Jump to content

The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz


Recommended Posts

Posted (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 by speakers-corner
Posted

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!

Posted (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 by speakers-corner
Posted

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?

Posted

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.

Posted

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.

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.

cf776852-a018-4979-b147-1a088ca96c2d.jpg

Posted

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'.

Posted

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))

Posted

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!

Posted

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

Posted

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.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...