The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+hal-an-tow]

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 .

[+sdg2g08]

The Carthginians

 

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

[+hal-an-tow]

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 ?

[Pajaholic]

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?

[dodgydaved]

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?

[+Optimist on the run]

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

[+hal-an-tow]

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

Thanks Optimist on the run, I liked your answer best , 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 !

[dodgydaved]

Sticking with the origins of sayings (ish):

 

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

[+martin&lindabryn]

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.

[dodgydaved]

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.....

[+martin&lindabryn]

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?

[+hal-an-tow]

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 !

[+martin&lindabryn]

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

[+speakers-corner]

Bread

[+martin&lindabryn]

Bread

 

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

[+martin&lindabryn]

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.

[+speakers-corner]

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?

[Pajaholic]

I just checked the Lunar 100 list and was surprised to see that whatever it is, it isn't listed as a significant Lunar feature for amateur astronomers to observe. That said, making this post gives me the chance to link the following image, which I captured a couple of weeks ago and of which I'm fairly pleased!

 

[Sharpeset]

I just checked the Lunar 100 list and was surprised to see that whatever it is, it isn't listed as a significant Lunar feature for amateur astronomers to observe. That said, making this post gives me the chance to link the following image, which I captured a couple of weeks ago and of which I'm fairly pleased!

 

 

....and rightly so!

[+speakers-corner]

As no-one seems to know the answer - the mountain is Mons Huygens - I will change the question.

 

How many manned Lunar landing has there been?

[+hal-an-tow]

As no-one seems to know the answer - the mountain is Mons Huygens - I will change the question.

 

How many manned Lunar landing has there been?

I'll guess 6

So much easier to guess a number than a scientists name !

[+speakers-corner]

As no-one seems to know the answer - the mountain is Mons Huygens - I will change the question.

 

How many manned Lunar landing has there been?

I'll guess 6

So much easier to guess a number than a scientists name !

The right answer for the DING. Over to you

[+hal-an-tow]

As no-one seems to know the answer - the mountain is Mons Huygens - I will change the question.

 

How many manned Lunar landing has there been?

I'll guess 6

So much easier to guess a number than a scientists name !

The right answer for the DING. Over to you

My guess was a semi-educated one, but I couldn't recall if 12 or 10 astronauts had set foot on the moon, with this chap the last ...

 

So my vaguely related question: what should S.Y.Savitskaya be famous for ?

[+speakers-corner]

At a guess, the first woman in space.

[+hal-an-tow]

At a guess, the first woman in space.

No dimg.sorry/

That would be Valentina Tereshkova, but you are not far from the answer :this should give you an extra nudge in the right direction ...

[+Optimist on the run]

At a guess, the first woman in space.

No dimg.sorry/

That would be Valentina Tereshkova, but you are not far from the answer :this should give you an extra nudge in the right direction ...

 

First female space-walk?

[+hal-an-tow]

At a guess, the first woman in space.

No dimg.sorry/

That would be Valentina Tereshkova, but you are not far from the answer :this should give you an extra nudge in the right direction ...

 

First female space-walk?

Ding !

Did Eva help ?

[+Optimist on the run]

At a guess, the first woman in space.

No dimg.sorry/

That would be Valentina Tereshkova, but you are not far from the answer :this should give you an extra nudge in the right direction ...

 

First female space-walk?

Ding !

Did Eva help ?

 

EVA = Extra vehicular activity, I believe, so a space-walk seemed the logical answer. I knew Leonov performed the first space-walk, and Speaker's Corner suggested Savitskaya was female, so I just put two and two together.

 

Now a seasonal question: What did Tom Smith of London invent in 1847?

[dodgydaved]

Christmas Crackers>?

[+Optimist on the run]

Christmas Crackers>?

 

Ding dong merrily on high to dodgydaved.

 

Christmas crackers originally contained sweets, and were known as bon-bons.

Edited December 9, 2016 by Optimist on the run

[dodgydaved]

Thanks Opti!

 

So, what is the connection between "Hark the herald angels sing" and "The Wedding March"?

[Sharpeset]

Thanks Opti!

 

So, what is the connection between "Hark the herald angels sing" and "The Wedding March"?

 

Mendelsson wrote the music for both

[dodgydaved]

Thanks Opti!

 

So, what is the connection between "Hark the herald angels sing" and "The Wedding March"?

 

Mendelsson wrote the music for both

 

That's ,the fellow - over to Sharpset!

[Sharpeset]

Thanks Opti!

 

So, what is the connection between "Hark the herald angels sing" and "The Wedding March"?

 

Mendelsson wrote the music for both

 

That's ,the fellow - over to Sharpset!

 

Thanks

 

Who is quoted as saying "Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it white"?

[+Boggin's Dad]

I am going to have a complete guess - How about Bing Crosby?

 

Seems like his kind of thing.

[Sharpeset]

Good guess! - DING!

[+Boggin's Dad]

I did not expect that - so sorry for the delay in getting back to business.

 

I went to New Zealand in years BC (before caching). One of the highlights was a trip along Ninety Mile Beach. How long is that beach?

[+hal-an-tow]

I did not expect that - so sorry for the delay in getting back to business.

 

I went to New Zealand in years BC (before caching). One of the highlights was a trip along Ninety Mile Beach. How long is that beach?

I'll do the Alan Davies/QI thing ....

90 miles ?

Cue sirens !

[+Boggin's Dad]

KLAXONS blaring out

 

Yes Alan, it is not 90 miles.

 

If you know why the measurement does not match its name you get a bonus point.

[+hal-an-tow]

I knew it !

Lets see if the bonus point can set off the alarms too ...

is it maybe 90 miles from some major population centre ?

<covers ears nervously>

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

If you know why the measurement does not match its name you get a bonus point.

 

Might that be 'cos it's measured in nautical miles, as opposed to, say, statute miles?

 

[+MartyBartfast]

Is it because it's 90 miles from somewhere significant e.g. the mainland, or a city?

[+speakers-corner]

Speed limit of 90 mph?

[+hal-an-tow]

Is 'ninety mile' a colonial mishearing of the aboriginal place name ?

I do wonder why are we guessing the bonus and not the actual question !

Edited December 17, 2016 by hal-an-tow

[+hal-an-tow]

<throws cards on table and leans back>

Well, I've googled both answer and bonus, so I'm out !

No-one has either right.

 

I'd suggest a blizzard of random guesses between 1 mile and 89 miles ...

[+Beach_hut]

let's go near the middle of that range - fifty miles?

[+MartyBartfast]

1 mile?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

46 miles?

[+hal-an-tow]

If Boggin's Dad doesn't reply by bedtime tonight ( NB, I'm an owl, not a lark ... ) I'll post a response and tell you who is closest ...

[+Boggin's Dad]

I am afraid that this question has lost its way slightly....

 

Hal-an-tow gave a good hint as the distance.

 

Beach Hut is closest, in fact within the five mile leeway I was prepared to give.

 

The correct answer is 55 miles.

 

The story behind the naming was that it took three days to travel the length of the sands when it was first discovered. The explorers summarised that it must be ninety miles as they could manage thirty miles a day. What they had not compensated for was the fact that walking on sand slowed them to twenty.

 

Over to the aptly named, Beach_hut DING