The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+MartyBartfast]

A mob of chavs

A blessing of Popes

 

[+dino-irl]

A bonus ding for eckington on the unicorns.....tempted to remove it for admitting to listening to R2

 

Also a correct answer for JackieC on the owls and kangaroos.

 

Pod is a funny one. Can be used for Whales, Porpoises, Dolphins, Seals and Walruses so the first one to get that correct was Woodchurch One.

 

According to me that leaves

• flink
  

[+Eckington]

A bonus ding for eckington on the unicorns.....tempted to remove it for admitting to listening to R2

 

 

.....it was playing in the background on Isobel's machine, honest Guv

[+JackieC]

Just asked the other half (he's just home from work).

 

He says its cattle, where he works used to have a cattle feed called flink, but changed it cause no one knew what it meant.

 

So its a flink of cows (I thought it was a herd of cows).

 

(thanks Will!)

[+dino-irl]

DING, DING, DING to JackieC

 

Kine is the plural for cows (or bovine animals of any kind) and a flink is specifically 12 cattle

 

Over to you

[+dino-irl]

doble post!

Edited November 9, 2007 by dino-irl

[+JackieC]

Ok, what is the connection between Jagger, Bailey, Lenoir, O'Connor and Lawson?

 

[+JackieC]

Clue: where would you see all 5 people?

 

Bonus dings to whoever can give their Christian names too.

 

[+greyhound gang]

Twiggy Lawson, Elizabeth Jagger, Erin O'Conner, Laura Bailey, Noemie Lenoir.

The models featured in the Marks and Spencers adverts.

[+JackieC]

DING!

 

I thought that would have gone quicker, the ads seem to be on constantly at the moment.

 

Over to you Greyhound Gang........................

[+greyhound gang]

We all know football is the beautiful game, but what is the UK's second largest (in terms of numebrs) spectator sport?

[+chizu]

We all know football is the beautiful game, but what is the UK's second largest (in terms of numebrs) spectator sport?

 

Given your name I'm going to go for greyhound racing?

[+greyhound gang]

DING

 

But we're not racers we're retired and rehomed!!!!

[+Us 4 and Jess]

DING

 

But we're not racers we're retired and rehomed!!!!

 

Awwwwwwwwwwww you and John aren't that bad yet are you Naiomi

[+chizu]

We love rehomed greyhounds - we'd be tempted if we didn't have a house rabbit!

 

The next question is:

What would you use a Niddy Noddy for?

[+wheelybarrow]

We love rehomed greyhounds - we'd be tempted if we didn't have a house rabbit!

 

The next question is:

What would you use a Niddy Noddy for?

 

For making a skein of wool after spinning it?

[+chizu]

We love rehomed greyhounds - we'd be tempted if we didn't have a house rabbit!

 

The next question is:

What would you use a Niddy Noddy for?

 

For making a skein of wool after spinning it?

 

DING to wheelybarrow! It's used for winding wool into skeins.

[+Trucker Lee]

I thought I was "waiting with baited breath" for the next question, but then I realized I it was just the tuna and onion sandwich I had for lunch..........

[+Dizzley]

I thought I was "waiting with baited breath" for the next question, but then I realized I it was just the tuna and onion sandwich I had for lunch..........

LOL!

The phrase is "bated breath" but not in your case. And you wonder why you have trouble keeping friends?

 

OK wheelybarrow - please set us a question when you are ready!

[+wheelybarrow]

Sorry for the delay folks, been a bit busy over the weekend.

The question is this:

What is the registration number on Doctor McGarry's car in the Trumptonshire series?

[+rutson]

Total guess: "DOC 1"

[+dino-irl]

No way I'd know this one so googled the answer and I think you have your characters mixed up....might be worth checking?

[+MartyBartfast]

No way I'd know this one so googled the answer and I think you have your characters mixed up....might be worth checking?

 

IIRC it was Doctor Mopp and PC Mcgarry so there is some confusion.

 

As to the docs numberplate I'll guess "MOPP 1"

[+wheelybarrow]

Yes - sorry you are right, should be Doctor Mopp and no-one has the correct answer at the moment.

Edited November 12, 2007 by wheelybarrow

[+Midnight Ramblers]

1901

[+wheelybarrow]

1901

 

"Ding" to the Midnight Ramblers - thought this one might have lasted a bit longer!!

[+Midnight Ramblers]

I don't usually look at this thread, so please excuse me if I do it wrong. I assume I add a question now:

 

How much time elapses between any Sunday 29 February and (going forward in time) the next respective Tuesday 29 February?

 

[Nediam]

126,230,400 seconds?

 

Edit:- Forget that, miles off

Edited November 12, 2007 by Nediam

[+dino-irl]

It depends what time of the day you pick but I've worked it out at 24 years with 5 leap years in bewteen so that equals 757,296,000 seconds

[+Simply Paul]

Using the calender on my PC, there was a Sunday the 29th of February in 2004, and the next Tuesday 29th will be in 2028, so I'll say 24 years. However, this isn't always true as there's the 400 year rule. Although 1896 and 1904 were leap years, 1900 wasn't... <all geeked out>

 

Edit as I'd misread the question - my answer still stayed the same though (?)

Edited November 12, 2007 by Simply Paul

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

I don't usually look at this thread, so please excuse me if I do it wrong. I assume I add a question now:

 

How much time elapses between any Sunday 29 February and (going forward in time) the next respective Tuesday 29 February?

 

Between means not inclusive of............so that's 24 years plus 5 leap years =

 

24 x 365 + 5 = 8765 days - 2 days (not counting Sunday and Tuesday 29th) =

 

8763 days =

210,312 hours =

12618720 minutes =

757123200 seconds =

 

I know.............it's wrong!

[+The Bongtwashes]

I don't usually look at this thread, so please excuse me if I do it wrong. I assume I add a question now:

 

How much time elapses between any Sunday 29 February and (going forward in time) the next respective Tuesday 29 February?

 

Between means not inclusive of............so that's 24 years plus 5 leap years =

 

24 x 365 + 5 = 8765 days - 2 days (not counting Sunday and Tuesday 29th) =

 

8763 days =

210,312 hours =

12618720 minutes =

757123200 seconds =

 

I know.............it's wrong!

 

Using the LHM reckoning as a basis (ie between, not inclusive) it would be:

24 x 365 + 5 = 8765 days - 1 day

 

8762 days =

210,288 hours =

12,617,280 minutes =

757,036,800 seconds

[+dino-irl]

I blame Nediam for the fact that we're down to seconds

 

Someone poke The Midnight Ramblers to put us all out of our misery

[+Midnight Ramblers]

*Ouch*

I enjoy a poke - but not that hard ...

 

Ding for Dino-irl.

Sorry for the delay.

[Nediam]

I blame Nediam for the fact that we're down to seconds

 

Someone poke The Midnight Ramblers to put us all out of our misery

[+dino-irl]

What is the significance with a statue if a person is on a horse which has

• both front legs in the air
  
• one front leg in the air
  
• all four legs on the ground
  

Ding goes to the person that gets the last one correct

[Nediam]

Gonna have to guess, so.....

• both front legs in the air - Person died in battle
  
• one front leg in the air - Person received an honour (Knighthood, MBE etc)
  
• all four legs on the ground - Non military person
  

[+rutson]

What is the significance with a statue if a person is on a horse which has

• both front legs in the air
  
• one front leg in the air
  
• all four legs on the ground
  

Ding goes to the person that gets the last one correct

• both front legs in the air - horse has been startled by a geocacher
  
• one front leg in the air - horse has a sore foot
  
• all four legs on the ground - horse is tired
  

??

[+dino-irl]

Gonna have to guess, so.....

• both front legs in the air - Person died in battle
  
• one front leg in the air - Person received an honour (Knighthood, MBE etc)
  
• all four legs on the ground - Non military person
  

Ding for the first one but not even close with the other two

 

• both front legs in the air - horse has been startled by a geocacher
  
• one front leg in the air - horse has a sore foot
  
• all four legs on the ground - horse is tired
  

??

Tempted to give it to you for making me smile this early in the day

[+scanker]

I think the remaining two are wounded in battle and survived battle unscathed. I seem to remember this from a cache listing, but can't remember which one. I've a vague feeling it's made up too.

Edited November 13, 2007 by scanker

[+MartyBartfast]

Edit 'cos I basically repeated what Scanker just said.

Edited November 13, 2007 by MartyBartfast

[+dino-irl]

I think the remaining two are wounded in battle and survived battle unscathed. I seem to remember this from a cache listing, but can't remember which one. I've a vague feeling it's made up too.

Close enough

 

* both front legs in the air = died in battle

* one front leg in the air = died from wounds received in battle

* all four legs on the ground = died from natural causes

 

So Ding to scanker

[+scanker]

I visited my parents in Lancashire at the weekend and was reminded of the phrase "once every Preston Guild", meaning "not very often".

 

My question is how often is every Preston Guild and when is the next one?

[+keehotee]

Next one is 2012 - no idea when the last one was, so no idea how often.......

[+scanker]

The year is right...

[+Mr Hedgehog]

Next one is 2012 - no idea when the last one was, so no idea how often.......

 

Something is nagging at the back of my mind that it is every 25 years.

 

Richard

[+scanker]

Not 25 years...

[+The Bongtwashes]

Not 25 years...

From my time in Liverpool, reading 'The ABZ of Scouse' I seem to remember it saying 20 years.

(If so, that is from 1 1/2 Preston Guilds ago!)

[+rutson]

I have it in my head it's an odd (as in wierd not as in parity) figure like 27 years.

[+keehotee]

Silly question - but what's Preston doing in the ABZ of Scouse?