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A Ding ! to Hiho (and an extra one for perseverance :D )

 

I was looking for $847.63 when she gets scanned at the till... but i know where you're coming from with the other answers too :D

 

Over to Hiho.

 

Chris

Posted

When was the A. O. B. system first introduced?

perseverance 9 minutes and a wierd quad set of posts :)

What is the A.O.B. system? :):D:)

(or would that give the game away?)

Posted

Blood grouping sounds reasonable for the AOB system and if it is then I seem to remember reading from the leaflets that the National Blood Service send out that the groups were first identified in 1900 (at least A B and O as AB was identified later),

 

Helen

Posted

it does relate to the blood groups. but so far no one has answered correctly, t-girls being nearest so far :)

 

Hmmph :)

 

Since I think it is after 1900 and Von-Horst guessed 1906 but I was closest that must make it 1901 or 1902. I will plump for 1902 since I know a number of others found the AB group afterwards and it would have taken time for it all to be recognised.

Posted

it does relate to the blood groups. but so far no one has answered correctly, t-girls being nearest so far :)

 

Hmmph :)

 

Since I think it is after 1900 and Von-Horst guessed 1906 but I was closest that must make it 1901 or 1902. I will plump for 1902 since I know a number of others found the AB group afterwards and it would have taken time for it all to be recognised.

Ding 1902

 

over to you :D dont make it too hard :)

Posted

We have one to hand which should not be too difficult if you know the answer :grin:

 

The mp3 audio format is now ubiquitous but during its final development in the 1990s one song was used to perfect the tuning of the compression algorithm. For the ding, name the song and the artist.

 

Helen

Posted
We have one to hand which should not be too difficult if you know the answer :grin:

 

The mp3 audio format is now ubiquitous but during its final development in the 1990s one song was used to perfect the tuning of the compression algorithm. For the ding, name the song and the artist.

 

Helen

 

I have a feeling that it was Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner.

 

Richard

Posted
We have one to hand which should not be too difficult if you know the answer :grin:

 

The mp3 audio format is now ubiquitous but during its final development in the 1990s one song was used to perfect the tuning of the compression algorithm. For the ding, name the song and the artist.

 

Helen

 

I have a feeling that it was Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner.

 

Richard

 

That would be a ding. It could be said that the mp3 compression format is tuned just to play that one song perfectly. Also Suzanne Vega has been dubbed the "mother of mp3" by some sound engineers.

 

Over to the Wilkerson Family...

Posted

Right, which is the only one of Richard Branson’s products not to have the Virgin name attached to it?

 

Richard

 

Isn't he involved in the 'Mates' product line? Virgin wouldn't really be appropriate in that situation! :o

Posted

Right, which is the only one of Richard Branson's products not to have the Virgin name attached to it?

 

Richard

 

Isn't he involved in the 'Mates' product line? Virgin wouldn't really be appropriate in that situation! :o

 

DING

Posted (edited)

I beg to differ - Virgin sold off the Mates brand a few years ago - nowadays everything Virgin is Virgin apart from "Blue Holidays"

 

Edited to add - knew he's sold off Mates because a very ex gf of mine is a chemist working for the company that bought them - and they (apparently) all got a bag of freebies - but had to Google to check.....

Edited by keehotee
Posted

Despite Keehote's (perfectly valid) protestations :P I assume I should be setting a question, as I got the ding...

 

Who is credited with inventing the cat flap?

 

Sir Isaac Newton. Just after being hit by an apple.

Posted (edited)

Sir Isaac Newton. Just after being hit by an apple.

 

Ding.

 

I guess we both got the same book for Christmas.

 

Apparently, in typical scientist boffin way, when his cat had kittens, he made small flaps for them, rather than use common sense and realise they could use the full size flap.

 

Over to Geocornetto

Edited by Guanajuato
Posted

B000078DOI - B000002LQR - B000002MTR but whats the latest one called?

 

Hmmm...

I defy ANYONE to answer this one without using Google. :antenna:

So, as this was covered on the last page, are you saying it doesn't fit within Rule 2? :laughing::antenna::antenna::antenna:

 

(Rule 1 - No googling!

 

Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer...)

Posted

I agree with Alex, this is simply not general knowledge. So... googling is not allowed, asking your friends IS allowed. So if anyone wants to ask me, I know the answer ;-)

Posted

....and I asked my wife to look it up on Google - then she told me the answer.....

 

I actually own 2 of these - but wouldn't have known the answer in a million years (unless I was a particularly sad record shop employee)

Posted

....and I asked my wife to look it up on Google - then she told me the answer.....

 

I actually own 2 of these - but wouldn't have known the answer in a million years (unless I was a particularly sad record shop employee)

Your wife, I assume, is classed as a friend so you can answer as far as I'm concerned keehotee!

Posted

....and I asked my wife to look it up on Google - then she told me the answer.....

 

I actually own 2 of these - but wouldn't have known the answer in a million years (unless I was a particularly sad record shop employee)

 

At first I read that as you own 2 wives ;)

 

Back to the point - I've googled too. <Scratches Head> :ph34r:

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