+MartyBartfast Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 I always thought it was Oxfordshire. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Another ding to Beach hut. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Right, apologies for going AWOL last time. Here's one for you - who is the only person who is a monarch and a head of state of a republic at the same time? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) You can see Chequers from GC171, England's oldest cache. Monarch & Head of State... sounds like our Queen. But as we're not a Republic, I'll say Denmark. Edited May 9, 2017 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I suspected it might be the Queen (Elizabeth II) as monarch of the UK and (ceremonial?) head of state of a republic somewhere else (e.g. a former colony), with Jamaica being my best guess. However, a quick check revealed that Jamaica remains a monarchy (albeit independent from UK). Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Does an Emperor count as a Monarch? If so I'll guess at Japan. Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I'm going to go for something a little off the wall - how about the King of Swaziland? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 All good guesses but all monarchies but not republics. If I told you the role changes hands this month.... Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I was going to say Prince Albert of Monaco, but not aware that he's abdicating any time soon! Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 No idea of the name but could it be one of the "kings" of a Nigerian state, seem to remember reading something on BBC news website. Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 All good guesses but all monarchies but not republics. If I told you the role changes hands this month.... Somewhere where there's joint sovereignty? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 All good guesses but all monarchies but not republics. If I told you the role changes hands this month.... In that case, I'll guess at Francoise Hollande (Premier of France), soon to be superseded by Emanuel Macron as I suspect that the Premier of France is a de-facto joint monarch of Andorra (it originally being the King of France until the French Revolution). IIRC the other monarch was the King of Catalonia and so is/was a monarch of both territories. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 That's a ding for Pajaholic. Francoise Hollande (now Emmanuel Macron) is co-Prince of Andorra by virtue of being President of France, the other co-Prince being the Bishop of Urgell in Spain. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Thanks. FWIW, we have friends who lived in Catalonia for a while -- which was where I (apparently incorrectly) heard that the King of Catalonia was one of the joint monarchs. Your hint that the role was about to change suggested the head of state of France as the other. For the next ding, what is the modern-day 'national' emblem of Catalonia? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I thought I'd set an easy question (I guess that they're all easy if you know the answer!) However, the lack of response suggests otherwise. I was going to authorise Googling, but I just tried and Google is of limited help if any. So I'll set an alternative question -- this time on astronomy. What is the name of the space telescope planned to launch in October next year to orbit the Sun at the second Earth/Sun Lagrange point? Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 The James Webb space telescope? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 The James Webb space telescope? DING! With a (compound) primary mirror of 6.5 metres, the James Webb telescope has over seven times the light-gathering capability of the Hubble telescope. Unlike the Hubble, there is currently no way to get astronauts out to fix it if they didn't get it right first time since it won't be in Earth orbit. For anyone who's interested, the unofficial national emblem of Catalonia is the Catalan Donkey -- you see these stuck to the backs of cars etc. all over Catalonia in place of the Catillian Bull seen in much of the rest of Spain. Over to me N u Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Thank you, football, which current (2016-17) English premier league team played their first match in a European competition against Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur FC in 1965? Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Leicester City? Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Leicester City? Nope.19 teams left! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Given their recent failure: Arsenal? Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 (edited) Sorry, not Manchester United, Arsenal or Everton. 4 down, 16 left. A couple of more wrong guesses and we'll post a clue. Edited for spelling. Edited May 24, 2017 by me N u Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Everton? The red side of the city - Liverpool? Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 DING to yorkshire yellow. Liverpool won 11-1 over the 2 legs in their 1st European game. From a bit of research of the wrong answers Leicester City = 1961 Manchester United = 1956 Arsenal= 1963 Everton = 1962 Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Thanks for the ding. Your next question: Brazilian football fan Garcia Schlee invented what? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 i will have a guess at The vuvuzela Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 my guess is the Mexican wave. Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Sorry, no. But it is football related. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Another guess - subutteo table football? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 A guess, Football boots Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 hmmm, football, socks, trousers, Shirt!! Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 trousers as in shorts Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Having googled the answer, glad we're not in yorkshire yellow's pub quiz league! And we think its a design rather than an invention. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 After Googling, I too thought that "design" was a better word. However, the OED defines "invent" thus: "Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of." and so it's somewhat synonymous with "design" Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Okay, the answer then - the Brazilian national football kit. Someone else have a go at posting a question... Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 OK, what Law came into force in Wales 10 years ago on the 2 April 2007, and was then followed by England introducing the same law on the 1st July 2007 Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Ban on smoking in public/work places? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 that's a smoky ding to MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 What's the significance of these numbers: 66: 10, 16, 10, 10 Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Shirt numbers of the English goal scorers in the 1966 world cup final? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Shirt numbers of the English goal scorers in the 1966 world cup final? They think it's all over... it is now! Over to Ootr. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Ok, what connects the following numbers:- 103, 502, 1472, 4472, 60103 Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Ok, what connects the following numbers:- 103, 502, 1472, 4472, 60103 Flying Scotsman! Quote Link to comment
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