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December 14, 2008

Seeing SP's answer...

Armchairs with Snorkels & Flippers?

Gibber

December 14, 2008

The Scottish Wildcat?

1.4k · December 14, 2008

Agree with Paul, badgers.

December 14, 2008

A Ding to SP. Apparently it is badgers.

Over to you.............

6.2k · December 14, 2008

Ta. A geekfest question: What should you say to an angry Gort?

December 14, 2008

Ta. A geekfest question: What should you say to an angry Gort?

'Have you got a light, mate'?

1.4k · December 14, 2008

Well the only 'Gort' I know of is a robot in a film so not got the faintest what I might say to him if he was angry.

6.2k · December 14, 2008

Well the only thing I can remember from the original is "Klatu barada nikto", don't know if there's anything in the remake and as I've no intention of watching it I'm not likely to find out.

6.2k · December 14, 2008

Klaatu Barada Dingto! It's the phrase used to stop the robot Gort from destroying the Earth in the original 1951 The Day The Earth Stood Still. There's a remake in the cinemas now, but I'm not sure if the words are used again. The correct spelling is Klaatu Barada Nikto, but Marty is close enough for me. :laughing:

6.2k · December 15, 2008

Klaatu Barada Dingto! It's the phrase used to stop the robot Gort from destroying the Earth in the original 1951 The Day The Earth Stood Still. There's a remake in the cinemas now, but I'm not sure if the words are used again. The correct spelling is Klaatu Barada Nikto, but Marty is close enough for me.

The original was a great film IMHO, I can't imaging the remake will be anywhere near as good, so sticking with the theme:

"Michael Rennie was ill the day the earth stood still" is a line from which song?

6.2k · December 15, 2008

It's the opening lyric from the Rocky Horror (Picture) Show theme tune, as sung by a pair of glossy red lips. Not sure of the name of the song, but it might be something like 'Science Fiction (Double Feature)'?

6.2k · December 15, 2008

It's the opening lyric from the Rocky Horror (Picture) Show theme tune, as sung by a pair of glossy red lips. Not sure of the name of the song, but it might be something like 'Science Fiction (Double Feature)'?

Ding correct in all respects....

6.2k · December 15, 2008

I love a good musical, me. Which one is this a lyric from?

"When I was younger, just a bad little kid,

My mama noticed funny things I did..."

2.3k · December 15, 2008

I love a good musical, me. Which one is this a lyric from?

"When I was younger, just a bad little kid,

My mama noticed funny things I did..."

Jesus Christ Superstar. :blink:

Ps..no DING expected.

December 16, 2008

I love a good musical, me. Which one is this a lyric from?

"When I was younger, just a bad little kid,

My mama noticed funny things I did..."

A long shot, but I think I remember this from the Dentists song in The Little Shop of Horrors, ...

6.2k · December 16, 2008

Ding! Steve Martin gives great dentist in the musical version of The Little Shop of Horrors. That's the first line from his song. Next!

(I wish it was Jesus Christ Superstar though - Would give a whole new twist to the story <_< )

December 16, 2008

Let's stick with entertainment and cinematography for the next one.

Name the movie and character for the line...

You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought.

My questions are usually far too easy...

Edited December 16, 2008 by careygang

3k · December 16, 2008

Princess Leia, in Star Wars.

(That's the original Star Wars - before the cr4ppy sequels/prequels came out, and they added an Episode IV to the title)

1.4k · December 16, 2008

Blofeldt, when Bond arrived in the new Aston Martin after Tata took over the factory.

6.2k · December 16, 2008

Yep, far too easy- Keehotee is right. Leia says it to Han Solo on first seeing the Millennium Falcon. It's also famously dirty out of context <_<

3k · December 16, 2008

Yep, far too easy- Keehotee is right. Leia says it to Han Solo on first seeing the Millennium Falcon. It's also famously dirty out of context

I'm going to assume the ding - and keep going with the theme....

Fill in the blanks

ALL THESE --- ARE YOURS EXCEPT ---.

ATTEMPT NO --- THERE.

6.2k · December 16, 2008

Worlds, Europa, Landing/s. It's from 2010.

3k · December 16, 2008

ding-a-ling

6.2k · December 16, 2008

Thanks very much. Moving away from science fiction to science, Fullerene molecules take their name from Richard Buckminster Fuller, the American architect, designer, author, inventor, visionary and 'futurist'. What's the common name for the hollow spheres they can form?

December 16, 2008

BuckyBalls.

I remember the wild excitement about the discovery when I was doing A-Level chemistry.

Have they led to any of the wild ideas that were first thought, such as super-fast computers?

6.2k · December 16, 2008

Not yet, but stay tuned for carbon nanotubes coming to a WH Smith near you soon! Ok, perhaps not WH Smith... <_< :mad:

Anyway, Ding! for Bucky Balls, aka Carbon 60. They're made from pentagons and hexagons, and look a bit like microscopic footballs... Over to you Guanajuato.

December 16, 2008

Staying in the same area (ish)...

This chemical is crucial to caching:

N-(4-Methoxybenzylidene)-4-butylaniline

What is it and what is it used for?

I was going to use Polyethylene & Polypropylene (main constituents of tupperware), but that would've been too easy. <_<

3k · December 16, 2008

lol - didn't have a clue, so googled it.

Any industrial chemists on here??

3.8k · December 16, 2008

We use 'em in some of our products at work. I believe it's the stuff between the glass plates of a liquid crystal display..... but I could be totally wrong... again <_<

December 16, 2008

Princess Leia, in Star Wars.

(That's the original Star Wars - before the cr4ppy sequels/prequels came out, and they added an Episode IV to the title)

Ding - I said it was easy. The 8 hr time difference makes it a little difficult for me to keep up during the week. <_<

December 16, 2008

... but I could be totally wrong... again

You could be <_<

But you're not.

Ding

3.8k · December 16, 2008

... but I could be totally wrong... again

You could be

But you're not.

Ding

Yeah.... :huh:

OK.... are there any other sad people out there that count the steps when they're climbing (or descending) stairs? And that's NOT the question!

Covent Garden tube station doesn't have an escalator... it has lifts or a staircase. If you were daft enought (as I was the other day) to choose the stairs, how many steps would you climb from the platform up to the exit onto the street? +/- 5 will get you the ding!

4.6k · December 16, 2008

Covent Garden tube station doesn't have an escalator... it has lifts or a staircase. If you were daft enought (as I was the other day) to choose the stairs, how many steps would you climb from the platform up to the exit onto the street? +/- 5 will get you the ding!

Hold that thought... I'll count them next week when I'm in London... Covent garden is on our list of things to see.

6.2k · December 16, 2008

It's not a station I use often, but I've a feeling it's around 240.

3.8k · December 16, 2008

It's not a station I use often, but I've a feeling it's around 240.

Nope....

1.4k · December 16, 2008

I can remember climbing the stairs when there was a fault with the lift. I seem to remember it is somewhere around the 190 mark as I looked it afterwards as it was a dadgum long way up and most opted to wait while the fault was fixed. As it was a few weeks before a marathon I had entered I treated it as a bit of extra training.

6.2k · December 16, 2008

I suspected John's sad face meant it was more. So I googled. I found a couple of answers...

3.8k · December 16, 2008

Should know that one, I've read it often enough while standing in the queue for the lift. I seem to remember it's more than the monument - I'l go for 295.

Lower, lower.... you're going the wrong way

1.4k · December 16, 2008

Re Posted

I can remember climbing the stairs when there was a fault with the lift. I seem to remember it is somewhere around the 190 mark as I looked it afterwards as it was a dadgum long way up and most opted to wait while the fault was fixed. As it was a few weeks before a marathon I had entered I treated it as a bit of extra training.

Edited December 16, 2008 by DrDick&Vick

6.2k · December 16, 2008

4,901 posts, over 100,000 views and page 99. It's exciting!*

*I should get out more

December 16, 2008

200 at a guess... LOL. MaxKim

December 16, 2008

4,901 posts, over 100,000 views and page 99. It's exciting!*

*I should get out more

See you at tomorrow's BBH event then!

My guess is 215, but as you never count the same number twice running (or slowly climbing) can I also guess 217, 213,216,214, :huh:

3.8k · December 16, 2008

Re Posted

I can remember climbing the stairs when there was a fault with the lift. I seem to remember it is somewhere around the 190 mark as I looked it afterwards as it was a dadgum long way up and most opted to wait while the fault was fixed. As it was a few weeks before a marathon I had entered I treated it as a bit of extra training.

DING to the Doc.... I counted 193 so 190 is close enough

1.4k · December 17, 2008

Ok quick easy one

Bronzfield Womens Prison is near Heathrow, what was the original buildings on the site called?

December 17, 2008

No idea, so I googled. Imaginatively named!

Interestingly, the first site on the google list, about art in prisons, reckons its in Kent, which had me confused for a short time, until I realised they were thinking of a different Ashford. But, it's on t'internet, so it MUST be true, right?

Still don't know the answer!

Edited December 17, 2008 by Guanajuato

1.4k · December 17, 2008

Try cache hunting. The answer is there.

Edited December 17, 2008 by DrDick&Vick

1.4k · December 17, 2008

If the original building was before your time you must be REALLY old.

3k · December 17, 2008

Tupperware Towers?????? lol

December 17, 2008

West London District School

I could see the school shown on 1940s OS maps but not the name. gc.com provided that.

Edited December 17, 2008 by Chudley Cannons

1.4k · December 17, 2008

Spot on, you must have found the gate to nowhere.

Ding

Edited December 17, 2008 by DrDick&Vick

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