+me N u Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 We think the front was a pig/piglet but not a clue on the rear end - have seen it mentioned on one of the food history programmes. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 16 hours ago, me N u said: We think the front was a pig/piglet but not a clue on the rear end - have seen it mentioned on one of the food history programmes. That's close enough. Front half was a suckling pig to which a turkey was sewn in at the back. Perhaps the origin of pigs that fly? That's close enough for a ding to me N u to keep this moving. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Didn’t expect the ding, but thank you! A simple question now - how many equations did Stephen Hawking include in “A brief history of time”? Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Has nobody else got a copy? Here's a hint - it's somewhere between zero and two ? Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 7 hours ago, colleda said: One, perhaps? Ding to colleda. In the introduction to the book, Stephen Hawking informs that he was told “he would lose half the readers for every equation he included” but thought that Einstein's e =mc2 was well known enough to include. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) On 6/9/2020 at 4:55 PM, me N u said: Ding to colleda. In the introduction to the book, Stephen Hawking informs that he was told “he would lose half the readers for every equation he included” but thought that Einstein's e =mc2 was well known enough to include. Thanks me N u What historical event was originally known as "the incident on Griffin's wharf". Edited June 11, 2020 by colleda Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 This is a pure guess, but I'll go for the Boston Tea Party. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 A soggy ding to MB. Yes, it was to become known later, in the 1800s, as The Boston Tea Party;. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Thanks. How are Bartholemew and Wiseman better known? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 21 minutes ago, Optimist on the run said: Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise Yes indeed sunshine, your go. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Thanks. Which English monarch was on the throne when Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to the Americas? Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I'm guessing one of the early Henrys. Number 2? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Later than Henry II Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Well we were well into colonising when Elizabeth I was on the throne, so maybe it was her dad - Henry VIII ? Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 And I'll split the difference with Henry V Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Thinking H VIII born early 1500. 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, as we were taught in school. H VIII's dad maybe Henry the VII? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Neither Henry V nor Henry VIII Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 2 hours ago, colleda said: Thinking H VIII born early 1500. 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, as we were taught in school. H VIII's dad maybe Henry the VII? Henry VII? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 5 hours ago, colleda said: Henry VII? Sorry colleda, I missed that post, or maybe it was almost simultaneous with mine. Anyway, a ding to you there. Henry VII, also known as Henry Tudor. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 No worries. An easy one - I think. Name the famous musician father of singer Norah Jones. Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Not for me as I fall at the first hurdle! Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 18 hours ago, colleda said: No worries. An easy one - I think. Name the famous musician father of singer Norah Jones. The only musical Jones I can think of is Tom. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Hint. Not Jones. Hint. Beatles, Bangladesh. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Another hint. He played on the album "Concert for Bangladesh". Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 This one too tough? Answer is Ravi Shankar Indian sitar player. Here's another question then . The 33rd president of the US was Harry S Truman. What does the "S" stand for? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I think this is one of those where the S doesn't stand for anything it is just an initial and he doesn't have a middle name (there's certainly one president with one of those). Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 That's a ding to Marty S Bartfast. I believe the S refers to the name an uncle IIRC.Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Thanks. Sticking with the theme, and to honor July 4th: Which four presidents are represented on Mount Rushmore? Quote Link to comment
+FootyFan123 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I'm English, so this could be wrong. Jefferson, Washington, Roosevelt, Lincoln? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, FootyFan123 said: I'm English, so this could be wrong. Jefferson, Washington, Roosevelt, Lincoln? That gets you the DING, your turn. Quote Link to comment
+FootyFan123 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Sorry for being so long, I forgot I had the DING Don't think this has been done before, what is the national animal of Scotland? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 1 hour ago, FootyFan123 said: Sorry for being so long, I forgot I had the DING Don't think this has been done before, what is the national animal of Scotland? It's often represented in heraldry by a unicorn. Quote Link to comment
+FootyFan123 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 12 hours ago, Optimist on the run said: It's often represented in heraldry by a unicorn. That gives you the DING Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Who's missing from this group? Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 8 hours ago, MartyBartfast said: Captain Flack. Ding, from the Trumpton fire brigade. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Thanks, you had me "singing" it a few times thinking "there's nothing missing", then I twigged! Anyway what's missing (?) ? Li Na K Rb Cs Fr Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I want to say H, at the top of the first column in the periodic table, however as oddity consisting of a single proton (if you ignore deuterium and tritium) and electron it does not strictly behave as an group 1 metal, so I might be missing something Anyway I will go with hydrogen Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Well I was going for the "obvious" answer so Hydrogen gets you a BOOM. Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 2:43 PM, Boggin's Dad said: Anyway I will go with hydrogen Your go. Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 (edited) Sticking with chemistry, there are two elements that are liquid at room temperature (20°C) and standard atmospheric pressure. What are they? Edited July 26, 2020 by Boggin's Dad Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Bromine and mercury Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 A quick response, back to you with a BOOM of schoolboy chemistry delight. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Sorry, didn't spot the response. Sticking with chemistry, which element comes last alphabetically? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I'll have punt at Xenon, though I suspect there's a Y and maybe even a Z. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 34 minutes ago, MartyBartfast said: I'll have punt at Xenon, though I suspect there's a Y and maybe even a Z. Not Xenon. Quote Link to comment
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