The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+TheOldfields]

That would be the answer I was looking for, so a slightly watery Ding to you.

[Pajaholic]

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:

1. What is the largest freshwater lake that is in an island that, in turn, is in a fresh water lake?
   
2. What is the largest freshwater lake in the World?
   

[+Optimist on the run]

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.

[+speakers-corner]

1. No idea

2. Lake Superior

[Pajaholic]

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!

[+MartyBartfast]

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.

[Pajaholic]

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 ...

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks.

 

Picture round: Name the picture and the artist.

 

[+Optimist on the run]

The Fighting Temerera by J Turner (not sure if I've spelt that right!)

[+MartyBartfast]

That's good enough for me, FWIW it's "The Fighting Temeraire"

[+Optimist on the run]

Thanks. From visual arts to music: who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?

[Sharpeset]

Thanks. From visual arts to music: who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?

 

That would be Johannes Sebastian Bach

Edited November 7, 2016 by Sharpeset

[+Optimist on the run]

Ding to Sharpeset

[Sharpeset]

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?

[+hal-an-tow]

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

[Sharpeset]

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

[+hal-an-tow]

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 ?

[+me N u]

Holst's planet suite?

[+hal-an-tow]

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.

[+hal-an-tow]

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

[Pajaholic]

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

[+hal-an-tow]

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.

[Sharpeset]

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

[+hal-an-tow]

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!

[Sharpeset]

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?

[+MartyBartfast]

Mickey Dolenz.

 

Hey Hey, we're The Monkeeeeees

[Sharpeset]

Mickey Dolenz.

 

Hey Hey, we're The Monkeeeeees

 

We certainly are.... DING!

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks.

 

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

[+Optimist on the run]

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.

[+hal-an-tow]

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

[+MartyBartfast]

Not Kilimanjaro.

[+Beach_hut]

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

[Pajaholic]

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!

[+speakers-corner]

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.

[+MartyBartfast]

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

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the DING there.

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

[+Boggin's Dad]

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

[+speakers-corner]

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

[+Boggin's Dad]

Thank you

 

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

 

What is the name of Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper?

[+MartyBartfast]

Mrs Hudson.

[+Boggin's Dad]

A quick ding to you Sir

[+MartyBartfast]

Who had a horse named Bucephalus?

[+me N u]

Death?

 

The discworld death that is!

[+MartyBartfast]

Death?

 

The discworld death that is!

 

No, Death's horse is Binky :-)

[+sdg2g08]

Who had a horse named Bucephalus?

 

I think it was Alexander the Great.

[+MartyBartfast]

Who had a horse named Bucephalus?

 

I think it was Alexander the Great.

 

It was indeed Great Al.

 

Your turn sdg2g08.

[+sdg2g08]

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

[Sharpeset]

Greece?

[+hal-an-tow]

The Carthginians

[+TheOldfields]

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