The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

July 12, 2016

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

1.1k · July 12, 2016

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

July 12, 2016

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!

July 12, 2016

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

July 12, 2016

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

July 12, 2016

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

1.1k · July 12, 2016

Sorry, Chris Froome has only won twice.

1.1k · July 12, 2016

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

July 12, 2016

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

1.1k · July 12, 2016

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.

1.1k · July 12, 2016

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

No it wasnt 3 times. Have another go.

July 12, 2016

Miguel 'Big Mig' Induran - 4 times

July 12, 2016

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?

1.1k · July 12, 2016

The Ding goes to Beach hut.

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

July 14, 2016

Why thanks.

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

6.2k · July 14, 2016

Think it was Fat Bottomed girls.

July 17, 2016

Think it was Fat Bottomed girls.

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

6.2k · July 18, 2016

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?

July 18, 2016

Apollo 13 Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred Haise

6.2k · July 18, 2016

Apollo 13 Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred Haise

Close but no cigar.

July 18, 2016

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

6.2k · July 18, 2016

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 :lol: ) 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.

July 18, 2016

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.

July 18, 2016

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'.

July 18, 2016

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

July 18, 2016

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

July 18, 2016

Is it doll?

July 18, 2016

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

1.1k · July 19, 2016

If I remember correctly then it means dustbin.

July 19, 2016

If I remember correctly then it means dustbin.

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

July 19, 2016

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!

July 19, 2016

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.

1.1k · July 20, 2016

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.

July 20, 2016

Gift?

1.1k · July 20, 2016

A Ding for Yorkshire Yellow.

Gift in English means poison in German.

Edited July 20, 2016 by speakers-corner

July 20, 2016

Wow! What a lucky guess! I did learn German in year 3 at school. but don't know if I had that stored somewhere in the back of my mind.

July 20, 2016

The silver once mined in which Devon village is found in some of the Crown Jewels?

(Note - Feel free to consult a map if you're not overly familiar that part of the world. I may 'point you in the direction' of the correct location if/when needed, by reference to previous guess(es))

1.1k · July 21, 2016

North devon, Ilfracombe

July 21, 2016

AIUI, all silver won from that part of the N. Devon coastal belt is known as "Combe Martin Silver", no matter whether it was actually mined in Combe Martin. So I suspect that YY might be looking for "Combe Martin". However, I suspect that Speakers Corner is technically correct in that case as the silver might well have come from Ilfracombe!

July 21, 2016

Combe Martin = ding!

July 21, 2016

Thanks.

Staying with Hele Bay etc. -- Back in the 1950s and 1960s, there used to be a paddle steamer ferry service between Ilfracombe and which Welsh landmark?

1.1k · July 21, 2016

The shortest and direct Connection should be Swansea

July 21, 2016

Barry Island?

July 22, 2016

I'm going to give the DING to Speakers Corner as the landmark lies within "Greater Swansea".

For completeness, the landmark is The Mumbles -- specifically, Mumbles Pier (51.568995, -3.976743)

Over to Speakers Corner

1.1k · July 22, 2016

Thanks for the ding Pajaholic.

So moving to another County. A town, a gorge and something edible, what is the name I am looking for.

July 22, 2016

Cheddar?

1.1k · July 22, 2016

And the ding (a very fast one) goes back to Pajaholic.

July 22, 2016

Thanks. Staying on the subject of cheese ...

For the next ding, name the Cornish cheese made from cows' milk, and wrapped in stinging nettles, which become part of the rind as the cheese matures.

July 22, 2016

Yarg.

July 22, 2016

Very quick DING to Yorkshire Yellow.

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