+colleda Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Almost there s-c. You've named one monotreme but there is another. Also, where besides Australia? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 44 minutes ago, colleda said: Almost there s-c. You've named one monotreme but there is another. Also, where besides Australia? Sorry, but I would have to Google the rest of the answer, so Im out of this one. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 3 hours ago, speakers-corner said: Sorry, but I would have to Google the rest of the answer, so Im out of this one. To keep things moving you can have the Ding S-C as the question was what is a monotreme and it is an egg laying mammal. And you answered that. There are only two monotremes in the world. the platypus and the Echidna (Spiny Anteater). They are found in Australia and New Guinea. They are unusual in that 1. they are mammals that lays eggs and, 2. they suckle their young unlike other egglaying creatures such as birds, reptiles etc. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Wow, thanks for the Ding, I didnt expect that. Quick and simple. What is the capital of Malta. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 DING, over to you me N u Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Thnk you for the ding. Staying with capital cities:- with an ANNUAL average temperature of minus 1.3C, it is the coldest national capital, but which city or country? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Reykjavik - Iceland Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Not Reykjavik - its only 5th coldest. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Sorry not Kathmandu, Nepal but it IS in Asia Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Whatever the nearest "Stan" to Siberia is, given that Siberia is not a country ? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Peking, China? Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Not a "stan" Not Bhutan Not Peking either - but getting closer. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Ulaanbaatar. Capital of the Mongoli Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 The very cold DING goes to speakers-corner. Kind of puts the current UK "cold weather" into perspective doesn't it. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Thanks for the Ding. Staying with capital cities, what is the capital city of Nevada and in which county is it. Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I am waiting for the QI klaxon, Nevada City..... Not sure which county it is in, but I suspect that is irrelevant. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Sorry its not Nevada City. But there is "City" in its name. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 No takers, the City I was looking for was Carson City which is an independant City. Whoever wishes to pose a question, please do. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 No takers? then it's me. What significant Cold War feature would you find at Hack Green? Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 The Secret Bunker. A huge nuclear bunker complex designed to accommodate the government at work should the need ever arise. Lots of radar and tracking equipment. Now a musuem. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 That's a ding. I've been there twice now. It's amazing. It's almost like everyone that worked there just walked out. Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 It certainly is an interesting place both from the obvious theme but also from the historical view of how people were prepared to work / live at that time. We haven't been for a few years so I suppose it's time for another visit to see what's new. And for the next question .... There is a bird on the Kellogg's cornflakes packet. Why and what is the bird's name? Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 (edited) I'd guess a cockerel .. crowing at breakfast time ? (Not my breakfast time though , I'm an owl not a lark) Edit - sorry, I don't know the bird's name so haven't really answered the question. If I'm right about its meaning , and it was near my house and crowing at dawn it would be called something quite unrepeatable ! Edited March 29, 2018 by hal-an-tow an error of omission Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Since the product is cornflakes, and this may sound corny, maybe his name is "Corny". Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Sorry for the delay in replying. I've been getting various "wrong password" messages this weekend when I have tried to sign in but I know I have typed in correctly. The answers were .... The bird on the packet is a cockerel or rooster. Apparently, WK Kellogg was looking for some ideas and his friend Nansi Richards, a famous Welsh harpist, suggested that Kellogg sounded like "ceiliog" in Welsh. The "c" is pronounced as "k" and ceiliog means cockerel or rooster. The cockerel also suggests the early start to the day and it was later given the name of Cornelius or Corny. So, I'm going to give the ding to hal-an-tow who was first to post with an early cockerel . Congrats also to colleda for the correct name. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) Sorry. Mis-read searcherdog's post. Over to you hal-an-tow Edited April 3, 2018 by colleda Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 OK, here's a nice easy question (well, easy for those whose background matches mine in terms of nationality and time anyway ... ) What or who links an incontinent zoo animal, Nelson's column, and a border collie.. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 The late, great John Noakes! Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 That's a "Get down Shep !" ding to the optimistic one BTW I carefully worded the question as saying 'incontinent elephant' would have made an easy google to this obituary with a cracking little video which nostalgically includes scenes of all 3 elements of my question, and daleks too ! What would Noakes have made of caching ? That's an episode I'd love to see ... Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I'll let John ask the next question himself... Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 On the film it looked like the poor bloke was about half a mile above very hard pavement, and with not so much as a single safety rope, even as he went up the backward sloping ladder section to the top bit to clean pigeon poo off Horatio ... it's as seared on my memory as the first sighting of those terrifying Daleks ... I'll guesstimate 30m (100' in old money ) Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I'm guessing the van is 7' and the column looks about 12-13 times that so my guess is 90' Quote Link to comment
garyo1954 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Judging from this angle, the building to the left looks about 100 feet tall. Given the distance the monument would be closer to 200 feet I suspect. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 No-one's close enough yet. I'll accept 3m/10ft either way. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I've gone back to a picture (of wife) I took last September. I don't know how to post a picture here so here's a link. https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=25d64428-d814-4601-a9e9-ba5a564255f8 I'm now guessing on the lion being about 2.5m tall. Using the picture above the whole lot seems about 17 times the height of the lion then add, say, another 3m for the angle, gives 45.5m. However I'm not sure where it is supposed to be measured from, street level? plinth? So I'll add another 2m for that. My guesstimate is 47.5m. Now why didn't I have my tape measure with me. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Close, but not quite there yet... Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I have to confess that while preparing my answer above I referred back to a log picture I took for reference when I noticed the height in the cache description, 51.6m. I would have read it at the time we found the cache (a nidely hidden one BTW) but my memory is not wat it was. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Ding! The height of 51.6m (169ft) is actually 4.4m (14ft) less than originally thought, but it was re-surveyed in 2006 during renovation. Incidentally, in case there's allegations of cheating, colleda messaged me to say they'd found the height on the website. My view was that as they hadn't gone actively searching for the information, it was ok to post. After all, it's only for fun! So, over to colleda... Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Thanks Optimist. In what year was the second Battle of Hastings and between which two forces? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) 1940 / 1941 - Battle of Britain - England against Germany? Edited April 10, 2018 by speakers-corner Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Mods v rockers in 1960something? Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 22 hours ago, Optimist on the run said: Mods v rockers in 1960something? Close enough Optimist. It was 1964 when the mods and rockers clashed at Hastings. I think the rockers came off second best. The press was having a field day with the rumbles that went here and at Clacton. It was the newspapers that called it the Second Battle of Hastings. The establishment were so aghast at these clashes that they instituted new "hooligan" laws. Oh yes, that's a ding. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 What is the only British city to have hosted the British Empire Games/Commonwealth Games on more than one occasion? Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Pretty sure it's Edinburgh Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 4 hours ago, Sharpeset said: Pretty sure it's Edinburgh Ding - in 1970 and 1986. Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Thanks. Total change of tack: Which film character had a valet called Kato? Quote Link to comment
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