+searcherdog Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Thanks Optimist on the run. 30 locks raising the canal 67 metres in just over 2 miles. Next question..... Which food - is not grown in the UK - was first sold as a luxury item in 1901 - was classified as an essential food during wartime rationing - is apparently now eaten by most people at least once a week - has been loosely connected to geocaching since 2010? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 21 hours ago, searcherdog said: Thanks Optimist on the run. 30 locks raising the canal 67 metres in just over 2 miles. Next question..... Which food - is not grown in the UK - was first sold as a luxury item in 1901 - was classified as an essential food during wartime rationing - is apparently now eaten by most people at least once a week - has been loosely connected to geocaching since 2010? Rice? I'm not aware of geocaching connections though. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 oranges or bananas Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 On 18/08/2018 at 6:37 PM, searcherdog said: Thanks Optimist on the run. 30 locks raising the canal 67 metres in just over 2 miles. Next question..... Which food - is not grown in the UK - was first sold as a luxury item in 1901 - was classified as an essential food during wartime rationing - is apparently now eaten by most people at least once a week - has been loosely connected to geocaching since 2010? Not frogs or pigeons then. Hamsters maybe? Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Sorry for the delay. I've been stuck in a field with 34 kids and the forum site refused to accept my password. No to speakers-corner. Definitely no to colleda. A clue? Suitable for vegetarians. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Baked beans? Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 That would be a bean-go! for Optomist on the run then. And the loose connection to geocaching starts with the invention of the screw topped fridge pot which seem to be very popular cache container as you can camo paint or tape it easily. Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I think it was one of my favourites as a child, but years since I have had any - I reckon it might be Peaches Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Sorry, Boggin's Dad, I've already got it! Actually the beans connection goes back to the earliest cache, as a tin of beans was apparently one of the things hidden in it. Next question: Name the most famous pupil of Linbury Court. Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 I didn't know about the bean tin connection so thank you to Optimist on the run for the additional info. And I haven't even the faintest glimmer about Linbury Court. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Got to be Jennings and his pal Derbyshire......... Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 6 hours ago, dodgydaved said: Got to be Jennings and his pal Derbyshire......... Ding! In the novels by Anthony Buckeridge. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Cheers my freind: In the line in `Casablanca` which is often misquoted as `Play it again, Sam`, what song is Sam asked to play? Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Let's get the wrong answers out of the way first. "As Time Goes By"? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 On 30/08/2018 at 10:23 PM, colleda said: Let's get the wrong answers out of the way first. "As Time Goes By"? I believe this is the correct answer - it is certainly the one I was expecting, confirmed by a quick check in Wikipaedia. AFAIAC the ding goes to Colleda, over to you kidder! Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Thanks for the ding. It seemed too obvious and I thought it was a trick question but I couldn't think of anything else . My question, an easy one. What is antimacassar and where would you find it? Oh, that's two questions innit. Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 According to my late lamented Grandma an antimacassar was a piece of cloth draped over the back of a sofa or upholstered chair, in the 'front room' (the posh one only used for visitors.and high holidays). Sort of tea towel sized, I believe it was something to do with keeping gentleman's hair oil off the best furniture, at at Grandma's house the antimacassars were embroidered, sort of decorative, and had long outlasted the hair oil fashion which I'd guess was probably popular in her youth, she was born around 1900 Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 10 hours ago, hal-an-tow said: According to my late lamented Grandma an antimacassar was a piece of cloth draped over the back of a sofa or upholstered chair, in the 'front room' (the posh one only used for visitors.and high holidays). Sort of tea towel sized, I believe it was something to do with keeping gentleman's hair oil off the best furniture, at at Grandma's house the antimacassars were embroidered, sort of decorative, and had long outlasted the hair oil fashion which I'd guess was probably popular in her youth, she was born around 1900 That's a ding for you. As you said, to protect upholstery of chairs and sofas from hair oil which was known a Macassar Oil. Very Victorian. Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Thanks for the ding, now an easy question , and one that was asked in an actual pub qui a couple of years ago, but the team around me didn't believe I knew the answer so preferred a guess, and gave a wrong answer instead. They were people with encyclopedic knowledge of TV soap operas, spectator sport and pop music, friends of a neighbour of mine. Yes, It still rankles ... What is the most common origin of the bristles of a camel hair brush ? Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 There's something in the dark recesses of my mind that suugests I've come across this question before. Some animal totally unrelated to a camel but for the life of me I can't recall what it was. So I'm guessing its possibly fox? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 No doubt saying camels would give a QI-style claxon, so I'll say badgers. I'm pretty certain badger hair was used for shaving brushes, but I don't know about hairbrushes. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 The most common is badger hair, but boar hair is also used for shaving, hair and clothes brushes. Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Artist's "camel hair" brushes are not camel, fox or badger hair (altho' shaving brushes were indeed badger ) I spent some time photographing an orphaned handreared badger cub for the local wildlife hospital a few years ago, and from close up (very close up, I was lying down to get at snout level, and he was treated to a snack of worms just in front of me ) their fur is like a dandelion seed head, not thick but incredibly fine. I'd imagine it might not be sufficiently stiff to make a good precise paint brush. Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Ok, new question, same answer as the last one though ! What sort of animal was Tufty ? Extra memory jogging hint- he was succeeded at his job by a big fellow who famously wore the robes of D. Vader. Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Don't know about the hint but Tufty is a squirrel to me. And you? Quote Link to comment
+hal-an-tow Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Squirrel it is Ding ! Yep, camel hair brushes are squirrel hair brushes, and Tufty was a squirrel. The Tufty Club was a long ago TV road safety campaign , and a later one featured the Green Cross Code Man, played by actor Dave Prowse. As every geek knows, Prowsa was the actor & bodybuilder who provided the physical representation of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, altho' apparently his Bristolian accent didn't quite produce the required level of menace, so the voice was provided by James Earl Jones. Excellent video here Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 And for the next question...... Connect fritillaries, hairstreaks, skippers and admirals. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Names of butterflies? Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 That would be a DING! to me N u. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Thank you searcherdog. What is the minimum cost of making a phone call from a BT public phone? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 no idea, 5p Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 10 minutes ago, speakers-corner said: no idea, 5p Hasn't been 5p for a LONG time! Quote Link to comment
Blue Square Thing Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 20p now? Perhaps. I suspect not though... The chances of finding a phone box that takes coins however... I remember it being 2p... Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 1 Find a phone box 2 Does it work? 3 Does it take coins? 4 Allowing for inflation, it will be over 50p by now AND there's no cache in there to find while you phone! Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 6 hours ago, searcherdog said: 1 Find a phone box 2 Does it work? 3 Does it take coins? 4 Allowing for inflation, it will be over 50p by now AND there's no cache in there to find while you phone! 1. Done that didnt help - in Germany - wrong currency 2. They should work 3. More than likely. 4. Inflation, more than 50p - I shall up my bid from 5p to 60p. Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 0p for 999 call....... Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 11 hours ago, speakers-corner said: 1. Done that didnt help - in Germany - wrong currency 2. They should work 3. More than likely. 4. Inflation, more than 50p - I shall up my bid from 5p to 60p. Ring ring to speakers-corner. 60p is the answer we were looking for 5 hours ago, dodgydaved said: 0p for 999 call....... Technically the correct answer, but not the one we had in mind, sorry. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Wow, didnt expect that. Thanks for the Ring, Ring!! So, staying on the same theme, who designed the red telephone box - full Name and title please. Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I'll start with Sir Giles Gilbert Scott although I'm not sure he was a Sir at the time. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 That was a quick ding! Over to you for the next starter for 10! Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 It's surprising how much information is retained after solving a puzzle cache involving telephones! When Sir Giles Gilbert Scott was still a student, he won a competition to design which building? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Easy, a Cathedral in Beatles land (Liverpool). He was 22yrs old at the time. Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 So that's another quick ding and over to speakers-corner for the next question. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 This building had its external architecture designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was close to a dogs home. It was opened in 193?, and its name is ????????? ????? ???????. Replace the ?´s with the name and date. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I'd guess at Battersea Power Sation, though I'd need 10 guesses to get the year. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 17 hours ago, Optimist on the run said: I'd guess at Battersea Power Sation, though I'd need 10 guesses to get the year. Almost there hint to part 2 - think of a prime number and have a go. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 6 hours ago, speakers-corner said: Almost there hint to part 2 - think of a prime number and have a go. I think 1931 and 1933 are both primes. A fifty-fifty guess - 1933. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Ding! over to you. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Apart from the obvious, what connects Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, Tony Meo, Dennis Taylor and Willie Thorne? Quote Link to comment
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