The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[Sharpeset]

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.

 

It's one of only two countries that are wholly landlocked by countries which are themselves landlocked. The other one is one of the 'Stans' I believe (Kyrgistan landlocked by Kazakhstan?)

[+hal-an-tow]

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.

 

It's one of only two countries that are wholly landlocked by countries which are themselves landlocked. The other one is one of the 'Stans' I believe (Kyrgistan landlocked by Kazakhstan?)

Ding to Sharpeset, a "doubly landlocked" country is what wikipedia calls it, defined there as

" ... surrounded entirely by one or more landlocked countries (requiring the crossing of at least two national borders to reach a coastline)."

The other is Uzbekistan

Over to you

[Sharpeset]

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.

 

It's one of only two countries that are wholly landlocked by countries which are themselves landlocked. The other one is one of the 'Stans' I believe (Kyrgistan landlocked by Kazakhstan?)

Ding to Sharpeset, a "doubly landlocked" country is what wikipedia calls it, defined there as

" ... surrounded entirely by one or more landlocked countries (requiring the crossing of at least two national borders to reach a coastline)."

The other is Uzbekistan

Over to you

 

Thank you

 

Sticking with geography - where would you find a monk standing between a virgin and an ogre?

[+hal-an-tow]

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.

 

It's one of only two countries that are wholly landlocked by countries which are themselves landlocked. The other one is one of the 'Stans' I believe (Kyrgistan landlocked by Kazakhstan?)

Ding to Sharpeset, a "doubly landlocked" country is what wikipedia calls it, defined there as

" ... surrounded entirely by one or more landlocked countries (requiring the crossing of at least two national borders to reach a coastline)."

The other is Uzbekistan

Over to you

 

Thank you

 

Sticking with geography - where would you find a monk standing between a virgin and an ogre?

Sounds like fanciful names for rock formations to me: I'll guess they are sea stacks ... Shetland maybe ?

[Sharpeset]

Sticking with geography - where would you find a monk standing between a virgin and an ogre?

Sounds like fanciful names for rock formations to me: I'll guess they are sea stacks ... Shetland maybe ?

 

Right sort of idea, but not Shetland

[+Optimist on the run]

The Jungfrau, the Monch and the Eiger, mountains in Switzerland.

[Sharpeset]

The Jungfrau, the Monch and the Eiger, mountains in Switzerland.

 

Jahwohl! A swiss Ding to you...

[+Optimist on the run]

Thanks

 

What unusual man-made feature can be found inside the Jungfrau, and what record does it hold?

[Sharpeset]

I assume you are after the Jungfraujoch railway station - highest railway station in Europe?

[+Optimist on the run]

Ding to Sharpeset.

[Sharpeset]

Ding to Sharpeset.

 

Thanks - Jungfraujoch is on my bucketlist, having been to Wengen but not having had time (or the money!) for the trip to the top.

 

Change of tack.....where would you find a series of shaped windows spelling out the words "In these stones horizons sing"?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

That's the modern concert building/arts venue on Cardiff Bay, isn't it? I can't remember the name though...

[Sharpeset]

That's the modern concert building/arts venue on Cardiff Bay, isn't it? I can't remember the name though...

 

As it's Friday and I'm feeling generous you can have the Ding - it is indeed the Wales Millenniun Centre on Cardiff Bay

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Thanks for the 'ding' and sorry for the delay in posting the next question, which is: -

 

Who is the only driver to be posthumously awarded the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, and in what year?

[+Optimist on the run]

As no-one's answered yet, I'll put in my info, though I'll admit to seeing the answer as it was on the front page of Wikipedia recently. If this counts as Googling, feel free to disqualify me...

 

Jochan Rindt, killed in the Italian GP in 1970.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

As no-one's answered yet, I'll put in my info, though I'll admit to seeing the answer as it was on the front page of Wikipedia recently. If this counts as Googling, feel free to disqualify me...

 

Jochan Rindt, killed in the Italian GP in 1970.

 

That's correct and you can have the ding.

[+Optimist on the run]

To within 20 feet (6m) what is the height of the Elizabeth clock tower (i.e. the tower popularly referred to as Big Ben)?

Edited January 29, 2017 by Optimist on the run

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Random guess - 361 feet?

[+Optimist on the run]

Not as high as that...

[+martin&lindabryn]

another Random guess - 340 feet?

[+speakers-corner]

Can I join in on the guessing game. Ill go for 350 feet.

[+Optimist on the run]

Both guesses too high...

[+martin&lindabryn]

try again with 330ft

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

321 feet?

[+Optimist on the run]

Although Yorkshire Yellow is closer, the ding goes to martin&lindabryn as the first to get within 20 feet, as per question. The correct height is 315 feet (96m).

[+martin&lindabryn]

thanks for the ding,

 

What was created by Victor Lardent for The Times newspaper in 1931?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

The crossword?

[+MartyBartfast]

Guess: The font: Times New Roman

[+martin&lindabryn]

the two answers I was expecting. but MartyBartfarst has the right answer with "Times New Roman font"

over to you

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks.

 

What supposedly happened on Sunday October 23rd 4004 BC, and who was it that worked out that date?

[+Optimist on the run]

Thanks.

 

What supposedly happened on Sunday October 23rd 4004 BC, and who was it that worked out that date?

 

I think it was a mediaeval monk, possibly Augustine, who calculated that was when God created the world, according to Genesis.

[+MartyBartfast]

Thanks.

 

What supposedly happened on Sunday October 23rd 4004 BC, and who was it that worked out that date?

 

I think it was a mediaeval monk, possibly Augustine, who calculated that was when God created the world, according to Genesis.

 

Close enough, it was Archbishop Ussher in the C17th. He went back through the chronology in the bible to work out the day when the world was created.

 

Your go.

[+Optimist on the run]

Thanks. I was driving through the village of Acton Trussell in Staffordshire today - the fictional village of Stackton Tressel was supposedly based on it. Who were Stackton Tressel's two most famous residents?

[+hal-an-tow]

Thanks. I was driving through the village of Acton Trussell in Staffordshire today - the fictional village of Stackton Tressel was supposedly based on it. Who were Stackton Tressel's two most famous residents?

Hinge & Bracket .

I believe one of the duo has died , and the remaining chap ( yes, for those not familiar with them , chap !)no longer performs in that particular persona .

I always think of them when I see roadsigns for Marston Trussel round here ...

[+Optimist on the run]

Ding - Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket, played by George Logan and Patrick Fyffe. Patrick Fyffe was born in Acton Trussell, and based the fictional village on his birthplace.

[+Beach_hut]

300 feet?

 

Sorry - missed the last posts! Whoops!

Edited February 6, 2017 by Beach_hut

[+hal-an-tow]

Ding - Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket, played by George Logan and Patrick Fyffe. Patrick Fyffe was born in Acton Trussell, and based the fictional village on his birthplace.

Sorry for the delay , I've been wrestling with the puzzles of a certain visually 9mpaired rodent ( and losing ...)

So , what links a Victorian explorer and writer with a more recent star of the silver screen ?

[+hal-an-tow]

Ding - Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket, played by George Logan and Patrick Fyffe. Patrick Fyffe was born in Acton Trussell, and based the fictional village on his birthplace.

Sorry for the delay , I've been wrestling with the puzzles of a certain visually impaired rodent ( and losing ...)

So , what links a Victorian explorer and writer with a more recent star of the silver screen ?

 

No takers ?

OK, a little extra detail then :

Both individuals were male, both are deceased (OK, not a surprise for the Victorian chap ...) and both were British, although only the explorer/writer/translator was English. Apart from being dead male brits they share something very obvious.

[+me N u]

We'll have a guess at they share a name - Richard Burton - one was a Victorian explorer of Arabia who went to mecca although not a muslim and the other the welsh actor.

 

The penny dropped whilst reading a book about early travellers in Arabia (we lived in Saudi Arabia for a while and have several books on the region) whilst listening to Jeff Waynes War of the worlds narrated by the Welshman, otherwise we would not have had a clue!

[+hal-an-tow]

We'll have a guess at they share a name - Richard Burton - one was a Victorian explorer of Arabia who went to mecca although not a muslim and the other the welsh actor.

 

The penny dropped whilst reading a book about early travellers in Arabia (we lived in Saudi Arabia for a while and have several books on the region) whilst listening to Jeff Waynes War of the worlds narrated by the Welshman, otherwise we would not have had a clue!

 

Ding!

 

Whilst the much married Welshman is probably better known, the Victorian explorer was a particularly fascinating example of a bonkers Englishman abroad, and is well worth a little googleage to read about some of the things he got up to. Why some script writer hasn't pounced on his life story I don't know ...unless some of his adventures are still too outrageous...

 

I'm very pleased someone got it without any further clues, and from listening to an excellent album too !

Over to you

[+me N u]

Thank you - it was just a fluke!

 

Hopefully this question isn't too obscure or controversial.

 

Cumbria, how many lakes are in the Lake District?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

If by 'lakes' you mean large bodies of water, then it has to be somewhere in the teens.

 

If you're being sneaky, then my answer would be 'one'. As I recall, only one of the bodies of water in the Lake District has the word 'lake' in its name - Bassenthwaite Lake.

[+me N u]

If by 'lakes' you mean large bodies of water, then it has to be somewhere in the teens.

 

If you're being sneaky, then my answer would be 'one'. As I recall, only one of the bodies of water in the Lake District has the word 'lake' in its name - Bassenthwaite Lake.

 

Ding to Yorkshire Yellow - not too sneaky a question.

 

One is the answer we were looking for, Bassenthwaite Lake is the only lake, the other bodies of water are all 'mere', 'tarn' or 'water'.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Ta for the 'ding!'.

 

And your next one: -

 

The lawnmower - who invented it, where and when?

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

Okay, perhaps too tricky then?

 

I'll 'withdraw' that question and post another shortly.

 

In case anyone's interested, the answers are Edwin Budding, Thrupp (just outside Stroud, Gloucestershire), 1830.

[+Yorkshire Yellow]

By my reckoning, there are eight cities in the UK whose names are the only one to begin with that particular letter of the alphabet.

 

Name six of them for the ‘ding!’.

[Pajaholic]

It depends on how you define "city". AFAICT, the most common definitions are "a conurbation that has a cathedral" and "a conurbation granted city status by royal charter". In either case, AFAICT, there are fewer than 100 cities in UK, so 8 is a significant proportion and hence the letter concerned must be a 'common' one. I couldn't think of 6 beginning with either A or B, so I'll try C and hope there are exactly two that I've missed: Cardiff, Chester, Coventry, Canterbury, Cambridge, Carlisle (I'm not sure of the last, but I could only think of those six!)

[+Beach_hut]

I'll guess at B - Bristol, Birmingham, Belfast, Bath, Bradford, Brighton.

[+TheOldfields]

L?

 

London, Leicester, Lincoln, Lancaster, Liverpool and Leeds. (Littlehampton and Little Snoring as optional backups.)

[+RJx2]

Hmmm... I read the question differently. I thought that we were asked to name six of the eight cities that have a unique first letter. Having checked Wikipedia, I can't attempt an answer but I counted eight cities that qualify. Maybe a clarification is needed.