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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Bush Tucker Man on December 29, 2003, 15:37:45
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Right then, this one is a bit more varied. I'm now up to about 90 questions :)
20 again for you.
1. What rank is Jean-Luc Picard? (Patrick Stewart)
2. Which teenage friend of PS (& contemporary at RADA) also was in space?
3. Seven of Nines human name? ('Hot Chick' is a good answer, but not correct :D )
4. Name the star car & its 'name' in 'Gone in 60Seconds'?
5. What type of motorcycle is featured in 'Matrix Reloaded'?
6. What mechanical item links 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', 'The Sweeny' & 'The Professionals'?
7. What does 'ODEON' stand for?
8. Name Isambard Kingdom Brunels ships & in the order of building.
9. Name the 2 Terminus stations that Brunel designed & the railway company.
10. What code was given to the WW2 air-craft Lockheed Lightning?
11. What name links Lockheed & Ford?
12. What 'smells' about Lockheed?
13. Which British owned car company used to make aircraft? (still around today)
14. What name was given to the Campbell cars & boats (classification of boats as well)
15. Where did Donald Campbell die?
16. Who was the founder of JCB?
17. Who invented the agricultural 3-point linkage?
18. Chemical symbol for Lead?
19. Where were Reliants built?
20 . A 'sharp' Reliant? (2 possible answers)
Enjoy :D
Anyone, feel free to join in.
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Cool :D
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Right here we go then.......
1. Captain
2. Marina Sirtis (Diana Troy)
3. Annika Hansen - Jerri Ryan
4. GTO Eleanor
5. Ducati 996
6. Not sure of the link think it's Ford, Ford Granada's used in Sweeney, Ford Capri’s in Professionals, and I think an old Model T Ford was the base for CCBB?
7. Didn't know it stood for anything.
8. The Great Weston 1837
The Great Britain 1843
The Great Easton 1858
9. Paddington Station and Temple Meads Station - Great Western Railway
10. P38
11. Again P38 - Ford now own Range Rover hence P38 and answer to 10.
12. ?
13. Rolls Royce or Jaguar
14. CN7 and CN8 (cars) K4 and K7(Boats)
15. Coniston Water Jan 4th 1967
16. Joseph Cyril Bamford 1945
17. Harry Ferguson, patent in 1928
18. Pb
19. Tamworth
20. Stinson
Logging off now wont be back on until the morning, will see how I faired then. Thanks Richard for making my day interesting at work.
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Well, well, well Phil.
It seems you're the only interested.
I ought to have made it a 'word association game' then others might play :)
1. Correct
2. Wrong. Brian Blessed (Vultan 'Flash Gordon')
3. Correct, though 'hot chick' was acceptable :D
4. Half a point, 'Eleanor' (Mustang Mach 1 in original, & Shelby GT500 in remake)
5. Correct, derived from the 916. Stunning bike. 2 wheeled art.
6. Close.....A couple of the 'Chitty's used the 3.0 V6
7. 'Oscar Deutsch Entertaining Our Nation' (original 'empire' builder)
8. Correct
9. Correct (the worlds greatest engineer ever & the Greatest Briton)
10. Correct
11. Correct (though I must admit I mistakenly thought Lockheed built the P51Mustang as well)
12. Lockheed - 'smells' - Skunk Works (D'oh!!)
13. Bristol
14. Correct
15. Correct
16. Correct
17. Correct
18. Correct
19. Correct (Isn't that 'Moose' town?)
20. Wrong. Sabre & Scimitar
Damn good again Phil. Wonder why no-one else plays??
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Don't know what's happened here, the magical moving quiz?
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What’s going on here then, as you say Richard the magical moving quiz?????
I thought others would be interested in this its good fun, well though out questions, a lot of the stuff I don't know but with the aid of the web at your fingers you find out a lot.
Damm I knew Eleanor wasn't a GTO, but couldn't get it out of my head, should have looked that one up on the web.
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Afternoon Richard,
I getting bored at work....... need another instalment to keep my brain active :D
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Okay, but I might not be able to get back to you with answers until Friday night.
A bit more mixed this time, including some cryptic
1. Date of 'Yorkshire Day'?
2. The connection between my favourite group & 'The Dukes of Hazard?
3. What colour was the Kenworth & trailer in the late '70s TVseries 'BJ & The Bear'
4. What species of animal was 'Bear'?
5. What was the originally intended recipient of the 70's Range Rover gearbox?
Links,
6. James Bond & ploughing?
7. Schneider & Douglas Bader?
8. Poetry & Thornycroft Trucks?
Cryptic,
9. A mountainous Triumph?
10. Carlos & LR? (sorry, 2 answers)
11. A seasonal Riocca drinking LR driver?
12. A bouyant sextuplet load carrier?
13. A mythical Human/quadruped hybrid that gave its name to a LR?
14. A detective, cartoon charactor, precious gem & LR?
15. A southern light, and the name of a (alleged) 'spy in the sky' ?
16. Number of Triumph sports derivatives (inc US models)?
17. Who led the Darien Gap expedition? (the Range Rover one)
18. How many 'Batmobiles', and where?
19. 'Rubbish' term for a Ford?
20. Name 3 of (the great) IK Brunels bridges - not including the Clifton.
Have fun..
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Good stuff Richard, this will give me something to do for rest of today and maybe tomorrow.
Heading down south for the New Years so wont be back on line until Monday 5th unless I get my computer at home working again.(slim chance)
Cheers M8 have a Happy New Year.
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Well I'm about to pack in work for this year, leaving around mid-day, I've had a bash at some of these questions and what I found so far is below. As mentioned before I going down south (Portsmouth to be exact) to see my brother-in-law for New Year and have a few beers. So I wont be back online until well into the New Year, Monday 5th. I will check and see how well or bad I have done. Maybe someone else will have a go as well!
Wishing BTM a Very Happy New Year thanks for making the last few days of 2003 interesting its been fun.
And I wish All MUD Club-ers everyware a very Happy New Year see you all in 2004.
Right me answers.
1. 1st August
2. Not sure what your favourite group is? sorry
3. Red and White
4. Chimp
5. Couldn't find anything on this, all references seem to suggest that the gearbox was original designed for the RR?
6.
7. Couldn't make a connection here, Schneider- beer, also freight company? Douglas Bader famous pilot? Ummmmm
8. Nubian
9. Stag
10. Santana
11. Riocca isn't this a make of Coffee Vending Machines? But can't think of the answer :oops:
12.
13.
14.
15. U-2
16. Daytona 600, Daytona 955i, Speed Four, Speed Triple
17. British Trans-Americas Expedition of 1971-2 led by scientists from the UK and US
18. 30 since 1941
Year Used Base car Appearance
2003 1949 Ford/Mercury Comic Books
2003 N/A Comic Books
2003 N/A Comic Books
2002-2003 N/A Comic Books
2002-2003 Dodge Viper Comic Books
2002-2003 N/A Comic Books
2000-2003 N/A Comic Books
1999-2000 Porsche 911 Comic Books
1992-2003 N/A The New Adventures of Batman & Robin
1997 N/A Batman & Robin
1995 N/A Batman Forever
1993-1994 N/A Comic Books
1993 N/A Comic Books
1992-1995 N/A Batman: The Animated Series
1990-1992 N/A Comic Books
1989-1995 N/A Batman & Batman Returns
1987-1988 DeTomaso Pantera Comic Books
1984-1986 Chevrolet Corvette Comic Books
1975 70s Chaparral-type race car Comic Books
1972 1972 Corvette Comic Books
1971-1987 Late 1960s Sedan Comic Books
1969-1971 Lamborghini Miura Comic Books
1968-1969 N/A Comic Books
1968-1983 1955 Lincoln Futura Comic Books
1966-1968 1955 Lincoln Futura Batman
1962-1966 1950s Chevrolet Corvette Comic Books
1955-1962 N/A Comic Books
1950-1962 1950s Studebaker & Cadillac Comic Books
1941-1950 1937-40 Two Door Sedan Comic Books
1941 1936 Cord Comic Books
Source - http://www.geocities.com/spencerl984/1941prebat.html
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20. Royal Albert Bridge, near Plymouth. Maidenhead Bridge, Hungerford Bridge and Clifton Suspension Bridge
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Didn't expect you so soon Phil......................
Right then, I'll fill in the gaps.
1. Correct, I'll be flying my White Rose flag.
2. Dixie Chicks (horn on the 'General' is the tune; 'Dixie')
Have a look at video/music clips on; http://columbiarecords.com/dixiechicks/ (especially 'Long Time Gone' vid & 'White Trash Wedding'/ 'Top Of The World' sounds)
3. Correct
4. Correct
5. 101FC, as it was being developed before the RR & they knew it was ok with the V8
6. David Brown (tractors) owned Aston Martin for a while, ie; DB5
7.Schneider Trophy (seaplanes) the Spitfire was developed from the '37(?) winner bySupermarine. Bader lost his legs whilst flying a Spitfire.
8. Antar, it was named after the Arabian poet-warrior ' Antar-Ibn Shadded
9. Wrong. Dolomite Mountains (Italy?)
10. Correct, plus Carlos Saintz (ex-Ford WRC driver) he used to Freelanders used for Safari rally recce's
11.Spelling might be wrong (Riocca-wine) Seasons-Summer.
Wesley Pegden & 'Last Of The Summer Wine'
12.Alvis Stalwart (sextuplet =6) Bouyant =floats (D'oh!)
13. Cammell- Laird Centaur, Greek mythology
14. 'Pink Panther'
15. Aurora (Australis) & the supposed top-secret plane http://aurorapage.tripod.com/
16. Sorry meant cars, should have said (TR's = 8)
17. Lieutenant-Colonel Blashford-Snell
18. Sorry meant films (3) Adam West film & the 2 modern varients -all in 'Cars Of The Stars' museum
http://members.aol.com/cotsmm/cots.html
19. 'Dagenham Dustbin'
20 Correct, but also Balmoral & Chepstow
Well done, it'll be back after the weekend, as works beckoning soon.
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Hi BTM,
Sorry been off work ill once again, I didn't do two well here :oops: never mind.