The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

2.7k · January 1, 2021

I recall seeing a docco about this some time ago but I'm hopeless at remembering names. Early versions of chronometers were to large, and sensitive, to be practical. This makes me wonder if the prize required compactness and portability. I'll go check with uncle Google to refresh my memory.

February 2, 2021

On 12/31/2020 at 2:53 PM, MartyBartfast said:

It was Harrison who produced the first Marine chronometer, not sure of his first name but James rings a bell.
I don't know what the prize was but it was a LOT of money.

A ding to you MartyBartFast

It was John Harrison, The prize was £20000, quite a lot of money today, let alone in the mid 1700s

This is memorialised by the Show of Hands tune, here played at Abbotsbury in Dorset

Over to you

6.2k · February 2, 2021

Thanks.

Sticking with Harrison, one of his watches formed the storyline for a popular TV show where it resulted in a change in fortune for the main characters, which show was it?

1.1k · February 3, 2021

On 2/2/2021 at 9:03 AM, MartyBartfast said:

Thanks.

Sticking with Harrison, one of his watches formed the storyline for a popular TV show where it resulted in a change in fortune for the main characters, which show was it?

Longitude?

6.2k · February 3, 2021

2 minutes ago, NickPick said:

Longitude

Nope.

February 4, 2021

"Only Fools and Horses"

6.2k · February 4, 2021

1 minute ago, grimpil said:

"Only Fools and Horses"

Luvly Jubly

(to anyone not in the know it's the one where Del & Rodney found a Harrison watch in their lockup which sold for £millions)

Over to you.

February 4, 2021

That was a stroke of luck for me spotting the question as I only logged onto to here today for the first time in ages. Prompted by the renewal of my annual subs. Even though caching has been a low priority in recent months I still wonder where else I could get so much fun for £24.99 a year! I just paid a roofer £25 for 10 minutes work to replace a cracked tile.

I'll go think of a new question - back soon.

1.3k · February 4, 2021

1 hour ago, MartyBartfast said:

Luvly Jubly

(to anyone not in the know it's the one where Del & Rodney found a Harrison watch in their lockup which sold for £millions)

I thought it was a Victorian egg timer. ?

February 4, 2021

Staying with "Fools . . . " theme, try this one for size:

If you saw are a keen fan, or if you saw the re-run recently of "We Love Only Fools & Horses" you might recall that David Jason was not first choice to play Delboy. He was third but who was the second choice. A clue is that whilst IMHO he was perfect elsewhere as Pamela's husband I just cannot imagine his interpretation of Delboy would have resulted in such a national treasure character.

6.2k · February 4, 2021

1 hour ago, IceColdUK said:

I thought it was a Victorian egg timer. ?

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The watch is examined by experts, and all accept it to be the Harrison "lesser watch", a semi-mythical piece for which designs exist but there is no clear evidence the watch was ever made.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_on_Our_Hands

6.2k · February 9, 2021

On 2/4/2021 at 2:25 PM, grimpil said:

A clue is that whilst IMHO he was perfect elsewhere as Pamela's husband I

I'm pretty sure Jim Broadbent was first, and given this clue it must be Larry Lamb who was second...

February 9, 2021

LOL! Almost but not quite! First choice was Enn Reitel . . . But I'll give you the DING for actually getting the right name in Jim Broadbent as it seems no-one else is even guessing.

I was not aware of Larry Lamb having a screen wife called Pamela - so maybe I confused you. The Pamela I intended was mother of Bridget Jones.

6.2k · February 10, 2021

9 hours ago, grimpil said:

I was not aware of Larry Lamb having a screen wife called Pamela - so maybe I confused you. The Pamela I intended was mother of Bridget Jones.

Gavin & Stacy, he was Gavin's dad married to Pamela (Alison Steadman)

I'll have a think for another one.

6.2k · February 10, 2021

Going a bit more high-brow.

Charring Cross is the point where distances to London are measured to/from, but the original Cross itself was one of a set of 12 medieval crosses, why were the 12 crosses placed and for the bonus what are they collectively known as?

February 10, 2021

Eleanor Crosses. One erected at each of the places her body stopped at night on the journey from where she died back to London.

Charing Cross is the best preserved and most of the others have disappeared.

6.2k · February 10, 2021

1 hour ago, searcherdog said:

Eleanor Crosses. One erected at each of the places her body stopped at night on the journey from where she died back to London.

Charing Cross is the best preserved and most of the others have disappeared.

Spot on, your turn.

February 11, 2021

And onto music......

Which group with a palindromic name had a hit single that was also a palindrome?

Name both.

2.7k · February 11, 2021

The first bit was easy but had to go to my record collection for the song.

ABBA

S.O.S

February 11, 2021

Over to colleda as "The winner takes it all"

2.7k · February 12, 2021

9 hours ago, searcherdog said:

Over to colleda as "The winner takes it all"

There's nothing to take. No prize Money, Money, Money.

2.7k · February 12, 2021

Staying with Abba theme.

Which Abba song spent ten weeks at #1 in Australia?

6.2k · February 16, 2021

I'll have a guess at Dancing Queen.

2.7k · February 16, 2021

14 minutes ago, MartyBartfast said:

I'll have a guess at Dancing Queen.

Not that one. Better known than that.

February 17, 2021

On 2/12/2021 at 9:30 AM, colleda said:

Staying with Abba theme.

Which Abba song spent ten weeks at #1 in Australia?

Well I'll have a guess at the one which sent them to to the big time; 'Waterloo', then.

2.7k · February 17, 2021

10 hours ago, mellers said:

Well I'll have a guess at the one which sent them to to the big time; 'Waterloo', then.

Not that one.

At this stage I may have to show a hint.

February 18, 2021

How about Mama Mia?

2.7k · February 18, 2021

40 minutes ago, Sharpeset said:

How about Mama Mia?

Ding! That's the one. Your turn.

February 19, 2021

On 2/18/2021 at 12:20 PM, colleda said:

Ding! That's the one. Your turn.

Thanks - staying Down Under, who had a hit featuring the line "He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich?"

February 19, 2021

That sounds like Men at Work (Land Down Under).

I think the line before was "I said do you speaka my language?!

February 19, 2021

That's the Ding, over to you Bruce!

Edited February 19, 2021 by Sharpeset

February 19, 2021

Who won this year's UK Masked Singer (dressed as a sausage)?

6.2k · February 21, 2021

On 2/19/2021 at 8:24 PM, mellers said:

Who won this year's UK Masked Singer (dressed as a sausage)?

I have no idea as we don't watch it, but Mrs MB thinks it's Joss Stone.

February 21, 2021

Well that's a DING to Mrs Marty - perhaps you can ask her to set the next question?

6.2k · February 21, 2021

Thanks, but Mrs MB isn't really that interested, so this from me keeping with the music theme but tying it into recent events.

What's the full name of the first movement of Holst's "The Planets Suite"?

February 21, 2021

OK, so this is an answer I don't actually know, per se - but I'm going to have a logical stab based on some stuff I do know and the way the question was worded... (don't laugh at the result!)

Given that Perseverance only just landed on Mars, I'm going to guess Mars is the first planet piece. I know Mars is the Roman God of War - and given that I know Jupiter was the bringer of Joy, my full answer is going to be a mismatch of all those 3 snippets

How about "Mars the bringer of war"?

6.2k · February 21, 2021

6 minutes ago, mellers said:

How about "Mars the bringer of war"?

That's a big DING Mellers, and it's one of the most evocative pieces of music IMO, listening to it really portrays the menace and portent of doom of war!

February 22, 2021

Which Berkshire town has the UK headquarters of Mars (them what makes the choccy bars)?

2.7k · February 25, 2021

On 2/2/2021 at 5:01 PM, Boggin's Dad said:

A ding to you MartyBartFast

It was John Harrison, The prize was £20000, quite a lot of money today, let alone in the mid 1700s

This is memorialised by the Show of Hands tune, here played at Abbotsbury in Dorset

Over to you

A while ago I read a book Longitude by Dava Sobel that was about Harrison. A good read.

February 26, 2021

On 2/22/2021 at 7:31 AM, mellers said:

Which Berkshire town has the UK headquarters of Mars (them what makes the choccy bars)?

Time for a couple of hints, I think. Poet John Betjeman wrote a poem about this town which begins...
"Come, friendly bombs and fall..." and the TV series, 'The Office' was set in the sales office of a paper company there.

6.2k · February 26, 2021

Gotta be Slough then

which is odd for 2 reasons:

1: I thought it was Newbury or Reading;

2: I didn't think Slough was in Berks!

You live and learn!

February 27, 2021

DING! Over to Martybartfast.

6.2k · February 28, 2021

Thanks, this should be a quick one:

What links these 4 great things:

The Great Wall of China

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Red Spot of Jupiter.

??

2.7k · March 2, 2021

On 2/28/2021 at 9:14 PM, MartyBartfast said:

Thanks, this should be a quick one:

What links these 4 great things:

The Great Wall of China

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Red Spot of Jupiter.

??

Great?

6.2k · March 2, 2021

3 hours ago, colleda said:

Great?

I was looking for something more than that, in the Geocaching news recently...

March 2, 2021

Various 7 wonders?

6.2k · March 2, 2021

15 minutes ago, searcherdog said:

Various 7 wonders?

Indeed, they're all part of the ongoing Wonders promotions,

Your turn.

March 2, 2021

Thank you.

It's possibly time for a harder question.

Mars Bars have been produced in many versions and sizes but when was the first Mars Bar made in Slough?

6.2k · March 9, 2021

On 3/2/2021 at 3:43 PM, searcherdog said:

Thank you.

It's possibly time for a harder question.

Mars Bars have been produced in many versions and sizes but when was the first Mars Bar made in Slough?

I'll have a guess at 1920's

March 9, 2021

On 3/2/2021 at 3:43 PM, searcherdog said:

Thank you.

It's possibly time for a harder question.

Mars Bars have been produced in many versions and sizes but when was the first Mars Bar made in Slough?

This happened to be covered on a slightly old Food Programme I listened to yesterday - a recording of Roald Dahl gave it as 1932 I think.

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