+Beach_hut Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Thanks for the ding. It's doubly apt as I have family over that part of the world. Next question, on March 28, 1979, a nuclear disaster occurred in the USA in a place, also named after a distance. Name that place... Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Three Mile Island - I remember it well Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Three Mile Island - I remember it well That's the one, a DING for you. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Thanks. what was the name of the movie starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemon, which was somewhat related to the 3 mile island incident? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 The China syndrome happy Christmas to all the pub quiz participants Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Correct, and a Happy Christmas to all from me :-) Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 thanks for the ding a question from our recent quiz at the Bryntirion Inn. can you name this sweet, from liqueurs all sorts? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 These are my favourite, they are made from aniseed jelly. Just dont know the name for them. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 These are my favourite... I got a box of Liquorice Allsorts for Christmas, do you want mine 'cos I can't stand them. And I don't know their name either Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 These are my favourite...I got a box of Liquorice Allsorts for Christmas, do you want mine 'cos I can't stand them. And I don't know their name either i will give this till the 1st of Jan, then you can have my blessing to have a look on google Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I don't know the official name, but what I say when offered this, or any other Liquorice alleged sweet is "bleurgh". Followed by a polite "No thank you" obviously. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I don't know the name either, but feel free to send me all of your unwanted pink-and-blue-bobbly-bits. (I guess that's my guess) Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I don't know the name either, but feel free to send me all of your unwanted pink-and-blue-bobbly-bits. (I guess that's my guess) Well, it takes allsorts Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 as this one has stumped you all , you can google the answer for this question!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Spogs in that case :-) I was mis-remembering that they were named after a place, similar to, but obviously not, Pontefract cakes. Guess I was thinking of something else Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Spogs in that case :-) I was mis-remembering that they were named after a place, similar to, but obviously not, Pontefract cakes. Guess I was thinking of something else that gets you a new year ding over to you Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) Thanks :-) while I was googling foodstuffs named after places - what sort of food is a Norfolk Biffin? Edited January 1, 2017 by Beach_hut Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Thanks :-) while I was googling foodstuffs named after places - what sort of food is a Norfolk Biffin? I'll guess cake. Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 It sounds like a cake, however I am a bit dubious about that, and am going for a variety of apple. There are so many different types I hope this is one of them. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 It sounds like a cake, however I am a bit dubious about that, and am going for a variety of apple. There are so many different types I hope this is one of them. You got to the core of it quite quickly . A ding for you. Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Thanks for ding A pub quiz question now, what drink's name is derived from uisce/uisge? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Phonetically, sounds like whisky! Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 A bit more of a 'chink' of glasses than a Ding. Over to you, happy new year Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Happy New Year to all on the thread. Thanks for the ding. For the next, which alcoholic drink is often referred to as, "La Fée Verte" (The Green Fairy) in literature? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Absinthe (makes the heart grow fonder...) Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 A very quick ding! Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 A quickie: Which is the UK's longest seaside pleasure pier? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) Whisky Oops - conversation had moved on! Edited January 3, 2017 by Optimist on the run Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Longest pier is Southend Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Southend it is, over to Optimist on the run.... Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Thanks. A new year maths question - 2017 is a prime number. Which year will be the next prime? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 No obvious divisors so I'll go for 2021. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Sorry - 2021 = 43 x 47 Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 It seems to me 2019 should be, but I haven't tried working it out. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 It seems to me 2019 should be, but I haven't tried working it out. Keep guessing - 2019 is divisible by 3 (since the sum of the digits is also divisible by 3) Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 As we have found 2019, and 2021, are not prime, 2023 is divisible by 7, 2025 is divisible by 5, So I will try 2027 Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 As we have found 2019, and 2021, are not prime, 2023 is divisible by 7, 2025 is divisible by 5, So I will try 2027 Ding! Over to martin&lindabryn... Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 thanks for the ding now for another question from the pub quiz How many top three finishes in 34 races did Dick Dastardly and Muttley achieve in Wacky Races? Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 thanks for the ding now for another question from the pub quiz How many top three finishes in 34 races did Dick Dastardly and Muttley achieve in Wacky Races? I doubt that he ever finished on the podium, and in line with his number on the mean machine, it was 00. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 thanks for the ding now for another question from the pub quiz How many top three finishes in 34 races did Dick Dastardly and Muttley achieve in Wacky Races? I doubt that he ever finished on the podium, and in line with his number on the mean machine, it was 00. That's the number I was looking for. but I always hoped he would get a win one day Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 As the thread has stalled, I'll take the liberty of posing the next question, which is 'friggatriskaidekaphobia' is the fear of what? Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 As the thread has stalled, I'll take the liberty of posing the next question, which is 'friggatriskaidekaphobia' is the fear of what? Ah, tri and deka ... and given the date today , I make a semi educated guess at the number 13 ! Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 As the thread has stalled, I'll take the liberty of posing the next question, which is 'friggatriskaidekaphobia' is the fear of what? Ah, tri and deka ... and given the date today , I make a semi educated guess at the number 13 ! I'll elaborate a little on that ... fear of friday the 13th ? the 'frigga' but needs a reason to be there ... Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 As the thread has stalled, I'll take the liberty of posing the next question, which is 'friggatriskaidekaphobia' is the fear of what? Ah, tri and deka ... and given the date today , I make a semi educated guess at the number 13 ! I'll elaborate a little on that ... fear of friday the 13th ? the 'frigga' but needs a reason to be there ... For goodness sake, that's supposed to be 'bit' not 'but' Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 The 'ding!' for this one goes to hal-an-tow. It is the fear of Friday the 13th. The 'frigga' bit is for Frigga, the Norse goddess after whom Friday is named in English. Another name for the same phobia is 'triskaidekaphobia'. Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Thank you for the ding, and prodding the thread awake again. My question (prompted by watching Pointless the other day, and possibly made more tortuous by too much studying of blindmouse puzzles of late ...) Liechtenstein was the only one between the wars, and became the only one again after WW2. It was still unique until 1991 when it became one of two. One of two what ? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 one of two countries that doesnt have VAT, the other being Luxemburg. Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 one of two countries that doesnt have VAT, the other being Luxemburg. Wow, interesting! But not the answer I'm afraid, for one thing the dates don't fit. According to the Guardian "VAT is a continental invention. French tax authority apparatchik Maurice Lauré fathered the tax in 1954, although a tax that touched on every stage of the production process was first theorised in Germany a century earlier. VAT took its bow in the UK in November 1974" I checked because I was worried my question might have an unintended second solution. Quote Link to comment
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