The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[Nediam]

DING, DING

 

The last 2 were the Manzanares solar tower in Spain, and the Tokyo Tower.

Well that's a surprise! Good guesses! Ok, to keep the tower theme running, where are/were these unfinished towers?

 

 

4 Is the Spinnaker tower in Portsmouth

 

5 Looks like a Tessla tower but I don't know where

 

6 Is the Gaudi Temple in Barcelona

 

7 is in Oban, Scotland

 

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2.

3.

4. DING (Nediam) - Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

5. DI (Nediam/) - Telsa Tower in...?

6. DING (Nediam) - Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

7. DING (Nediam) - McCraig's Folly or Tower in Oban.

 

Will you accept "Scotland" for the Broch in pic 2?

 

 

Edit to bring Simply Paul's latest question to this page

Edited November 27, 2007 by Nediam

[Nediam]

Is No.1 a mooring tower for an airship?

[+JackieC]

Number 2 is Dun Carloway broch on the Isle of Lewis.

 

[+Simply Paul]

1. Not an airship tower.

2. DING (JackieC) - Dun Carloway broch on the Isle of Lewis

3. Extra clue: May be the world's tallest when it's finished.

4. DING (Nediam) - Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

5. DI (Nediam/) - Telsa Tower in...?

6. DING (Nediam) - Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

7. DING (Nediam) - McCraig's Folly or Tower in Oban.

[+MartyBartfast]

1. Not an airship tower.

2. DING (JackieC) - Dun Carloway broch on the Isle of Lewis

3. Extra clue: May be the world's tallest when it's finished.

4. DING (Nediam) - Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

5. DI (Nediam/) - Telsa Tower in...?

6. DING (Nediam) - Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

7. DING (Nediam) - McCraig's Folly or Tower in Oban.

 

1. Alexandra Palace?

3. Is that the one in Kuala Lumpur? don't know the name though.

[Nediam]

3. Extra clue: May be the world's tallest when it's finished.

Middle East? Maybe Bahrain

[+JackieC]

3. Extra clue: May be the world's tallest when it's finished.

Middle East? Maybe Bahrain

 

Is it in Dubai? I seem to remember watching something about a mega construction in Dubai. No idea what its called though.

Edited November 28, 2007 by JackieC

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

3. Extra clue: May be the world's tallest when it's finished.

Middle East? Maybe Bahrain

No.3 is Burj Dubai

 

Is No.1 the Crystal Palace transmitter in early construction?

Edited November 28, 2007 by The Lavender Hill Mob

[+kennamatic]

I thought it was Singapore? And I've seen picture 1 before but I can't recall where!

[+Simply Paul]

1. Not Crystal Palace or Alexandra Palace, but it was in London for a while.

2. DING (JackieC) - Dun Carloway broch on the Isle of Lewis

3. DING (JackieC/The Lavender Hill Mob) - Burj Dubai in Dubai

4. DING (Nediam) - Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

5. DI (Nediam/) - Telsa Tower in...?

6. DING (Nediam) - Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

7. DING (Nediam) - McCraig's Folly or Tower in Oban.

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

1. Not Crystal Palace or Alexandra Palace, but it was in London for a while.

2. DING (JackieC) - Dun Carloway broch on the Isle of Lewis

3. DING (JackieC/The Lavender Hill Mob) - Burj Dubai in Dubai

4. DING (Nediam) - Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

5. DI (Nediam/) - Telsa Tower in...?

6. DING (Nediam) - Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

7. DING (Nediam) - McCraig's Folly or Tower in Oban.

No.1 - Is it a WW2 radar tower?

[Nediam]

Is the Tesla tower in the US?

[+Simply Paul]

1. - Earlier than WWII

5. - Close enough. It was in Long Island.

[Nediam]

5. - Close enough. It was in Long Island.

That's very generous of you

 

1. - Earlier than WWII

First World War ? Edited November 28, 2007 by Nediam

[+JackieC]

ooo, ooo, is it one of those tower things where they moored airships to?

 

(guess who watched a doctor who repeat last night, it was the one with the cybermen and the airships).

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

1. - Earlier than WWII

Is it something to do with Marconi?

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

1. Is it a Zeppelin Mooring Mast? Cardington perhaps?

[+Simply Paul]

Nope, nothing for airships. Something else was built on the site in the current century

[+MartyBartfast]

Nope, nothing for airships. Something else was built on the site in the current century

 

Wembley?

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

The original BT Tower!

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

How about the Crystal Palace Transmitter mast?

 

or

 

The Alexandra Palace Transmitter mast?

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

The Watkin's Tower

[+Simply Paul]

Wembley?

Final DING! to MartyBartfast. Yep, it's the Wembley Tower, which stood, unfinished, on the site of the stadium until 1907. It was going to be taller than the Eiffel Tower, but the firm building it went bust when only the first stage had been finished...

[+keehotee]

It was going to be taller than the Eiffel Tower, but the firm building it went bust when only the first stage had been finished...

And you can get the Google Earth overlay for it here

Edited November 28, 2007 by keehotee

[+MartyBartfast]

Shakespear's first lines, name the play

 

1 Boatswain!

2 Two households, both alike in dignity

3 If music be the food of love, play on

4 Hence! home, you idle creatures, get you home

5 Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace

6 Before we proceed any further, hear me speak

[+MarigauxToby]

Shakespear's first lines, name the play

 

1 Boatswain!

2 Two households, both alike in dignity

3 If music be the food of love, play on

4 Hence! home, you idle creatures, get you home

5 Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace

6 Before we proceed any further, hear me speak

 

2. Romeo and Juliet

3. Twelth night

[Nediam]

5 Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace

Mid-Summer Nights Dream

[+MartyBartfast]

1 Boatswain!

2 Two households, both alike in dignity ______________ Romeo and Juliet ______________ MarigauxToby

3 If music be the food of love, play on _______________ Twelfht Night, or What You will ___ MarigauxToby

4 Hence! home, you idle creatures, get you home

5 Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace _ Mid-Summer Nights Dream _______ Nediam

6 Before we proceed any further, hear me speak

Edited November 29, 2007 by MartyBartfast

[+JackieC]

1 Boatswain!

 

The Tempest (did it at school many years ago).

 

[+MartyBartfast]

1 Boatswain! __________________________________ The Tempest __________________JackieC

2 Two households, both alike in dignity ______________ Romeo and Juliet ______________ MarigauxToby

3 If music be the food of love, play on _______________ Twelfht Night, or What You will ___ MarigauxToby

4 Hence! home, you idle creatures, get you home

5 Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace _ Mid-Summer Nights Dream _______ Nediam

6 Before we proceed any further, hear me speak

 

Only leaves number 4 (which I did at School), and number 6 (which I aways expected to be the toughie).

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

1 Boatswain! __________________________________ The Tempest __________________JackieC

2 Two households, both alike in dignity ______________ Romeo and Juliet ______________ MarigauxToby

3 If music be the food of love, play on _______________ Twelfht Night, or What You will ___ MarigauxToby

4 Hence! home, you idle creatures, get you home

5 Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace _ Mid-Summer Nights Dream _______ Nediam

6 Before we proceed any further, hear me speak

 

Only leaves number 4 (which I did at School), and number 6 (which I aways expected to be the toughie).

Julius Caeser = No.4 is no.6 The Merchant of Venice?

[+MartyBartfast]

1 Boatswain! __________________________________ The Tempest __________________JackieC

2 Two households, both alike in dignity ______________ Romeo and Juliet ______________ MarigauxToby

3 If music be the food of love, play on _______________ Twelfht Night, or What You will ___ MarigauxToby

4 Hence! home, you idle creatures, get you home ______ Julius Caesar _________________ TLHM

5 Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace __ Mid-Summer Nights Dream ______ Nediam

6 Before we proceed any further, hear me speak

 

So dingettes to all those above, but the biggie foes to whoever gets number 6 (not the Merchant ov Venice).

Edited November 29, 2007 by MartyBartfast

[+JackieC]

Othello?????

 

[+MartyBartfast]

Othello?????

 

Nay.

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

The only other one I've heard of and I have no idea how to spell it (or say it for that matter!) but what about Cornilius or Corinthius or Corilinus.........something like that!

[+kennamatic]

The only other one I've heard of and I have no idea how to spell it (or say it for that matter!) but what about Cornilius or Corinthius or Corilinus.........something like that!

 

You're reaching for Corialanus.

 

My guess at another obscure one is Titus Andronicus

[+MartyBartfast]

The only other one I've heard of and I have no idea how to spell it (or say it for that matter!) but what about Cornilius or Corinthius or Corilinus.........something like that!

 

Well now you've given me a dilema, 'cos you're on the right lines but I don't think Paxman would give it to you, on the other hand your third attempt isn't too far off the correct spelling of Coriolanus, and you did get Julius Caesar earlier so......

DING

[+MartyBartfast]

The only other one I've heard of and I have no idea how to spell it (or say it for that matter!) but what about Cornilius or Corinthius or Corilinus.........something like that!

 

You're reaching for Corialanus.

 

My guess at another obscure one is Titus Andronicus

 

Oooh I'd have given you the ding but I'd already started to reply to TLHM before you posted, but was then delayed by website problems - Sorry

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

An easy one...........name the buildings and cities they're in. No.1 is a tough one.........it's in Eastern Europe.

 

1.

 

2.

 

3.

 

4.

 

5.

[Nediam]

2 - The Pentagon, Washington D.C.

3 - Palace of Versailles, Paris?

4 - Buckingham Palace, London

5 - Forbidden City, Beijing?

 

Edit:- Is No.1 in Hungary?

Edited November 30, 2007 by Nediam

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

2 - The Pentagon, Washington D.C.

3 - Palace of Versailles, Paris?

4 - Buckingham Palace, London

5 - Forbidden City, Beijing?

 

Edit:- Is No.1 in Hungary?

 

1 - Not Hungary

2 - The Pentagon, Washington D.C. - Nediam

3 - Palace of Versailles, Paris - Nediam

4 - Buckingham Palace, London - Nediam

5 - Forbidden City, Beijing - Nediam

[+jerryo]

1: Lubyanka, Moscow?

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

1: Lubyanka, Moscow?

Not Lubyanka, Moscow

[+kennamatic]

The only other one I've heard of and I have no idea how to spell it (or say it for that matter!) but what about Cornilius or Corinthius or Corilinus.........something like that!

 

You're reaching for Corialanus.

 

My guess at another obscure one is Titus Andronicus

 

Oooh I'd have given you the ding but I'd already started to reply to TLHM before you posted, but was then delayed by website problems - Sorry

 

No Problem. I'm enjoying these picture questions and I doubt I'd devise one as good as these.

[+ZoomLens]

Isn't it Ceaucescu's gaff in Romania? Not sure what it's called...

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

Isn't it Ceaucescu's gaff in Romania? Not sure what it's called...

DING!

 

It's the Peoples Palace in Bucharest, after the Pentagon it’s the second largest office space in the world. It's built entirely from Romanian materials and no one knows how much it cost to build.

 

It is enormous. Some of it is used today as government offices what's not used is empty.

 

From the photo I can see the street where I was mugged!

[+ZoomLens]

Okay - as photography is close to my heart (the name's a giveaway) - lets test your knowledge of the landscapes of the UK and Europe.... where are these places?

 

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

No.1 Cambridge

No.7 The Colesium

[+ZoomLens]

No.1 Cambridge

No.7 The Colesium

 

No 1. Clare Bridge from Garrett Hostel Bridge in Cambridge - Dinget

No 7. The Colosseum in Rome - Dinget

[Nediam]

2 - Mont St Michel

 

4 - Durdle Door

 

6 - Kings College Chapel at Cambridge?

Edited November 30, 2007 by Nediam