+Mr Hedgehog Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 I feel a bit guilty about all those flying answers - so don't mind at all if the Wilkersons want to pick up the baton.......... (and that was all the H's I could think of ('cause I already know Holland's NL) OK, to keep it moving, What was the name of the song Cliff Richard sang with The Young Ones for 1986's Comic Relief? Richard Quote
+Dobunnis Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 I feel a bit guilty about all those flying answers - so don't mind at all if the Wilkersons want to pick up the baton.......... (and that was all the H's I could think of ('cause I already know Holland's NL) OK, to keep it moving, What was the name of the song Cliff Richard sang with The Young Ones for 1986's Comic Relief? Richard Wasn't it Living Doll? Helen Quote
+Dobunnis Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Finally one I could answer OK, we are off walking early (Cachewalker event) so I was hoping I would get a chance to set the question now (thanks Wilkenson family for the prompt ding) but any response will be in the evening... So... What is special or unusual about the theme tune to Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em? Remember no googling, etc, Helen Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 It spells out "some mothers do ave em" in morse code (I think) Can't remember who the composer was, but he died last year (or the year before?) and it was on radio 4..... Quote
+Dobunnis Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) It spells out "some mothers do ave em" in morse code (I think) Can't remember who the composer was, but he died last year (or the year before?) and it was on radio 4..... DING! Ronnie Hazzlehurst was the composer and he was quite well known for trying to do this in his compositions. Sing along with dahs for dashes and dits for dots... ... --- -- . -- --- - .... . .-. ... -.. --- .- ...- . . -- .-.-.- S O M E M O T H E R S D O A V E E M . Helen PS We are learning Morse code at the moment Edited March 30, 2008 by T-girls Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) OK - a quicky - How many Tors are (officially) visited during the Ten Tors challenge? Edited March 30, 2008 by keehotee Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Errr....no. Should add - not all by each team. Quote
+Matrix Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 From a very dusty corner of my brain its 19 or 20 I think .......so I will go with ........19 Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 From a very dusty corner of my brain its 19 or 20 I think .......so I will go with ........19 Close - but no finishers medal for you this time..... Quote
+Matrix Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) From a very dusty corner of my brain its 19 or 20 I think .......so I will go with ........19 Close - but no finishers medal for you this time..... 20 then...... I was going for 20 but my brain kept saying that was to obvious I seem to remember there are 26 different routes and its not a race ...... But then geocaching is not about the numbers is it Edited March 30, 2008 by Matrix Quote
+Matrix Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 I have just checked with Google and Wikipedia and they both say 19 Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) I have just checked with Google and Wikipedia and they both say 19 1. Thou will not use Google or Wikipedia for the pub quiz. 2. Don't believe everything you read. 3. If you'd read the Wiki article further than the first few lines you'd have the correct answer....... Edited March 30, 2008 by keehotee Quote
+Matrix Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) I have just checked with Google and Wikipedia and they both say 19 1. Thou will not use Google or Wikipedia for the pub quiz. I only did so after I posted and before you said I was wrong 2. Don't believe everything you read. I dont 3. If you'd read the Wiki article further than the first few lines you'd have the correct answer.......I did and they are listed below but I did miss that one is not a tor but is treated as one edited by me because I should know better than to play internet games . Edited March 30, 2008 by Matrix Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Thanks for posting a cut n paste answer ...and as I'm even more of a pedant, and the question asked for Tors with a capital T, and not tors or manned waypoints, I'll think of another question! Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 OK - when is St Patricks day? When was it this year? And why? Quote
+chizu Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 It was March 17th. This year I guess a lot of people had it on the 15th, given that the 17th was a Monday? Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 It was March 17th. This year I guess a lot of people had it on the 15th, given that the 17th was a Monday? A ding for the usual date, a semi ding for this years date, but that's all so far..... (it's usually on the 17th, regardless of the day of the week - this year it wasn't, but why?) Quote
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 It was March 17th. This year I guess a lot of people had it on the 15th, given that the 17th was a Monday? A ding for the usual date, a semi ding for this years date, but that's all so far..... (it's usually on the 17th, regardless of the day of the week - this year it wasn't, but why?) It was the 16th March because the church thought it would be better to celebrate a saints day on a Sunday. Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 It was March 17th. This year I guess a lot of people had it on the 15th, given that the 17th was a Monday? A ding for the usual date, a semi ding for this years date, but that's all so far..... (it's usually on the 17th, regardless of the day of the week - this year it wasn't, but why?) It was the 16th March because the church thought it would be better to celebrate a saints day on a Sunday. Nope - "it's usually on the 17th, regardless of the day of the week" Quote
+chizu Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 or was it on the 15th to coincide with some rugby 6 nations game? Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 or was it on the 15th to coincide with some rugby 6 nations game? Nope again In the interest of speeding this along, a fairly big hint - Something else happened earlier than normal this year, that had a direct bearing on the answer....... Quote
+The Blorenges Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Because The RC Church does not allow the celebration of Saints' Days during Holy Week and this year the 17th March was the start of Holy Week. MrsB Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) Chocolate Bunny season started early. DING You can have the ding as this is the second time you've been so close. The week running up to Easter is "Holy week", and it over-rides all Saints Days that fall within it - so the RC church moved St P's day forward by 2 days (don't know if the board of Guinness had any say in the matter though ) Edited to add - sorry MrsB - was typing up the reply while you posted Edited March 30, 2008 by keehotee Quote
+The Blorenges Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Chocolate Bunny season started early. DING You can have the ding as this is the second time you've been so close. The week running up to Easter is "Holy week", and it over-rides all Saints Days that fall within it - so the RC church moved St P's day forward by 2 days (don't know if the board of Guinness had any say in the matter though ) Edited to add - sorry MrsB - was typing up the reply while you posted That's OK. Can I have a choccy bunny as a consolation prize, Please? MrsB Quote
+Matrix Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 OK a question from my local pub quiz last week that stuck in my dusty brain What is measured on the Mohs scale? Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Chocolate Bunny season started early. DING You can have the ding as this is the second time you've been so close. The week running up to Easter is "Holy week", and it over-rides all Saints Days that fall within it - so the RC church moved St P's day forward by 2 days (don't know if the board of Guinness had any say in the matter though ) Edited to add - sorry MrsB - was typing up the reply while you posted That's OK. Can I have a choccy bunny as a consolation prize, Please? MrsB Of course you can - I'll swap it for a cup of tea and a bun next time I'm in chat.... Quote
+The Blorenges Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 The hardness of minerals/rocks. (From the dusty memory of MrsB's O-level Geology) Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Beaten by MrsB (even though I didn't know the answer) - was going to say it's a measurement of resistance to dyslexia ...hahaha Quote
+Matrix Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 The hardness of minerals/rocks. (From the dusty memory of MrsB's O-level Geology) Ding A virtual chocolate bunny for MrsB Quote
+The Blorenges Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Beaten by MrsB (even though I didn't know the answer) - was going to say it's a measurement of resistance to dyslexia ...hahaha Thanks for the DING, Matrix... Explain the connections between the third Secretary General of the UN, the sun coming up like thunder and Richard Beckinsale (Godber from "Porridge"). MrsB wanders off to eat her chocolate bunny's ears... BBL Quote
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Beaten by MrsB (even though I didn't know the answer) - was going to say it's a measurement of resistance to dyslexia ...hahaha Thanks for the DING, Matrix... Explain the connections between the third Secretary General of the UN, the sun coming up like thunder and Richard Beckinsale (Godber from "Porridge"). MrsB wanders off to eat her chocolate bunny's ears... BBL Burma! U Thant the 3rd UN Secretary was Burmese, I think Richard Beckinsale had a Burmese mother, no idea about the Sun. Quote
+keehotee Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 the sun coming up like thunder - tom waits - burma shave Quote
+The Blorenges Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 TLHB have got two thirds right... sorry, keehotee - nothing to do with shaving cream... Having checked more precisely, I should correct the phrase slightly... Where did the dawn come up like thunder? It was on a famous road... MrsB (who has now got to the bunny's tail) Quote
+Eckington Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Let's hazard a guess at The Burma Road? ......and there I was humming "The Road to Mandalay" to myself ......... Quote
+The Blorenges Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Mr Eckington gets the final third of a Ding! so maybe he'd like to do the next question? ... as TLHM don't seem to be here atm, and MrE hasn't set one recently... I think? MrsB (now wondering if TLHM will rain fire and brimstone onto her head) Quote
+Eckington Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Mr Eckington gets the final third of a Ding! so maybe he'd like to do the next question? ... as TLHM don't seem to be here atm, and MrE hasn't set one recently... I think? MrsB (now wondering if TLHM will rain fire and brimstone onto her head) Heck No! I did none of the work, I just saw Pharisee's post and started humming - literally - un-conscious response to mental stimulus If TLHM are not about let John have it! Quote
+Eckington Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Mr Eckington gets the final third of a Ding! so maybe he'd like to do the next question? ... as TLHM don't seem to be here atm, and MrE hasn't set one recently... I think? MrsB (now wondering if TLHM will rain fire and brimstone onto her head) Heck no! I just read Pharisee's answer and - literally - started humming..........mnemic residue of long lost musical experience - a very deep voiced bloke I seem to remember - perhaps the same one who made a famous recording of "Ol Man River" - can't recall his name. If TLHM are no about give it to John! Quote
+The Blorenges Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Paul Robson (says MrB). I don't think Pharisee's around either. It must be this lovely weather, they're all out caching! MrsB Quote
+Eckington Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Paul Robson (says MrB). MrsB That's the geezer! OK Simple quickie............. .........What is Edward Jenner's claim to fame? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 I just read Pharisee's answer and - literally - started humming..........mnemic residue of long lost musical experience - a very deep voiced bloke I seem to remember - perhaps the same one who made a famous recording of "Ol Man River" - can't recall his name. That's weird 'cos I'd seen Pharisee's post and assumed he was right, then while I was out in the car picking up the kids, not thinking about the pub quiz, I started humming "The Road To Mandalay" and suddenly realised where it had come from! Quote
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Mr Eckington gets the final third of a Ding! so maybe he'd like to do the next question? ... as TLHM don't seem to be here atm, and MrE hasn't set one recently... I think? MrsB (now wondering if TLHM will rain fire and brimstone onto her head) No probs, Ecker's and lacker's published 6 caches for me today I was busy reading the logs from the FTF sharks. Who's go is it? Quote
+The Blorenges Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 [quote name='The Lavender Hill Mob' date='Mar 30 2008, 06:26 PM' post='3396191 .....Who's go is it? Well, you're here... the other contenders aren't... Go for it! MrsB Quote
+Eckington Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 developed the smallpox vaccine? Now, if you would just roll your sleeve up please Tim, a little scratch, that'll do nicely--KER Poxy DING Quote
+Simply Paul Posted March 30, 2008 Author Posted March 30, 2008 Perhaps TLHM and Keehotee can collaborate on a question? Not sure what is the fairest way to proceed... Quote
+keehotee Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 TLHM is welcome to it..... (in the nicest possible way).. Quote
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