The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks. Hopefully a musical question the answer to which more than a few will know: What was Morecambe and Wise's signature tune?

 

They had at least two, but I suspect you're looking for Bring Me Sunshine.

[+Beach_hut]

Hehe wish I'd weighed in on the previous question now

 

One of our caches

 

The answer to the current question is "Bring me Sunshine" (Edit: doh! too late - if only I'd not spent time digging that link out )

Edited October 15, 2016 by Beach_hut

[Pajaholic]

They had at least two, but I suspect you're looking for Bring Me Sunshine.

That'll get you the DING! FWIW, any of the other tunes mentioned in their Wikipedia page would have also got the ding. However, "Bring me Sunshine" (together with that wacky dance) is the one that I suspect most people remember.

 

Over to MartyBartfast...

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks.

 

A straight up classics question:

 

Name King Lear's daughters......

[+Beach_hut]

Regan, Goneril and Cordelia

[+hal-an-tow]

Thanks.

 

A straight up classics question:

 

Name King Lear's daughters......

Cordelia, Regan and Goneril ? ... or was that The Sweeney ...

[+hal-an-tow]

Thanks.

 

A straight up classics question:

 

Name King Lear's daughters......

Cordelia, Regan and Goneril ? ... or was that The Sweeney ...

Rats ! too slow ! Leave the poor joke outnext time

[+MartyBartfast]

Regan, Goneril and Cordelia

 

Ding to Beach Hut, and a very close second for hal-an-tow

[+Beach_hut]

Thanks for the Ding and apologies for the delay in questioning...

 

Next question..... Laura Dern, Sharon Stone, Carrie Fisher, Jamie Lee Curtis, Melanie Griffith and Brooke Shields were all reputedly under consideration for which role, ultimately played by Linda Blair? (There is a link!!)

[+MartyBartfast]

The only thing I know Linda Blair for is the child in The Exorcist, so I'll say that, as I think they're all of the right age.

[+Beach_hut]

The only thing I know Linda Blair for is the child in The Exorcist, so I'll say that, as I think they're all of the right age.

 

I'll need a name for the DING, I think... (it does link back to the previous question) a first name at least

Edited October 19, 2016 by Beach_hut

[+MartyBartfast]

The only thing I know Linda Blair for is the child in The Exorcist, so I'll say that, as I think they're all of the right age.

 

I'll need a name for the DING, I think... (it does link back to the previous question) a first name at least

 

OK, I guess she was called Regan ?

[+hal-an-tow]

Having waited for MartyBartfast to post a follow up answer to his very near miss, I'll now plump for guessing Cordelia.

[+Beach_hut]

 

OK, I guess she was called Regan ?

 

That's the DING - Regan it is :-)

[+MartyBartfast]

What is the name of the children’s book which was written by Prince Charles and published in 1980?

[+hal-an-tow]

What is the name of the children’s book which was written by Prince Charles and published in 1980?

 

Arrgh, it's somewhere lurking at the back of my mental filing system ... something Scottish, and I can't help but see an image of groundskeeper Willie off the Simpsons ... was it "The old man of <insert Scots place name here> " ? Loch something ? Lochinvar ? No that was young Lochinvar ...

 

For goodness sake, someone please answer it, that's going to bother me until the answer appears.

[+martin&lindabryn]

What is the name of the children’s book which was written by Prince Charles and published in 1980?

 

Arrgh, it's somewhere lurking at the back of my mental filing system ... something Scottish, and I can't help but see an image of groundskeeper Willie off the Simpsons ... was it "The old man of <insert Scots place name here> " ? Loch something ? Lochinvar ? No that was young Lochinvar ...

 

For goodness sake, someone please answer it, that's going to bother me until the answer appears.

 

with the help full quoit from Hal-an-tow which has jogged my memoty and to put him her out of his her torment. old man of lochnagar

Edited October 23, 2016 by martin&lindabryn

[+hal-an-tow]

Ah, thank you!

So near and yet just beyond my grasp... it's probably an age thing ... assuming that is the correct answer of course !

 

BTW, that's put her out of her torment !

[+martin&lindabryn]

Ah, thank you!

So near and yet just beyond my grasp... it's probably an age thing ... assuming that is the correct answer of course !

 

BTW, that's put her out of her torment !

 

oops changed

[+MartyBartfast]

DING to martin&lindabryn

 

(and a mention in dispatches to hal-an-tow)

[+martin&lindabryn]

DING to martin&lindabryn

 

(and a mention in dispatches to hal-an-tow)

thanks for the ding and to hal-an-tow for getting me on the right track.

 

What is the name of the famous hat that originated in Ecuador?

[+Beach_hut]

*Waits for QI-type klaxons* Panama hat?

[+martin&lindabryn]

*Waits for QI-type klaxons* Panama hat?

QI klaxon it is not, as that is the right answer

[+Beach_hut]

Thanks One of those things I thought I'd heard somewhere. I'd have felt very silly if I'd been wrong

 

Next question is on a slightly different tangent:

 

What connection does Jeremy Clarkson have with Paddington Bear?

[+hal-an-tow]

Thanks One of those things I thought I'd heard somewhere. I'd have felt very silly if I'd been wrong

 

Next question is on a slightly different tangent:

 

What connection does Jeremy Clarkson have with Paddington Bear?

An inordinate fondness for marmalade sandwiches ?

[+speakers-corner]

What connection does Jeremy Clarkson have with Paddington Bear?

 

Interesting story. I cant take part in this as I have googled the answer.

[+Beach_hut]

What connection does Jeremy Clarkson have with Paddington Bear?

 

Interesting story. I cant take part in this as I have googled the answer.

 

SC, seeing as you know the answer, have I pitched this one too hard?

 

A clue for everyone else: this doesn't relate to his adult life.

[+speakers-corner]

SC, seeing as you know the answer, have I pitched this one too hard?

 

PM sent.

[+Beach_hut]

SC, seeing as you know the answer, have I pitched this one too hard?

 

PM sent.

 

Thanks SC. I think I'll ask a different question.

 

The answer was that Jeremy Clarkson's parents owned the company that made the first stuffed toy Paddington Bear (this was in the early 1970s when Jeremy was a child) they gave their children prototypes to play with, so Jeremy owned the first ever Paddington bear toy.

 

New question: What was the name of the human family Paddington lived with in the stories?

[+speakers-corner]

Mr & Mrs Brown.

 

An interesting item from the other question. Paddington kept on falling over so Jeremy's parents made small yellow welly boots for him and they stuck ever since.

[+Beach_hut]

Mr & Mrs Brown.

 

An interesting item from the other question. Paddington kept on falling over so Jeremy's parents made small yellow welly boots for him and they stuck ever since.

 

And a very speedy DING and a bonus DING for that nugget

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the DING. Staying on the same sort of theme, who or what is Aleksandr Orlov?

Edited October 29, 2016 by speakers-corner

[+Boggin's Dad]

Is he one of the meerkats on the compare the market adverts?

[+speakers-corner]

A big DING for Boggins Dad. Well done.

[+Boggin's Dad]

Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Carnaria and Fuertaventura are all part of a group of islands.

 

What animal is that group named after?

[Pajaholic]

I suspect you meant "Gran Canaria" rather than "Gran Carnaria". The group of islands is the "Canary Islands", which are not named after birds but have the same root as "Canine" and hence are really the Islands of Dogs! That is, the island group is named after the dog.

Edited October 31, 2016 by Pajaholic

[+Boggin's Dad]

I suspect you meant "Gran Canaria" rather than "Gran Carnaria". The group of islands is the "Canary Islands", which are not named after birds but have the same root as "Canine" and hence are really the Islands of Dogs! That is, the island group is named after the dog.

 

Spot on with that answer, the QI Klaxons were waiting, but no Alan Davies....

 

Yes, there was a slight typo on the Gran Canaria, a problem with big fingers on iDevices.

 

So a ding to Pajoholic - over to you

[Pajaholic]

Thanks. Staying with geography: Which mainland Australian state has a border with every other mainland Australian state?

[+Boggin's Dad]

New South Wales?

[Pajaholic]

Nope! NSW doesn't have a border with Western Australia

 

I can't believe this question is that difficult, but feel free to use a map (even an online map) to answer this one.

[+Optimist on the run]

I would have guessed at Northern Territories, but as you allowed us to use a map, I got out my atlas and discovered South Australia.

[Pajaholic]

That's a DING for Optimist on the run. Just in case anyone's thinking that SA doesn't have a border with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), neither the ACT, the Northern Territories nor the Jervis Bay Territory are states.

 

Over to Optomist on the run...

[+Optimist on the run]

Ok, on a similar note, Alaska and Hawaii are two states of the USA that have no borders with other states. What is the only state that has only one border with another state?

[+speakers-corner]

Maine - Northeast coast. The other boarder is with Canada.

[+Optimist on the run]

Ding to speakers-corner. Maine borders New Hampshire, and is the only monosyllabic state of the USA.

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the ding there.

Staying in the States. My daughter and her husband moved from the east coast to the west coast in March, having to drive all the way in the car because of their pets. They started in Virginia and drove to California.

 

How many states did they drive through including start and finish?

Edited November 2, 2016 by speakers-corner

[+TheOldfields]

I'll have a guess at 7.

[+speakers-corner]

I'll have a guess at 7.

And that is a Ding. Over to TheOldfields.

[+TheOldfields]

Wasn't expecting that....

 

Which is the only one of the great lakes that is entirely inside the USA's border?

[Pajaholic]

I suspect that this is a question with no strictly correct answer. I suspect you're looking for "Lake Michigan". However, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are the same body of water (they're joined at the Northern end of Lake Michigan). As Lake Huron is partly in the US and partly in Canada, the entire lake isn't entirely inside the USA's border.

 

That said, I'll still say "Lake Michigan"!