I love general knowledge John and consider myself to be a buff but the sad thing about pub quizzes is people cheat using their mobile phones for google. I don't play anymore as fed up with the cheats. At a recent ICB dinner there was an after dinner quiz and I watched with my own eyes so many people with their phones out. These should now be called PHONIES lol
As I wasn't playing I went to the loo and was asking people what question they didn't know as they were trying to find the answers on Google, and the winner who went on stage to collect her prize was the same person who I was speaking too. It was only a bit of fun but to go on stage knowing you cheated. I just couldn't do it lol.
People never cease to amaze me. :)
Anyway no cheating here even though I will probably have most of them right lol
1. Selected Letter and Abbreviated Name Guide 2. Automatic Number Plate Recognition 3. Preston Bypass 4. No speed limit 5. 1986 6. Leonna Lewis 7. The Plague 8. Elizabeth 11 (used to be Victoria) 9. Manchester Airport 10. Carousel 11. Jimmy Osmond. Oldest Dame Vera Lynn 12. Sheena Easton 13. Ringo Star 14. Elton John 15. 2016 16. Enid Blyton 17. Ian Flemming 18. London 19. A palindrome 20. Robert Peel (police were once known as peelers and bobbies)
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Leonna, oh I thought it might be those awful had no direction, now are minted, wish they would change direction boy band bods.
I think no9 should read 'Manchester International Airport' - I seem to recall it dropped the international bit later so its now just Manchester Airport. My Dad still calls it Ringway. I was just there last weekend - my nephew wants to be a pilot.
Also - technically no 5 answer should be 30 years.
Oh and I think Dame Vera was oldest for an album, but as John has left the question suitably vague I will add Tom Snake hips Jones for the singles (although I could be completely wrong there)
I hate quizzes!
Oh and talking of Elton John - this one gave me a giggle yesterday..
1. PEDANT ALERT! Slang is not an abbreviation TTBOMK, but a word in its own right whose origins/etymology are unknown. Dave's answer of "Selected Letter and Abbreviated Name Guide" (which is a new one on me) is what's known as a "backronym"
2. CONSPIRACY THEORY ALERT! ANPR is used for spying on us via our motor vehicles. PEDANT ALERT! "Automated Number Plate Recognition" is what it stands for :p
3. I suggest the name "Cuthbert". What do you mean, you weren't asking for suggestions?
4. PEDANT ALERT! The laws of physics preclude there being no speed limit!
5. I'm pretty sure it began 30 years ago, in 1986 - as Joanne pointed out - and not (PEDANT ALERT!) in the year 30CE, as Dave's answer of 1986 suggests!
ANORAK ALERT! Last night's episode (yes, yes, I watch Casualty - it's a guilty pleasure) made a big thing of Charlie Fairhead's 30th anniversary, as a nod to the show's 30th anniversary. However, when the show started, Charlie was supposedly already an established staff member having been there a number of years.
6. GRUMPY OLD FART ALERT! Clearly the correct answer to that is Simon Cowell, even though he's never been a contestant. The biggest loser is the viewing public, who have to suffer that awful rubbish in which (those foolish enough to do it) vote for their favourite act, and then vote for their favourite act again, and then vote for their favourite again, and so on, and so on, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. All such shows, and the people responsible for them, should be bundled up into a big rocket and fired into the nearest black hole.
7. PEDANT ALERT! Quite a few things happened in 1665, actually - all of which, by dint of being chronologically before the Great Fire of London, preceded it in the previous year. :p
8. Royal toilet habits are really none of our business. And (PEDANT ALERT!) I don't think we've had an eleventh Queen Liz yet, Dave. The 'one' in Roman numerals is usually represented by the 9th letter of the alphabet - a handy way to avoid ambiguous numbers like that.
12. PEDANTRY AVERT! (ahem, see what I did there?) Glad you said "visually" there to remove any ambiguity about people appearing "in name only" :)
13. I want to say "Cuthbert" again.
14. I want to say "Cuthbert" again.
15. I nominate Cuthbert!
16. I so wish Enid Blyton had used Cuthbert Cuthbertson as a pen name. :(
17. I so wish the various authors had used Cuthbert Cuthbertson as a pen name - but in case the two words I've emboldened and italicised aren't a clue, it's time to issue a PEDANT ALERT! Ian Fleming has written less than half of all the James Bond books written to date. (I have every one of his in paperback form - most more than once - and some as hardbacks; I need to do a major sort out of my book collection and catalogue them!) John Gardner has written (IIRC) the same number as Fleming (I only have a couple, IIRC), and Raymond Benson has written about half a dozen (I have none). And there have been others since. Then there's the Young Bond series penned by Charlie Higson (initially) and someone else latterly - I have none of these, but I do have all of Higson's The Enemy series.
18. Don't know, don't care. Although, I could issue a PEDANT ALERT! These "Hammers" and "Gunners" of which you speak could be playing anywhere - including, presumably, their home town - irrespective of what town or city you are in.
19. PEDANT ALERT! I would call it a spelling mistake, since "racecar" is not a word. Did you perhaps mean "race car" - which is also not a word - or (an alternative example would be...) "deified" which is a word.
20.FACEPALM ALERT! Why hasn't there been a Prime Minister called Cuthbert Cuthbertson? Alternative question: Why didn't I read through the questions first, and play to this question by using Augustus for all the name-related questions? (Yes, I know the correct answer is Bobby Peeler).
Edit: Clarified something on my Bond book collection - added "of his" to specify I have all the Fleming books.
-- Edited by VinceH on Sunday 28th of August 2016 12:55:32 PM
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VinceH wrote:I need to do a major sort out of my book collection and catalogue them!
Glad to see that I'm not the only sad muppet. I taught myself SQL Server 2008 by catalogueing my DVD collection.
Very funny read of your quiz answers.
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My DVD and Blue-Ray collection (along with fillums I've seen via other sources) is currently catalogued in a commercial Windows app called Movie Collector.
It's alright, but not brilliant. Its nicest feature is the initial entry of an already extensive DVD collection - you can input the bar code, and it looks it up online to determine the DVD title, which speeds up that initial entry massively. (It does get it wrong sometimes, or fail to find the item, but it mostly works well).
However, its biggest flaw is, IMO, directly related to that. Pulling a semi-random title off my shelf, if I entered 5039036044776 it would (probably) identify that as The Alien Anthology. And that would be the entry in the database. IIRC (because I'm typing this on a Linux machine, and haven't yet installed the database on the new Windows computer) there is a section within each entry for "episodes" - which is really designed for TV series. The individual films in the set might or might not (because it's not consistent) already be filled in there.
If it isn't, the user can obviously do so - but the information there is limited compared to the main entry. The main entry, for example, includes an IMDB field (if known), the running time, and many others that are either meaningless or flawed for a box set or collection.
I'd much rather the main entry for a box set become the main entries - i.e. have an entry for each film in the set, so that the individual IMDB link (and info pulled therefrom) can be associated with the film, or if I'm looking for a film with a certain maximum running time, I can identify films from within box sets via a glance (and sort) at the main list.
I am going to install it on the new Windows laptop (simply because my collection is in its file format, so I have no choice unless I want to start again!), but in the long run I'll create a new database (using an existing package*) and export the data from Movie Collector and import it into the alternative.
* It almost certainly won't be anything SQL-based. I'll probably use a comparatively simple database package on RISC OS.
Edit: Certainly! It "almost certainly won't be..."
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1. PEDANT ALERT! Slang is not an abbreviation TTBOMK, but a word in its own right whose origins/etymology are unknown. Dave's answer of "Selected Letter and Abbreviated Name Guide" (which is a new one on me) is what's known as a "backronym"
Oops, you're right, I was watching a quiz show the other day, and the question popped up and someone said short language, which I thought was the correct answer.
5. I'm pretty sure it began 30 years ago, in 1986 - as Joanne pointed out - and not (PEDANT ALERT!) in the year 30CE, as Dave's answer of 1986 suggests!
Funnily enough, one of my questions was going to be what does AD stand for? I see you've chosen the more modern alternative, but can I ask what on earth is a common era, why was there a before common era, and what defines the difference?
ANORAK ALERT! Last night's episode (yes, yes, I watch Casualty - it's a guilty pleasure) made a big thing of Charlie Fairhead's 30th anniversary, as a nod to the show's 30th anniversary. However, when the show started, Charlie was supposedly already an established staff member having been there a number of years.
He was indeed. My favourite was Duffy, who quite amazingly lost her Bristolian accent suddenly one year!! I don't watch Casualty now, but did watch it for the first few years, and thoroughly enjoyed it. One of the best episodes was when a young nurse Kelly (?) committed suicide, such raw emotion and well acted by all. I've got this weeks episode recorded, and will watch when I have chance.
6. GRUMPY OLD FART ALERT! Clearly the correct answer to that is Simon Cowell, even though he's never been a contestant.
I was thinking that when I typed the question lol. X Factor is my not so guilty pleasure, I absolutely love it and will select a winner from the first live final. The closest I've got so far is Rebecca Ferguson, who finished second one year
10. What is "football" ?
A game of two halves.
17. PEDANT ALERT! Ian Fleming has written less than half of all the James Bond books written to date. (I have every one of his in paperback form - most more than once - and some as hardbacks;
I wasn't aware of that fact, but in my innocence I have only ever read half a novel, which was Dr. No, and never enjoyed any of the films. I must confess to dragging my first girlfriend to the cinema in Weston Super Mare to watch "For Your Eyes Only" simply because Sheena was appearing in the opening titles. I also saw her live at the Colston Hall (Sheena, not my girlfriend)
18. Don't know, don't care. Although, I could issue a PEDANT ALERT! These "Hammers" and "Gunners" of which you speak could be playing anywhere - including, presumably, their home town - irrespective of what town or city you are in.
Not really, because both teams are London based, which means they either play at Arsenal's ground, or the West Ham ground. A cup game would be played at Wembley, which is in London But I agree that my wording is sloppy, as I could be in Ripon watching it on the tele.
-- Edited by VinceH on Sunday 28th of August 2016 12:55:32 PM
-- Edited by Leger on Monday 29th of August 2016 11:18:35 AM
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I think no9 should read 'Manchester International Airport' - I seem to recall it dropped the international bit later so its now just Manchester Airport. My Dad still calls it Ringway. I was just there last weekend - my nephew wants to be a pilot.
Yep thats true, but I don't think we should be picky, or Dave might not deliver your milk tray this year I remember it being Ringway in the seventies, I must have gone on a day trip with the school.
Oh and I think Dame Vera was oldest for an album, but as John has left the question suitably vague I will add Tom Snake hips Jones for the singles (although I could be completely wrong there)
It was a singles question, but I never clarified, and you're not completely wrong, although for this question you are. Tom Jones featured in the No. 1 single "Barry Islands In the Stream" at the age of 68, became the oldest artist to feature on a No.1 single.
Oh and talking of Elton John - this one gave me a giggle yesterday..
Yes, very good, I like it, I've seen one of Jimmy Krankie with the caption saying Nicola Sturgeon, which made me laugh.
Dave: One Direction finished 3rd in 2010, behind Matt Cardle and Rebecca Ferguson. I had Matt Cardle in mind before checking, but hadn't realised they'd finished 3rd.
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"Funnily enough, one of my questions was going to be what does AD stand for? I see you've chosen the more modern alternative, but can I ask what on earth is a common era, why was there a before common era, and what defines the difference?"
The reason I tend to say BCE and CE is because of what BC and AD stand for, and the fact that I'm an atheist. As terms, since BCE and CE are numerically equivalent to BC and AD, I actually perceive them to be nothing more than a form of political correctness - which is fair enough. (Though I believe it's not a recent term, and may be several hundred years old).
And since they are numerically equivalent to their religious alternatives, that does kind of make them nonsensical.
AIUI "Common Era" was adopted as the term because the Gregorian calendar that we (in the Western world) now use is the one that is in most widespread use. Presumably, if everyone used it, it would be UE (or Ubiquitous Era)!
Another problem with them, IMO, is that CE (and AD) count back to the supposed year in which Jesus was born, with BCE (and BC) therefore counting backwards prior to that point - and the same commonality applies to both; they are both commonly used in the Western world to count forwards or backwards. Therefore they are both common eras, in terms of how we count years today.
But we're pretty much stuck with the year counting system we have so (as you noted) I use BCE/CE, simply because the words themselves are non-religious, even if the counting is.
"I don't watch Casualty now, but did watch it for the first few years,"
The reason I started watching it in the first place was that it was filmed here in Bristol and, in fact (and IIRC), there were some scenes filmed at my old school, as well as my college. That sort of thing always causes me to give a show a chance - and in Casualty's case, I was hooked.
Going back about 10 years or so, I think I lightly bumped my car into the back of one being driven by a Casualty actress. At a roundabout, and concentrating on what was/wasn't coming around it, I edged forward thinking the car in front was doing the same. No damage to either car, but I remember at the time thinking the woman driving looked really familiar - a few days later I watched that week's episode of Casualty and realised who [I think] it was - Janine Mellor (Kelsey).
"But I agree that my wording is sloppy, as I could be in Ripon watching it on the tele."
Very sloppy, since you didn't mention anything at all about watching them play - "If the Hammers and the Gunners are playing, which Town or City am I in?"
You could be in Kathmandu, and they could be playing wherever they happen to be.
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the Gregorian calendar that we (in the Western world) now use is the one that is in most widespread use.
Vince,
For your use when next you might need to give an example of non Gregorian based dates, in Thailand the year is currently 2559 BE (The Buddha was 543 years ahead of Jesus).
John,
Too late for the actual quiz but the question that you didn't ask about AD is a good trick question as people will often say After Death or Anno Domini but the first one is wrong and the second one isn't the full thing. Its actually "anno Domini nostri IesuChrist" (In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ)
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Although I know its a largely Western counting system, being someone in the Western world and who therefore runs his life using the calendar in common use in that part of the world, I have absolutely no knowledge of what others are actually in use - so I'll remember Thailand as a good starting point if I ever need to refer to such. Ta.
Anyone who thinks AD stands for "After Death" needs to be educated in the art of thinking logically: If BC is recognised as Before [the birth of] Christ, and AD is After [the] Death [of Christ] that clearly creates an uncounted gap covering the number of years he supposedly lived.
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I think no9 should read 'Manchester International Airport' - I seem to recall it dropped the international bit later so its now just Manchester Airport. My Dad still calls it Ringway. I was just there last weekend - my nephew wants to be a pilot.
Yep thats true, but I don't think we should be picky, or Dave might not deliver your milk tray this year I remember it being Ringway in the seventies, I must have gone on a day trip with the school.
Are you going soft as the Bank holidays are running out John? Normally you can only chose a winner by being picky.
Dave knows Im not a milk tray gal these days - very much a Thorntons continental layyyydyy.
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"I don't watch Casualty now, but did watch it for the first few years,"
The reason I started watching it in the first place was that it was filmed here in Bristol and, in fact (and IIRC), there were some scenes filmed at my old school, as well as my college. That sort of thing always causes me to give a show a chance - and in Casualty's case, I was hooked.
I lived in Bristol for 3 years, from 1980 to 1983, and loved the place.
"But I agree that my wording is sloppy, as I could be in Ripon watching it on the tele."
Very sloppy, since you didn't mention anything at all about watching them play - "If the Hammers and the Gunners are playing, which Town or City am I in?"
You could be in Kathmandu, and they could be playing wherever they happen to be.
So even more sloppier than I thought lol.
Thanks for explanation on CE, it's origin is earlier than I realised,
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Too late for the actual quiz but the question that you didn't ask about AD is a good trick question as people will often say After Death or Anno Domini but the first one is wrong and the second one isn't the full thing. Its actually "anno Domini nostri Iesu Christ" (In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ)
Well you learn something new every day, I only knew it as Anno Domini.
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I think no9 should read 'Manchester International Airport' - I seem to recall it dropped the international bit later so its now just Manchester Airport. My Dad still calls it Ringway. I was just there last weekend - my nephew wants to be a pilot.
Yep thats true, but I don't think we should be picky, or Dave might not deliver your milk tray this year I remember it being Ringway in the seventies, I must have gone on a day trip with the school.
Are you going soft as the Bank holidays are running out John? Normally you can only chose a winner by being picky.
Fair enough, in which case Dave got 14.4
Anyway, well done Dave. Didn't think anyone would get Carousel, and not a lot of people know the Preston Bypass one, which later became part of the M6.
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Casualty came out the year I got married, I was forced to watch it as a hen pecked husband lol. Oh the casualty of marriage and the joy of DIVORCE. Thanks Tammy lol.
The answers were the same as given by Dave except for
1. It's not an abbreviation of anything, although I did think it was short language. Vince gave the correct answer there.
2. It's used for reading number plates, although Dave did say what the letters stood for
5. 30 years - 1986 was the year it started.
8. Queen Elizabeth II - I don't think we've had the 11th Queen Liz yet
9. Manchester International Airport
11. 2 points awarded, as I never specified it was singles. The oldest solo singles artist to get to number 1 was Louis Armstrong, he was 66 when "What a wonderful world" got to No. 1
17. Apparently Ian Fleming wrote less than half the James Bond books, which I didn't know. Point awarded. Point awarded to Vince as well.
And I must apologise to Vince. Had I known I would have asked questions where the only answer would be Cuthbert Cuthbertson. I did google the name and people are actually called that!!
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But I agree that my wording is sloppy, as I could be in Ripon watching it on the tele.
