so, didn't Lance Armstrong 'win' 5 or 6 times?

[+speakers-corner]

Sorry, Chris Froome has only won twice.

[+speakers-corner]

If so, didn't Lance Armstrong 'win' 5 or 6 times?

Yes he won 7 times but was disqualified on all Counts.

Im looking for 1 of four names and the number of times they have won.

Edited July 12, 2016 by speakers-corner

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

A complete gues - Miguel 'Big Mig' Induran - 3 times?

[+speakers-corner]

Looking through the answers I see that Pajaholic has a right answer. Eddy Merckx, Jaques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain lead the list. But how many wins did they have.

[+speakers-corner]

A complete gues - Miguel 'Big Mig' Induran - 3 times?

No it wasnt 3 times. Have another go.

[+martin&lindabryn]

Miguel 'Big Mig' Induran - 4 times

[+Beach_hut]

it's 5 times and I believe there are 4 cyclists that reached this - Merckx, Indurain have been mentioned, there is also Jacques Anquetil. Can't remember the other one - Laurent Fignon?

[+speakers-corner]

The Ding goes to Beach hut.

Eddy Merckx, Jaques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain all had 5 wins.

[+Beach_hut]

Why thanks.

 

Next question: Queen's "Bicycle Race" was a double A-sided single. What was the other song on the A side?

[+MartyBartfast]

Think it was Fat Bottomed girls.

[+Beach_hut]

Think it was Fat Bottomed girls.

 

That's a Ding! Sorry, thought I'd dung the other day.

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks, a quickie 'cos I'm off on holiday tomorrow:

 

exactly 47 years ago the world was eagerly following the fate of 3 individuals, who were they and what were they doing?

[+martin&lindabryn]

Apollo 13 Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred Haise

[+MartyBartfast]

Apollo 13 Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred Haise

 

Close but no cigar.

[+martin&lindabryn]

In that case it must be Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the one every one forgets about Michael Collins

[+MartyBartfast]

In that case it must be Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the one every one forgets about Michael Collins

 

And the Eagle has landed.

 

They launched on July 16th, and the Eagle landed on the 20th, so right about this time everyone was following their mission and I can just about remember the buzz (see what I did there ) it created, and I can remember going into school the next morning and watching it on a big black and white telly in the dining hall.

[+martin&lindabryn]

In that case it must be Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the one every one forgets about Michael Collins

 

And the Eagle has landed.

 

They launched on July 16th, and the Eagle landed on the 20th, so right about this time everyone was following their mission and I can just about remember the buzz (see what I did there ) it created, and I can remember going into school the next morning and watching it on a big black and white telly in the dining hall.

I can remember that as well sitting on the floor no chairs looking up at the black and whit TV on its 5ft high stand, getting a stiff neck.

 

This is the hand movement instructions, for the umpire in which sport. and for a bonus ding, can you say what they are indicating.

[radicalmm]

I know this. Since I live in Canada, and watch baseball (there is only one Canadian team in the mlb), that this is baseball. The first image is 'out', and the second is 'safe'.

[+martin&lindabryn]

I know this. Since I live in Canada, and watch baseball (there is only one Canadian team in the mlb), that this is baseball. The first image is 'out', and the second is 'safe'.

thats a home run to radicalmm

[radicalmm]

Well thanks. In French, what does the word 'poubelle' mean in English?

[+Optimist on the run]

Is it doll?

[+Optimist on the run]

I've just Googled it after posting my answer, and I'm definitely wrong!

[+speakers-corner]

If I remember correctly then it means dustbin.

[radicalmm]

If I remember correctly then it means dustbin.

 

Uhhh... Close....but there is no dust in the bin. Sorry.

[Pajaholic]

Don't forget that this is a UK quiz. My English/French dictionary says that Speakers-corner is correct and that "trash can" is an American phrase, not English!

[radicalmm]

I was going to give a ding, because it was technically correct. But I wanted to give the ding to the actually correct item that it says. So ding.

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the ding.

Staying with words.

Im looking for a 4 letter word. In english you would be glad to recieve/get it but in another european language not.