The All New All New Groundspeak UK Pub Quiz

[+chizu]

His Majesty King Bhumibol Rama IX of Thailand, at a guess..........

 

Good guess!! DING to LIS!!!

[children_in_need]

Just found this thread. So what happens now?

[+Simply Paul]

Just found this thread. So what happens now?

Lost in Space got the last question right, so they get to place the next one; a pub-quiz-level question, that you shouldn't use a search engine to answer.

[+Lost in Space]

OK, they seem to be going a bit quick, so here is another multiple answer one:-

 

1. THE ILLNESS PERTUSSIS IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS WHAT?

2. WHY DO WOODPECKERS PECK AT TREES?

3. WHICH ROCK IS THE LARGEST MONOLITH IN THE WORLD?

4. THE BEE GEES WERE BORN WHERE?

5. WHAT ACTION DOES A DROMOPHOBIC FEAR?

6. IN WHICH DECADE DID CONSTANTINOPLE BECOME ISTANBUL?

7. HOW MANY BRIDESMAIDS ATTENDED PRINCESS DIANA?

8. WHAT IS PAUL MCCARTNEY’s FIRST NAME?

9. WHICH DRUG TOOK IT’S NAME FROM THE GREEK GOD OF DREAMS?

10. WHICH OTHER BROOK IS THERE ON THE GRAND NATIONAL COURSE WITH BEECHER’s

11. WHAT IS MEASURED ON THE MERCALLI SCALE?

12. A “BLUE ORPINGTON” IS A TYPE OF WHAT?

[+Lost in Space]

5 out of 12........

[+Handsyhands]

I dont' know the answers to all 12 but I can see one or two that I know are wrong so here goes ........

 

1. Whooping cough

2. To get at grubs under the bark and make nesting holes

3. Ullaru

4. Isle of Man

5. Crossing the Road

6. 1920s

7. 6

8. John

9. Morphine

10. Valentines

11. Earthquakes

12. Chickens AND Ducks (I have a friend that breeds them)

Edited November 2, 2008 by Handsyhands

[+Lost in Space]

7 right......

Edited November 2, 2008 by Lost in Space

[+Handsyhands]

There are two questions that I can correctly guess ... eventually!

 

so here's for a 9

 

1. Whooping cough

2. To get at grubs under the bark and make nesting holes

3. Ullaru

4. Isle of Man

5. Crossing the Road

6. 1930s

7. 5

8. John

9. Morphine

10. Valentines

11. Earthquakes

12. Chickens AND Ducks (I have a friend that breeds them)

[+Handsyhands]

Having rechecked my answers versions I and II, a stupid mistake has been noticed and I change Q8 accordingly (thanks to CHC's Mum).

 

1. Whooping cough

2. To get at grubs under the bark and make nesting holes

3. Ullaru

4. Isle of Man

5. Crossing the Road

6. 1930s

7. 5

8. James

9. Morphine

10. Valentines

11. Earthquakes

12. Chickens AND Ducks (I have a friend that breeds them)

Edited November 2, 2008 by Handsyhands

[+Lost in Space]

Ding!

[+Handsyhands]

I wouldn't have got this had it not been for Croft House Cachers initial answers and a little help from Mum pointing out the obvious so the honour goes to CHC.

[+Lost in Space]

If you get stuck on some of these questions you have to feel for this guy: stuck

 

[+Handsyhands]

ooh, err, hadn't expected that!

 

In which case I shall use a set of questions previously copied from somewhere or other that I was going to use at a party next weekend. The party in question would of course be a Bonfire and all questions are related to this particular event ....

 

1. The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to kill which English King?

 

2. In which country did fireworks originate?

 

3. Who wrote the novel The Bonfire Of The Vanities?

 

4. What was the purpose of the original wheel that Catherine Wheel fireworks were named after?

 

5. What is the name of the substance with the chemical formula KNO3 that is a component of gunpowder?

 

6. Which 2006 film, starring Natalie Portman, featured a modern day Guy Fawkes character plotting to destroy the Houses of Parliament?

 

7. Which is the only property on a Monopoly board that doesn't contain any of the letters from "Bonfire" in its name?

 

8. In what year was Guy Fawkes executed?

 

9. With the initials R.C., what was the name of the leader of the men involved in the Gunpowder Plot?

 

10. Also with the initials R.C., what name is given to the firework that consists of a shower of sparks and a succession of coloured balls of fire?

[+chizu]

6 - V for Vendetta

[+chizu]

oo 7 is Pall Mall

[+Handsyhands]

Ooooooh, aaaaaahh (bonfire night sound effects!)

 

CHC has 5 correct answers and Chizu just bumped it up to 7

[harryhotspur]

9 robert catesby

[harryhotspur]

3 tom wolfe

[harryhotspur]

5 potassium nitrate

[+Handsyhands]

Ooooooh, aaaaaahh (bonfire night sound effects!)

 

CHC has 5 correct answers and Chizu just bumped it up to 7

 

Due to not concentrating I'll need to give an update - CHC had 6 correct and Chizu bumped it up to 8, therefore, due to the fact that Pot Nitrate and Saltpetre are one and the same, Mr Hotspur just got the 10.

 

Lights touchpaper at arms length .... fizzz, whooosh DING

[+currykev]

If I can ever be bothered to answer 10 Q's I'll be looking forward to setting a 50 Q conundrum.

This thread is now a ? multi.

[harryhotspur]

Name the four knights that killed thomas becket

[+drdick&vick]

Fitz something???

De Breton

De Tracy

Can't remember????

[+drdick&vick]

Fitz something???

De Breton

De Tracy

Can't remember????

[+drdick&vick]

Fitz something???

De Breton

De Tracy

Can't remember????

[+rutson]

Don't know

[+purple_pineapple]

Knight who says "Ni"

Knight of the Living Dead

Knight on a Bare Mountain

Knight Rider

[+Handsyhands]

Bonfire Knight

[SlytherinAlex]

Was it Duke D'Mond, Butch Baker, Peter Langford and Dave Ballinger??

[+drdick&vick]

Fitz something???

De Breton

De Tracy

Can't remember????

 

Right spoke to my son today 'University Education' and he has confirmed 2 & 3 are more or less right and given me these

FitzUrse

de or le Breton

de or le Tracy

de Moreville

 

if he aint close then I have wasted all my money

[+rutson]

Was it Duke D'Mond, Butch Baker, Peter Langford and Dave Ballinger??

 

Those are the Barron Knights, you fool!

[SlytherinAlex]

Was it Duke D'Mond, Butch Baker, Peter Langford and Dave Ballinger??

 

Those are the Barron Knights, you fool!

Ooopss....

[+Simply Paul]

"Who will rid me of this turbulent question?"

[+drdick&vick]

Fitz something???

De Breton

De Tracy

Can't remember????

 

Right spoke to my son today 'University Education' and he has confirmed 2 & 3 are more or less right and given me these

FitzUrse

de or le Breton

de or le Tracy

de Moreville

 

if he aint close then I have wasted all my money

 

Posted this yesterday

[harryhotspur]

DrDick&Vick you get the ding

 

It was Reginald Fitzurse

Hugh de Morville

Willam De Tracy

Richard le Breton

[+drdick&vick]

At least my money wasn't wasted!!

 

Ok an easy one this time

 

What do Busy, Jane, Rose, Coates, Ocean, Prudence, Ramoth, Vlow, Kitty & Luna have in common?

 

Should be simple for some.

[+Handsyhands]

Dangnabbit, that was going to be my next question and I'm whealy dissapointed that I won't be able to use it.

[+The T4 Two]

At least my money wasn't wasted!!

 

Ok an easy one this time

 

What do Busy, Jane, Rose, Coates, Ocean, Prudence, Ramoth, Vlow, Kitty & Luna have in common?

 

Should be simple for some.

 

Mines?

[+drdick&vick]

Yup, all Wheal's. I knew it would have to be a Cornish cacher who would get it

 

DING and over to you

 

By George I just remembered I found 4 of your caches earlier in the year and will be coming back down next year (for 8 weeks lucky me) to find the others

Edited November 6, 2008 by DrDick&Vick

[+The T4 Two]

Sooo, sort of in keeping with the main news topic this week, Why is the White house white and what colour was it originally?

[+Handsyhands]

Didn't they run out of money and use cheaper materials like brick instead of stone and painted it so it all blended in? Which would mean that it was originally a greyish stoney bricky colour.

Edited November 6, 2008 by Handsyhands

[+The T4 Two]

Nope to the reason but yes to the original colour - it was Virginian sandstone, grey in colour. So NO ding - sorry!

[+Handsyhands]

Ooooh, I'm pretty sure the colour was something to do with the original construction and now that you mention sandstone I'm thinking it was whitewash or limewash to stop it from letting in the damp, a bit like some of the old houses I know in Devon and Cornwall.

[+The T4 Two]

Don't know about the damp. That's not the reason I'm looking for.

[adrianjohn]

I seem to recall a story that sometime in it's history the building suffered a fire, I don't recall the incident., but the paint was used to cover up it's blackened facade.

[+The T4 Two]

I seem to recall a story that sometime in it's history the building suffered a fire, I don't recall the incident., but the paint was used to cover up it's blackened facade.

DING That's the answer I was looking for even though it may just be a legend, British troops burned the mansion in 1814 when they captured the city and allegedly it was painted white when it was rebuilt to cover the smoke stains

Over to you

Edited November 6, 2008 by St Erth Cachers

[adrianjohn]

OK, lets keep it simple and stick to single questions, and not multiple part ones that seem to often bog down this fun thread. That way we can keep it moving at a better pace.

 

What is unusual about the rolling stock operated on the Isle of Wight Railway that runs from Ryde Pier to Shanklin?

[+Simply Paul]

Easy one- They're London Underground carriages

[adrianjohn]

Easy one- They're London Underground carriages

 

 

Ding! Yes thats what I was talking about. Quick easy question and sharp snappy answer...... Over to you SP.

[+Simply Paul]

I knew the answer from the BBC series Coast. It also inspires me to ask, where in the UK could you see several sound mirrors?