The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+me N u]

Names of albums by Iron Maiden?

[+hal-an-tow]

Well, it's been nagging at me, so earlier today I did some research and found the answer .

Therefore I'm out !

If I'd seen the note on who was behind book #3 before I cheated, I might perhaps have guessed better ...

Probably not though !

[+Optimist on the run]

Well I think I've stumped you on this one, so I'll give you the answer, which is that the authors (CS Lewis, Aldous Huxley and John F Kennedy) all died on the same day - 22 November 1963. I'll give the ding to hal-an-tow for identifying two of the authors.

 

I wasn't expecting anyone to identify JFK as the author of the third book, but I thought that the coincidence of their deaths was a fairly well-known bit of pub quiz trivia, so I thought people might work it out by connecting Lewis and Huxley. However it's always difficult to judge what other people know, so if I made it too hard I apologise!

 

Over to hal-an-tow...

Edited May 30, 2018 by Optimist on the run
John F Kennedy, not John F Huxley!

[+hal-an-tow]

Sorry, only just came back and spotted I was awarded the nearest-mis- to-the-target ding

The next question will be posted asap.

[+hal-an-tow]

Keeping to the book theme:

Which author's characters include a master key, low cloud and no one ?

[+Optimist on the run]

I'll take a guess at Roald Dahl, as the creator of many unusual characters.

[+hal-an-tow]

Not him,  sorry.

Hintage : I've used (approximate) translations into english, or definitions of. the character's actual names.

And as with the JFK question, the third one on the list is probably the easiest way to the answer ...

[Sharpeset]

13 hours ago, hal-an-tow said:

Not him,  sorry.

Hintage : I've used (approximate) translations into english, or definitions of. the character's actual names.

And as with the JFK question, the third one on the list is probably the easiest way to the answer ...

 

Given the hint ref translation, and the fact that Niemand (German) translates to no one or 'Nobody ', I'm guessing they are Mister Men created by Roger Hargreaves

[+hal-an-tow]

Interesting, but no,  the author I'm after wrote books with a higher reading age ... and the 'no-one' is not translated from German ...

 

Further clues: the first two characters were travel companions in the same book , 'no-one ' was a villan in a different book, both books have been filmed ( probably several times ).

The author died when Huxley and Lewis were still schoolboys ...

[+Optimist on the run]

HG Wells? Philleas Fogg for the low cloud, and the Invisible Man as no-one. Don't know about a master key though, unless there's a skeleton in one of his books.

 

[+Optimist on the run]

4 minutes ago, Optimist on the run said:

HG Wells? Philleas Fogg for the low cloud, and the Invisible Man as no-one. Don't know about a master key though, unless there's a skeleton in one of his books.

 

I'm getting my authors confused - Philleas Fogg was Jules Verne.

 

[dodgydaved]

22 hours ago, Optimist on the run said:

I'm getting my authors confused - Philleas Fogg was Jules Verne.

 

I seem to remember that Phineas Fogg's manservant was called PassePartout, the French for a masterkey.  If that completes the puzzle give the "Ding" to Optimist please, he did all the hard work 

[+hal-an-tow]

Optimist gets the ding for Jules Verne , honourable mention to dodgydaved for adding another 33% of the answer .

Yep, from  'Round the World in 80 days ' (and more recently, expensive crisps) Phileas Fogg, his servant Passepartout ( French for goes all places, also a word for a passkey/masterkey )  and the third one was Captain Nemo from 20000 Leagues under the Sea : nemo is Latin for no one.

 

As often happens the bit I though was the giveaway folk would get first (nemo) turned out to be nothing of the kind !

[+Optimist on the run]

Ok, changing the theme...

 

Which group had a British number 1 hit in 1970, and a number 2 hit in 1982, despite the entire line-up changing between times?

 

Bonus points if you can name the hits!

Edited June 14, 2018 by Optimist on the run

[+speakers-corner]

Fitting to what is about to start, I think it is the England Wold Cup squad of 1970 and 1982. No idea of the names of the songs.

[+Optimist on the run]

7 hours ago, speakers-corner said:

Fitting to what is about to start, I think it is the England Wold Cup squad of 1970 and 1982. No idea of the names of the songs.

Ding to speakers-corner. The songs were Back Home and This Time (We'll Get it Right).

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the Ding.

Staying on the subject. Who are the teams in group "G".

[+Beach_hut]

Group G is England's group, so England, Panama, Belgium, Tunisia

[+speakers-corner]

Ding! Over to you Beach_hut

[+Optimist on the run]

Hope no-one objects if I give this thread a reboot. A really tricky one - which team won the World Cup in 1966? (Googling allowed!)

 

[+colleda]

England?

 

[+hal-an-tow]

4 hours ago, Optimist on the run said:

Hope no-one objects if I give this thread a reboot. A really tricky one - which team won the World Cup in 1966? (Googling allowed!)

 

 So many world cups to choose from, according to google they include  :

Athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, chess, cricket, show jumping, rugby league, gymnastics, hockey (field ) , hockey (ice)  tennis,  triathlon, canoe slalom, diving,  water polo, synchronised swimming, skiing, archery, boxing,  fencing,  kabaddi,  netball, orienteering, lacrosse, wrestling tae kwan do ...

 

Have I missed anything out ? Yes, I'm joking ...

[+speakers-corner]

hmmm, let me guess - got it - Footballs coming home, no, thats the song.

[+Optimist on the run]

On 7/8/2018 at 10:14 AM, colleda said:

England?

 

England is correct of course. Ding to colleda...

[+colleda]

OK. Thanks. What does Liverpool cathedral and red phone boxes have in common?

[+Boggin's Dad]

As a stab in the dark, Were they both designed by the same architect?

 

if it is not that I do not have a clue

[+speakers-corner]

Designed by Giles Scott who also designed Waterloo Bridge, Battersee Power Station. Most of his work was with churches.

[+colleda]

2 hours ago, Boggin's Dad said:

As a stab in the dark, Were they both designed by the same architect?

 

if it is not that I do not have a clue

DING to Boggin's Dad.   This came up on Great British Rail Journeys a week or so ago, with that Portillo bloke. Love seeing all those places he gets to.

[+Boggin's Dad]

 

Thank you for the DING - I guess this question has been proved incorrect in light of recent events, but however it does remain topical:

 

Who is known for the quote: “Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win."?

[+speakers-corner]

 -

Edited July 11, 2018 by speakers-corner

[+TheOldfields]

I'll have a guess at Brian Clough.

[+RJx2]

Hope this is OK... In an attempt to move this thread on, I've looked up the answer. Sorry, TheOldfields, It isn't Brian Clough.

[Blue Square Thing]

Gary Lineker? Perhaps? Someone modern anyway I think...

[+RJx2]

According to Google, that's a ding to Blue Square Thing. (And apologies to Boggin's Dad for taking over their question.)

[Blue Square Thing]

Gosh.

 

Norwich is twinned with four cities. Name any one of them (bonus dings obviously apply if you can do all four - the fourth is a reasonably recent addition).

[+speakers-corner]

Koblenz is one of the cities. Been there twice for Mega Events.

[Blue Square Thing]

DING to speakers-corner

 

As the signs say: Welcome to Norwich, a Fine City. Twinned with Rouen, Koblenz, Novi Sad and, apparently not officially, El Viejo (El Salvador)

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the Ding.

Name the 2 European Capitals of Culture for 2018

[+grimpil]

Leeuwarden, Netherlands & Valetta, Malta

[+speakers-corner]

Sorry about the delay, we are enjoying the fine weather (40°) on Malta.

A ding for grimpil.

[+grimpil]

Thanks for the ding.  It does seem this topic has gone sluggish over the summer.

 

How many services are available when you dial 999 in UK?  Name them.  Not all are available in every area.

[+me N u]

Ambulance, fire, police and coastguard?

[+Optimist on the run]

6 - As above plus mountain rescue and mines rescue.

[+grimpil]

A ding for Optimist on the run.

 

Mines Rescue is correctly Cave & Mines Rescue.

 

It is surprising how many people don't know the six services - but as said it depends where you live.  No point calling Coastguard in Wolverhampton, or Mountain Rescue on the Norfolk coast!

[+Optimist on the run]

Thanks. Now for a canal question - where is the longest flight of locks in the UK?

[+searcherdog]

Tardebigge Flight on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal?

[+colleda]

Darn, beat me to it searcherdog. We've done quite a few locks in our time but haven't done those yet.

[+searcherdog]

We arrived at the locks towards the end of my first week on a narrowboat.. Our steersman expected us to take hours and meet lots of boats coming down. We were lucky and didn't have to wait at any lock.  I prepared and opened, our steersman had the narrowboat and my colleague closed. We were supposed to have a break half way up but we were doing so well that we just carried on. The incentive was a hot shower and dinner at the top!   Definite feeling of achievement on completion plus an enjoyable week trying something new.

[+colleda]

10 hours ago, searcherdog said:

We arrived at the locks towards the end of my first week on a narrowboat.. Our steersman expected us to take hours and meet lots of boats coming down. We were lucky and didn't have to wait at any lock.  I prepared and opened, our steersman had the narrowboat and my colleague closed. We were supposed to have a break half way up but we were doing so well that we just carried on. The incentive was a hot shower and dinner at the top!   Definite feeling of achievement on completion plus an enjoyable week trying something new.

It's quite surprising, and satisfying, how quickly you can get through a flight when there is no congestion and you get a rythm working.

[+Optimist on the run]

Ding to searcherdog. I'll be walking/caching along there later today, walking from Alvechurch to Bromsgrove. Not done them by boat though - yet.