The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+MartyBartfast]

Ta.

 

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

[+mellers]

Titan?

[+MartyBartfast]

Nope, Titan comes in a close second.

[+mellers]

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)?

[+speakers-corner]

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

[+MartyBartfast]

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!

 

[+DerDiedler]

 

....misshapen

 

Edited February 7, 2019 by DerDiedler

[+speakers-corner]

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?

[+Optimist on the run]

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

 

[+speakers-corner]

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.

[+Optimist on the run]

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

 

Next question - where is the smallest house in Britain?

[+speakers-corner]

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.

[+Optimist on the run]

A quick ding to speakers-corner.

[+speakers-corner]

Thanks for the ding on that.

This should also be a quich easy question.

 

What is the BFBS?

[+me N u]

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

 

[+speakers-corner]

 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

[+me N u]

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

 

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

[+searcherdog]

Aleksandr Orlov ?

[+me N u]

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

[+searcherdog]

And for another quick question ....

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

 

[+MartyBartfast]

Is it t Wensleydale Grommit?

 

[+searcherdog]

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

[+MartyBartfast]

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?

[+tyzack4]

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.

[+MartyBartfast]

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.

[+colleda]

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.

[+Optimist on the run]

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.

[+MartyBartfast]

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

[+Optimist on the run]

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

[+MartyBartfast]

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

[+Optimist on the run]

Close - that was the second.

[+speakers-corner]

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.

[+Optimist on the run]

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...

[+speakers-corner]

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.

[+colleda]

The cog rail up Snowdon?

[+Optimist on the run]

22 hours ago, colleda said:

The cog rail up Snowdon?

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

[+Optimist on the run]

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.

 

[Sharpeset]

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

[+Optimist on the run]

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.

[Sharpeset]

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

[+mellers]

Sodor.

[Sharpeset]

that's a speedy ding!

 

[+mellers]

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!)

[+MartyBartfast]

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.

[+mellers]

Have yourself a ding there, Marty.

[+MartyBartfast]

Ta, this will probably be a quickie too.  

 

On a bit of a caching trip today, and currently sitting in a hotel bar in Northampton, so....

 

What is the name of the hit musical which is based on a true(ish) story about an industry based on Northampton?

 

 

[+mellers]

Is that Kinky Boots?

[+MartyBartfast]

Ooo-err Mellers, yes it is, over to you.

[+mellers]

Which celebrity/professional dancer couple won last year's Strictly Come Dancing?

[+MartyBartfast]

Ha Ha, watched every episode (like every year), and I could give you his  first name, and the colour of her hair, but that's all !!!