The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[radicalmm]

Or English Manderin Hindi Spanish Arabic. Its one of the 2 guesses.

 

Right on! DING

[+Pajaholic]

That could be said of the Chinese language. Just a thought.

Anyway have a nice evening. Im off to bed.

@speakers-corner: FWIW, that's why I wrote "Mandarin" rather than "Chinese". AFAICT, Mandarin is a common, Imperial language with several dialects rather than a set of languages. Whereas both Chinese and Arabic are language sets (quick Google after the fact shows that Chinese is a macrolanguage comprising over a dozen distinct, individual languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.) and Arabic is a macrolanguage comprising about a dozen and a half distinct, individual languages). So both are like "Scandinavian" -- and we consider Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish to be separate languages even though, like Chinese and Arabic, they have many similarities and share the same root.

 

That said, I'm in this thread to learn and the question setter is always right. You have the ding, and I look forward to your next question!

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the Ding.

And now for a complete change of theme.

 

Name the 2 Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.

[+Pajaholic]

Both are currently in build at Rosyth. They are HMS Queen Elizabeth (pennant number R08)and HMS Prince of Wales (pennant number R09).

[+speakers-corner]

Well done. The Ding goes to Pajaholic.

[+Pajaholic]

Many thanks.

 

HMS Queen Elizabeth has pennant number R08 and HMS Prince of Wales has pennant number R09. For the ding, what were the previous UK warships to carry those pennant numbers?

[Sharpeset]

Many thanks.

 

HMS Queen Elizabeth has pennant number R08 and HMS Prince of Wales has pennant number R09. For the ding, what were the previous UK warships to carry those pennant numbers?

 

If there is a 'clue' in the fact that the current holders are/will be Aircraft carriers, I'll go for Ark Royal and Illustrious

[+Pajaholic]

Some clues:

 

1. You are correct that "R" denotes an aircraft carrier.

2. The Invincible class were HMS Invincible (R05), HMS Illustrious (R06) and HMS Ark Royal (R07).

3. The previous R08 was Centaur class and the previous R09 was Audacious class. Both were in commission when the first of the Invincible class was laid down but decommissioned before the last of the Invincible class was commissioned.

[+speakers-corner]

Some clues:

3. The previous R08 was Centaur class and the previous R09 was Audacious class. Both were in commission when the first of the Invincible class was laid down but decommissioned before the last of the Invincible class was commissioned.

 

With this in mind (and help from friends in the Navy) it can only be HMS Bulwark and HMS Ark Royal.

[+Pajaholic]

DING! Over to speakers-corner...

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the Ding.

 

Name the Royal Navy's shore bases (HMS ???) and where they are.

[+Pajaholic]

Shore bases or shore establishments?

[+speakers-corner]

Shore Bases, there are three left (hint).

[+Pajaholic]

Technically, the naval bases are HMNB Portsmouth, HMNB Devonport, HMNB Rosyth and the Clyde Submarine Base. Three of those have associated accommodation shore establishments. HMNB Portsmouth has HMS Nelson; HMNB Devonport has HMS Drake and the Clyde Submarine Base has HMS Neptune. HMNB Rosyth used to have HMS Cochrane until that was decommissioned.

[+speakers-corner]

DING! over to Pajaholic.

[+Pajaholic]

Thanks for the ding!

 

On checking after the fact, I note that Rosyth no longer has the HMNB tag and that the official name of the Clyde Submarine Base is HMNB Clyde.

 

Keeping with Royal Navy bases, HMS Rooke used to provide the accommodation for which overseas naval base?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Gibraltar?

[+Pajaholic]

DING! Over to Yorkshire Yellow...

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

When you see a car on the roads that's from another country, it's supposed to have a white oval shaped badge with a specific letter/two/three letters on it.

 

My question is: - if you saw a car with a badge showing the letters 'KN', which country would it be from?

[radicalmm]

Kitts and Nevis?

[+Pajaholic]

Kazakhstan?

[dodgydaved]

When you see a car on the roads that's from another country, it's supposed to have a white oval shaped badge with a specific letter/two/three letters on it.

 

My question is: - if you saw a car with a badge showing the letters 'KN', which country would it be from?

 

This tweaked my interest so I googled it and was gobsmacked. :lol: Mind as the footnote (head note) on Wikipedia said :

 

"Note: an asterisk (*) indicates that this code is unofficial (does not appear in the UN list of distinguishing codes)."

[+hal-an-tow]

KNotty Ash ... but only if it is a really small car ...

[+MartyBartfast]

Another guess, at North Korea

 

now off to google it....

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Nope.

 

Would you like a clue/hint?

[+martin&lindabryn]

yes please

[radicalmm]

Nope.

 

Would you like a clue/hint?

 

Yes please.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

It's in the north end hemisphere.

[radicalmm]

Kyrgyzstan?

Edited June 26, 2016 by radicalmm

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Or even the northern hemisphere (!).

 

No, not that. Further north.

[radicalmm]

If it's further north, I think it is Kazakhstan. If it is, Pajaholic already said it.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

If it's further north, I think it is Kazakhstan. If it is, Pajaholic already said it.

 

Sorry, incorrect.

[+Pajaholic]

I'm trying for the Actic: I don't think it's Scandinavia -- Norway (N), Sweden (S), Denmark (DK) or Finland (FN?). I don't think it's Canada (CA?) or USA (USA?). It's not Iceland (IS) and Greenland isn't a country (it's a Danish territory and so carries "DK"). Similarly, Svalbard isn't a country (it's a Norwegian territory and so carries "N"). That only leaves the northern part of the former USSR. I'm racking my brains, but I can't think of a likely candidate.

 

So I've pretty much ruled out the Actic. WRT other regions, there are way too many countries that are part of the former USSR, way too many Middle-Eastern countries; way too many African countries and way too many in Asia. The UN recognises 196 countries in all, so I suspect that you'll need to narrow it down a little more.

 

Can you at least tell us which continent, or which latitude region (Arctic, Temperate, Sub-tropical, Tropical or Equitorial)?

 

In the meantime, I've just looked at a World map and I'm having another guess at Nicaragua?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

It's the Arctic.

 

You're all but there in your post above.

[+Pajaholic]

It's the Arctic.

 

You're all but there in your post above.

So I suspect it must be one of the ones I'm not sure about. Finland is Suomi in Finnish IIRC (but it's been a while since I last spoke with a Finn), which leaves Canada; which is "Canada" in both French and English. Perhaps Canada is spelled with "K" in some Inuit dialect, so that's what I try next.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

No, not Canada - one of their neighbours (and it's been mentioned already).

[radicalmm]

Is it one of Canada's neighbouring countries? If it is, the countries are USA, and Greenland (owned by Denmark)

[+Boggin's Dad]

Iceland?

[+martin&lindabryn]

With a choice being narrowed down to the two above

I will go for Green land

As I can’t see the US using KN

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

It's Greenland and I'll award the 'ding!' to radicalmm.

 

'KN' stands for the name of the country, 'Kalaallit Nunaat' ("land of the Kalaallit"), in Greenlandic (Kalaallisut).

[radicalmm]

Wow! I'm shocked. That was a toughie. I had no idea that the Greenland was KN!

 

Anayway, not to put more pressure, , here is another abbreviation. (or code)

 

Which airport's abbreviation, is

 

YYZ?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Given my question I'm assuming the letters bear no relation to the city or location/area which the airport in question serves,but I'll have to have a think about it.

[radicalmm]

It relates to airports in the area. Airports in the area have the first letters 'YZ'

[+Pajaholic]

Radicalmm is Canadian, so I suspect that we're looking for his local international hub. I know it isn't Vancouver (YVR). I can't think of a Canadian city that abbreviates to YZ. So I'll guess Ottawa.

[+martin&lindabryn]

having been there, Canada's Toronto air port

[radicalmm]

Close Look in the same province. It's getting pretty obvious now..

Edited June 27, 2016 by radicalmm

[radicalmm]

having been there, Canada's Toronto air port

 

Ding! I put that last one the same time you submitted that

[+martin&lindabryn]

Thanks for the Ding

now back to a picture question

which famous bridge is this

 

[radicalmm]

The Manuas-Iranduba Bridge? /Rio Negro Bridge?

Edited June 27, 2016 by radicalmm

[radicalmm]

The Tower Bridge?