+hal-an-tow Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 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 ! Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 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 Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 DING to martin&lindabryn (and a mention in dispatches to hal-an-tow) Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 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? Quote
+Beach_hut Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 *Waits for QI-type klaxons* Panama hat? Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 *Waits for QI-type klaxons* Panama hat? QI klaxon it is not, as that is the right answer Quote
+Beach_hut Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 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? Quote
+hal-an-tow Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 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 ? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 What connection does Jeremy Clarkson have with Paddington Bear? Interesting story. I cant take part in this as I have googled the answer. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 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. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 SC, seeing as you know the answer, have I pitched this one too hard? PM sent. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 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? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 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. Quote
+Beach_hut Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 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 Quote
+speakers-corner Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) Thanks for the DING. Staying on the same sort of theme, who or what is Aleksandr Orlov? Edited October 29, 2016 by speakers-corner Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 Is he one of the meerkats on the compare the market adverts? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 A big DING for Boggins Dad. Well done. Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted October 31, 2016 Posted October 31, 2016 Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Carnaria and Fuertaventura are all part of a group of islands. What animal is that group named after? Quote
Pajaholic Posted October 31, 2016 Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) 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 Quote
+Boggin's Dad Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 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 Quote
Pajaholic Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 Thanks. Staying with geography: Which mainland Australian state has a border with every other mainland Australian state? Quote
Pajaholic Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 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. Quote
+Optimist on the run Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 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. Quote
Pajaholic Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 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... Quote
+Optimist on the run Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 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? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 Maine - Northeast coast. The other boarder is with Canada. Quote
+Optimist on the run Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 Ding to speakers-corner. Maine borders New Hampshire, and is the only monosyllabic state of the USA. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) 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 Quote
+speakers-corner Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 I'll have a guess at 7. And that is a Ding. Over to TheOldfields. Quote
+TheOldfields Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 Wasn't expecting that.... Which is the only one of the great lakes that is entirely inside the USA's border? Quote
Pajaholic Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 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"! Quote
+TheOldfields Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 That would be the answer I was looking for, so a slightly watery Ding to you. Quote
Pajaholic Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 Thanks. Staying with lakes, this is a two-part question. You only need to answer one part correctly for the ding, but bonus points for getting both: What is the largest freshwater lake that is in an island that, in turn, is in a fresh water lake? What is the largest freshwater lake in the World? Quote
+Optimist on the run Posted November 3, 2016 Posted November 3, 2016 1 I seem to recall this was on QI - was it St Johns lake or something similar? 2 I'll have a guess at Lake Titicaca, or failing that Lake Victoria. Quote
Pajaholic Posted November 3, 2016 Posted November 3, 2016 No correct answers so far. Although Wikipedia names Lake Superior as the largest, it is with the caveat that another is hydrologically the largest by area. Another lake in another continent is the largest by volume (containing about a fifth of the World's fresh water by volume). Coincidentally, the answer to Q1 is a lake in an island in an answer to Q2! Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted November 6, 2016 Posted November 6, 2016 The largest lake by volume is Lake Baikal/Vaikal (not at all sure of the spelling), which is somewhere in the region of Southern Russia IIRC. I also seem to remember that the island from Q1 is in that lake. Quote
Pajaholic Posted November 6, 2016 Posted November 6, 2016 That's enough to get the Ding. For completeness, the largest freshwater lake by volume is (as stated) Lake Baikal in Siberia, which holds approximately 1/5 of the World's fresh surface water. The largest by area is Lake Michigan-Huron (Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are a single body of water in hydrological terms) which, at approx 45,000 sq miles is larger than the 32,000 sq miles of Lake Superior. The largest lake within an island within a lake is Lake Manitou, which is within Manitoulin Island, which is in Lake Huron. Over to MartyBartfast ... Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted November 6, 2016 Posted November 6, 2016 Thanks. Picture round: Name the picture and the artist. Quote
+Optimist on the run Posted November 7, 2016 Posted November 7, 2016 The Fighting Temerera by J Turner (not sure if I've spelt that right!) Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted November 7, 2016 Posted November 7, 2016 That's good enough for me, FWIW it's "The Fighting Temeraire" Quote
+Optimist on the run Posted November 7, 2016 Posted November 7, 2016 Thanks. From visual arts to music: who composed the Brandenburg Concertos? Quote
Sharpeset Posted November 7, 2016 Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) Thanks. From visual arts to music: who composed the Brandenburg Concertos? That would be Johannes Sebastian Bach Edited November 7, 2016 by Sharpeset Quote
Sharpeset Posted November 7, 2016 Posted November 7, 2016 Ding to Sharpeset Thank you: Sticking with Music, here's a vaguely topical two part question, both parts required for the DING: Who wrote the music for the Royal Fireworks, and for which Royal? Quote
+hal-an-tow Posted November 8, 2016 Posted November 8, 2016 Ding to Sharpeset Thank you: Sticking with Music, here's a vaguely topical two part question, both parts required for the DING: Who wrote the music for the Royal Fireworks, and for which Royal? Handel was the composer, and the monarch was George . Um, not sure about which George tho' ! I'll go for George the 2nd Quote
Sharpeset Posted November 8, 2016 Posted November 8, 2016 Ding to Sharpeset Thank you: Sticking with Music, here's a vaguely topical two part question, both parts required for the DING: Who wrote the music for the Royal Fireworks, and for which Royal? Handel was the composer, and the monarch was George . Um, not sure about which George tho' ! I'll go for George the 2nd You went for the right one - a right royal DING to you Sire Quote
+hal-an-tow Posted November 9, 2016 Posted November 9, 2016 Ding to Sharpeset Thank you: Sticking with Music, here's a vaguely topical two part question, both parts required for the DING: Who wrote the music for the Royal Fireworks, and for which Royal? Handel was the composer, and the monarch was George . Um, not sure about which George tho' ! I'll go for George the 2nd You went for the right one - a right royal DING to you Sire Thanks for the ding ... 'Your Majesty' would be more accurate for the female of the species tho' As a side note, I enjoyed the (possibly apocryphal) story that "The Madness of King George" was preferred as a film title because if they'd called it "The Madness of George the 3rd", the film company thought swathes of folk would have stayed away, as they'd not seen episodes 1 or 2 ... Anyway, proper music with a seasonal theme seems to be a good category, so try this one: What links 7/8 of the Solar System to goblin retailing ? Quote
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