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November 9, 2016

Holst's planet suite?

November 9, 2016

Holst's planet suite?

That is 7/8 of the solar system (interesting factoid, Pluto was not discovered until 1930 so is not in the Planets Suite which was written earlier, and now it's demoted anyway, so isn't listed as a planet ... )but for a ding you need a link to the second part of the question ...

An extra irrelevant factiod which just swam to the front of my mind : the discoverer Herschel originally named Uranus planet George. Shame that didn't stick in my opinion.

November 11, 2016

I don't want to have the thread lose momentum again, so I'll remove a bit of obfuscation ( which was in the original question to confound sneaky googleage ... )The goblin reference was to a work by Rossetti

November 12, 2016

As Gustav Holst was a 20th Century composer, I'll guess that he re-arranged the earlier Rosetti work?

November 12, 2016

As Gustav Holst was a 20th Century composer, I'll guess that he re-arranged the earlier Rosetti work?

No ding there I'm afraid, the chap you're thinking of was Rossetti with only one 's', unlike the two 's' Rossetti in question, who was not a musician.

If no one gets close by the end of today I'll add a hint.

November 13, 2016

As Gustav Holst was a 20th Century composer, I'll guess that he re-arranged the earlier Rosetti work?

No ding there I'm afraid, the chap you're thinking of was Rossetti with only one 's', unlike the two 's' Rossetti in question, who was not a musician.

If no one gets close by the end of today I'll add a hint.

No idea as to the Goblin reference above but I do know that Rossetti wrote 'in the bleak midwinter'. Someone must have set it to music so I'll hazard a guess it was our friend Gustav

November 13, 2016

As Gustav Holst was a 20th Century composer, I'll guess that he re-arranged the earlier Rosetti work?

No ding there I'm afraid, the chap you're thinking of was Rossetti with only one 's', unlike the two 's' Rossetti in question, who was not a musician.

If no one gets close by the end of today I'll add a hint.

No idea as to the Goblin reference above but I do know that Rossetti wrote 'in the bleak midwinter'. Someone must have set it to music so I'll hazard a guess it was our friend Gustav

And the musical ding goes Sharpeset

Christina Rossetti (not her more famous artist father, Ihope, sorry, suspect that could have misdirected some ) was a poet, her most famous work is 'Goblin Market'. She wrote the words, Holst the music, to 'In the Bleak Midwinter'

I noticed Holsts name at the top of the page in my school hymn book way back in the last century, and it took me to other works by him, and on to Elgar. Vaughan Williams,Sibelius, then diverted off to find out about English folk music, Rusby, various Carthys and the blessed June Tabor and eventually I arrived at the Levellers and Oysterband. A strange musical journey, all started off by a carol I rather enjoyed!

November 13, 2016

As Gustav Holst was a 20th Century composer, I'll guess that he re-arranged the earlier Rosetti work?

No ding there I'm afraid, the chap you're thinking of was Rossetti with only one 's', unlike the two 's' Rossetti in question, who was not a musician.

If no one gets close by the end of today I'll add a hint.

No idea as to the Goblin reference above but I do know that Rossetti wrote 'in the bleak midwinter'. Someone must have set it to music so I'll hazard a guess it was our friend Gustav

And the musical ding goes Sharpeset

Christina Rossetti (not her more famous artist father, Ihope, sorry, suspect that could have misdirected some ) was a poet, her most famous work is 'Goblin Market'. She wrote the words, Holst the music, to 'In the Bleak Midwinter'

I noticed Holsts name at the top of the page in my school hymn book way back in the last century, and it took me to other works by him, and on to Elgar. Vaughan Williams,Sibelius, then diverted off to find out about English folk music, Rusby, various Carthys and the blessed June Tabor and eventually I arrived at the Levellers and Oysterband. A strange musical journey, all started off by a carol I rather enjoyed!

Thanks - it's great how music can surprise and inspire. I'm going to stick with music for the next question, but slightly less classical:

Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith..... who is missing?

6.2k · November 13, 2016

Mickey Dolenz.

Hey Hey, we're The Monkeeeeees

November 13, 2016

Mickey Dolenz.

Hey Hey, we're The Monkeeeeees

We certainly are.... DING!

6.2k · November 13, 2016

Thanks.

What point on the Earth's surface is furthest from the centre of the planet?

November 13, 2016

I know it's not the summit of Everest, as Earth isn't an exact sphere but bulges at the equator, so it'll be the top of a high mountain on or near the equator, but I don't know which one.

November 13, 2016

I'd the same reasoning as Optimist , so I'll guess Kilimanjaro (which is also a guess at the spelling !)

6.2k · November 13, 2016

Not Kilimanjaro.

November 13, 2016

I'm sure I heard on QI sometime that it was Antarctica, although that would fly in the face of Optimist's reasoning?

November 14, 2016

As I understand it, it's the highest point of the Andes range in South America. However, the name of the mountain is something I can neither spell nor pronounce! Hopefully, this will help someone with better lingistic skills and memory to get the ding!

1.1k · November 14, 2016

It is Chimborazo in Ecuador. I remember looking for the highest and lowest Caches in the world in August when we were on holiday in Death Valley. There are 3 Traditional and 1 Earth-Cache there.

6.2k · November 14, 2016

It is Chimborazo, so a DING to Speakers-corner.

1.1k · November 15, 2016

Thanks for the DING there.

What is special about the moon on the night of 14/15.11.2016?

November 15, 2016

It's a supermoon.

I believe it is the closest that the moon approaches to the earth, it does this with a periodicity of approximately seventy years. It is the brightest and largest to view

1.1k · November 15, 2016

And the DING goes to this answer -

It's a supermoon.

I believe it is the closest that the moon approaches to the earth, it does this with a periodicity of approximately seventy years. It is the brightest and largest to view

Over to you Boggin's Dad

November 18, 2016

Thank you

Now for a bit of detective work......

What is the name of Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper?

6.2k · November 18, 2016

Mrs Hudson.

November 18, 2016

A quick ding to you Sir

6.2k · November 18, 2016

Who had a horse named Bucephalus?

November 19, 2016

Death?

The discworld death that is!

6.2k · November 19, 2016

Death?

The discworld death that is!

No, Death's horse is Binky :-)

November 19, 2016

Who had a horse named Bucephalus?

I think it was Alexander the Great.

6.2k · November 19, 2016

Who had a horse named Bucephalus?

I think it was Alexander the Great.

It was indeed Great Al.

Your turn sdg2g08.

November 19, 2016

The Punic wars were fought between Rome and which other nation?

November 20, 2016

Greece?

November 20, 2016

The Carthginians

November 27, 2016

As it's been a week and Google says hal-an-tow has it correct, time to move on with a ding by proxy?

November 27, 2016

As it's been a week and Google says hal-an-tow has it correct, time to move on with a ding by proxy?

Maybe sdg2g08 didn't give a ding due to my awful typing?

If no confirmation ( or refusal !) by the end of today, I'll graciously accept TheOldfields proxy ding and set a new question .

November 27, 2016

The Carthginians

Aplogies for the delay. I complety forgot. Have a belate Ding on me.

November 27, 2016

The Carthginians

Aplogies for the delay. I complety forgot. Have a belate Ding on me.

A belated ding feels more 'official' than a proxy ding, thank you, and thanks to TheOldfields for posting and thereby reminding you !

OK, new question then:

My sole source of knowledge about Ancient Rome is the novels of Steven Saylor, in particular I like his "Roma Sub Rosa" series of historical mysteries. What does 'sub rosa' mean ?

November 28, 2016

If my smattering of latin serves, "sub rosa" literally means "under the rose", so Roma sub rosa is "Rome under the rose". Going by our modern expression "through rose-coloured glasses", I suspect that "sub rosa" is a euphamism with similar meaning?

November 28, 2016

Was this not a trial or discussion in secret, derived from an occasion when such a happening occurred in a room with a marble rose in the ceiling?

November 28, 2016

Sub rosa: The U-boat returned to the surface? :laughing:

November 28, 2016

Sub rosa: The U-boat returned to the surface?

Thanks Optimist on the run, I liked your answer best :laughing: , however

I have to award the ding to dodgydaved who got it right ( I checked with wikipedia before setting, and the history is ... quite interesting ... ).

Over to you then !

November 28, 2016

Sticking with the origins of sayings (ish):

How about an origin of - "saved by the bell!"?

November 28, 2016

comes from the fear of being buried alive.

when someone was burred a bell was attached to a rope in the coffin and a man would sit in the grave yard at night (grave yard shift bonus origin)to listen for the bell and dig you up if need be.

November 28, 2016

comes from the fear of being buried alive.

when someone was burred a bell was attached to a rope in the coffin and a man would sit in the grave yard at night (grave yard shift bonus origin)to listen for the bell and dig you up if need be.

That's it - so a big "YES CHEF!" to you kidder.....

November 28, 2016

Thanks for the ding.

Now for a change of subject, an out in space question.

With the porridge advert on TV at the moment. My question is,

What was the first food item eaten on the moon?

November 28, 2016

Thanks for the ding.

Now for a change of subject, an out in space question.

With the porridge advert on TV at the moment. My question is,

What was the first food item eaten on the moon?

If it wasn't cheese, it should have been !

November 28, 2016

Thanks for the ding.

Now for a change of subject, an out in space question.

With the porridge advert on TV at the moment. My question is,

What was the first food item eaten on the moon?

If it wasn't cheese, it should have been !

that was my first thought as well, but I am sorry to say it wasn't

Edited November 28, 2016 by martin&lindabryn

1.1k · November 28, 2016

Bread

November 28, 2016

Bread

bread gets you the ding. But do you know what type of bread, for a bonus point

November 29, 2016

after a question from Speakers corner

I can confirm the answer was bread

After checking. the first meal eaten on the moon was bacon,

But the first food eaten on the moon was communion bread

Quote

As Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin prepared to take “one small step for man,” Aldrin wanted to commemorate the moment in a way he found most personally meaningful — by taking communion.

1.1k · November 30, 2016

That was a suprise, thanks for the ding. It was just a guess as in many european countries neighbours offer bread and salt to people moving in.

Anyway, staying on the topic of the moon, what is the name of the highest mountain on the moon?

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