The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

February 4, 2019

The element is Hydrogen, symbol H - with T and D being the isotopes Tritium and Deuterium.

February 4, 2019

6 hours ago, me N u said:

The element is Hydrogen, symbol H - with T and D being the isotopes Tritium and Deuterium.

Ding, over to you.

good answer.

February 5, 2019

Thank you for the ding - our school days were not totally wasted

Next up, and a simple one

As I was going to St Ives,

I met a man with seven wives,

each wife had seven sacks,

each sack had seven cats,

each cat had seven kittens,

How many were going to St Ives?

6.2k · February 5, 2019

we only know 1 for sure - you.

Though Jonh Finnemore did a very funny sketch about it on his Souvenir Programme, where they met on a train going to St. Ives so in that case there were 2,753.

February 6, 2019

And a quick ding to MartyBartfast !

6.2k · February 6, 2019

Ta.

Name the largest moon orbiting a planet in our solar system.

February 7, 2019

Titan?

6.2k · February 7, 2019

Nope, Titan comes in a close second.

February 7, 2019

At this point someone's going to have to remind me of the rules...

I know there's no Googling, but how many goes am I allowed on each question? Do I have to wait until someone else has had a go before I chip in again (if more than one try is allowed)?

1.1k · February 7, 2019

ganimede, or something like that. It is one of Jupiters moons.

6.2k · February 7, 2019

2 hours ago, mellers said:

I know there's no Googling, but how many goes am I allowed on each question? Do I have to wait until someone else has had a go before I chip in again (if more than one try is allowed)?

As many goes as you like, not sure whether it's etiquette to jump straight in with another guess before someone else has had a go, but I wouldn't complain.

However it's moot at this point 'cos speakers-corner beat you to it:

1 hour ago, speakers-corner said:

ganimede, or something like that. It is one of Jupiters moons.

that's a Dyng for Ganymede.

While checking where Titan came in the rankings I was a little surprised to find that our very own Moon (does it have another name?) is 4th largest!

February 7, 2019

....misshapen

Edited February 7, 2019 by DerDiedler

1.1k · February 7, 2019

Thanks for the Ding and the correct spelling of the name.

Complete change of theme.

There are two red lines in the Palace of Westminster. Where are they and why are they there?

February 9, 2019

Are they they ones in the Commons, to keep the two sides a sword's length apart?

1.1k · February 11, 2019

And the Ding goes to Ootr. Yes they are the ones. They have a name but I have forgotten what they are called. Over to you.

February 12, 2019

As far as I can tell, they're just known as red lines.

Next question - where is the smallest house in Britain?

1.1k · February 12, 2019

In Conwy, North Wales. I went there in 1977 when I was with the Royal Engineers staying at the Adventure Training Camp in Betws-y-Coed.

February 12, 2019

A quick ding to speakers-corner.

1.1k · February 13, 2019

Thanks for the ding on that.

This should also be a quich easy question.

What is the BFBS?

February 13, 2019

Mr me N u being ex RAF thinks it is the British forces broadcasting serce

1.1k · February 13, 2019

Which means you might have known the "Poison Dwarf" ( I have forgotten his real Name), Richard Astbury, Dave Lee Travis Tommy Vance to mention a few.

DING

February 13, 2019

6 hours ago, speakers-corner said:

Which means you might have known the "Poison Dwarf" ( I have forgotten his real Name), Richard Astbury, Dave Lee Travis Tommy Vance to mention a few.

DING

Some long forgotten names there and no we don't know the Poison Dwarfs real name either -and we won't use that as the next question :lol:

Staying with names, what is the name - we'll accept forename or surname - of the cgi meerkat whose catchphrase is "simples"?

February 13, 2019

Aleksandr Orlov ?

February 14, 2019

And a quick DING to searcherdog who got both forename and surname.

February 15, 2019

And for another quick question ....

Two popular claymation characters refer to a particular type of cheese in their films. Name that cheese.

6.2k · February 15, 2019

Is it t Wensleydale Grommit?

February 15, 2019

"Gromit, that's it! Cheese!" and over to MartyBartfast

6.2k · February 16, 2019

In about 240BC a man performed an experiment involving a stick in Alexandria and a well in Syene (both in Egypt), who was that man and what was the purpose of the experiment?

February 16, 2019

7 hours ago, MartyBartfast said:

In about 240BC a man performed an experiment involving a stick in Alexandria and a well in Syene (both in Egypt), who was that man and what was the purpose of the experiment?

I know the answer, but I will let someone else claim it, however he used a tower in Alexandria and not a stick.

6.2k · February 16, 2019

2 hours ago, tyzack4 said:

however he used a tower in Alexandria and not a stick.

If you read various sources on the subject you will find it described variously as a stick, pole, rod, gnomon (part of a sundial) and a tower; I went with the one I "was brough up on" but unless we have a reference from someone who was there then I guess it's all speculation.

2.7k · February 17, 2019

Bugger, I was in Alexandria less than a week ago. Could have asked my tour guide. It's also possible he said something about it and I've promptly forgotten what - becoming more common as the years go by.

February 18, 2019

The purpose was to determine the circumference of the earth, given the angle of the sun at a given distance apart at the same time. I don't know the name.

6.2k · February 18, 2019

I'll give the Ding to Optimist on the run. The chap was Eratosthenes.

February 18, 2019

Thanks. Which was the first railway line in Britain (and probably the world) to be preserved and operated by volunteers?

6.2k · February 19, 2019

I'll take a punt at the ffestiniog light railway in blaenau ffestiniog, North Wales.

February 20, 2019

Close - that was the second.

1.1k · February 20, 2019

On ‎2‎/‎18‎/‎2019 at 3:45 PM, Optimist on the run said:

Thanks. Which was the first railway line in Britain (and probably the world) to be preserved and operated by volunteers?

Isnt it the one that runs along the south coast, to the east of Portsmouth. dont know the Name of it though.

February 21, 2019

15 hours ago, speakers-corner said:

Isnt it the one that runs along the south coast, to the east of Portsmouth. dont know the Name of it though.

No - stick to Wales...

1.1k · February 21, 2019

51 minutes ago, Optimist on the run said:

No - stick to Wales...

Thanks, but I am out for this round. after entering my answer I googled the question.

2.7k · February 21, 2019

The cog rail up Snowdon?

February 22, 2019

22 hours ago, colleda said:

The cog rail up Snowdon?

No - that's a commercial operation and not run by volunteers.

February 26, 2019

Time for a hint - the Rev. W. Awdry was an early volunteer on the railway, and wrote a "twin" railway into some of his Railway Series books.

February 28, 2019

how about the Tal y lin (if that's how you spell it)?

March 2, 2019

Ding. It's spelt Talyllyn, and runs from Tywyn in Mid Wales. It was taken over by volunteers in 1951 after the death of the owner.

March 2, 2019

Thanks, going back to Rev Awdry, on which island would you find Thomas and his friends?

March 2, 2019

Sodor.

March 2, 2019

that's a speedy ding!

March 2, 2019

Thanks. Never read any of the books but have solved a huge number of geocaching puzzles based on them.

Thinking of geocaching puzzles, I'll go to the theme of one I'm currently working on. What was the name of the first 'Carry On' film?
(Don't worry, that answer won't help me solve the puzzle!)

6.2k · March 2, 2019

Pretty sure it was Seargeant, not many of the regular Carry on Rep company just Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey that I can remember, also had Bill Hartnell and Bob Monkhouse.

March 2, 2019

Have yourself a ding there, Marty.

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