radicalmm Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 And the ding goes to speakers-corner. The real distance 3519 km. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) 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 Quote
dodgydaved Posted July 12, 2016 Posted 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! Quote
Pajaholic Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 I suspect that nobody's beaten Eddie Merckx's record yet? Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 We're talking race winners, not stage winners - yes? Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 If so, didn't Lance Armstrong 'win' 5 or 6 times? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Sorry, Chris Froome has only won twice. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) 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 Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 A complete gues - Miguel 'Big Mig' Induran - 3 times? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 12, 2016 Posted 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. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 A complete gues - Miguel 'Big Mig' Induran - 3 times? No it wasnt 3 times. Have another go. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted July 12, 2016 Posted 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? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 The Ding goes to Beach hut. Eddy Merckx, Jaques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain all had 5 wins. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted July 14, 2016 Posted 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? Quote
+Beach_hut Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 Think it was Fat Bottomed girls. That's a Ding! Sorry, thought I'd dung the other day. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted July 18, 2016 Posted 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? Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 18, 2016 Posted July 18, 2016 Apollo 13 Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred Haise Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted July 18, 2016 Posted July 18, 2016 Apollo 13 Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred Haise Close but no cigar. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 18, 2016 Posted July 18, 2016 In that case it must be Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the one every one forgets about Michael Collins Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted July 18, 2016 Posted 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. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 18, 2016 Posted 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. Quote
radicalmm Posted July 18, 2016 Posted 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'. Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted July 18, 2016 Posted 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 Quote
radicalmm Posted July 18, 2016 Posted July 18, 2016 Well thanks. In French, what does the word 'poubelle' mean in English? Quote
+Optimist on the run Posted July 18, 2016 Posted July 18, 2016 I've just Googled it after posting my answer, and I'm definitely wrong! Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 If I remember correctly then it means dustbin. Quote
radicalmm Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 If I remember correctly then it means dustbin. Uhhh... Close....but there is no dust in the bin. Sorry. Quote
Pajaholic Posted July 19, 2016 Posted 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! Quote
radicalmm Posted July 19, 2016 Posted 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. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 20, 2016 Posted 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. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) A Ding for Yorkshire Yellow. Gift in English means poison in German. Edited July 20, 2016 by speakers-corner Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted July 20, 2016 Posted 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. Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted July 20, 2016 Posted 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)) Quote
Pajaholic Posted July 21, 2016 Posted 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! Quote
Pajaholic Posted July 21, 2016 Posted 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? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 21, 2016 Posted July 21, 2016 The shortest and direct Connection should be Swansea Quote
Pajaholic Posted July 22, 2016 Posted 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 Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 22, 2016 Posted 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. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 And the ding (a very fast one) goes back to Pajaholic. Quote
Pajaholic Posted July 22, 2016 Posted 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. Quote
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