Author Topic: Pop quiz (Read 175131 times)

rogerzilla · « **Reply #1350 on:** 04 April, 2010, 12:44:37 pm »

Quote from: Tourist Tony on 04 April, 2010, 10:50:02 am

A nice easy one. What links Cornelius Brunner, Ginger Baker and Europe?

As the only thing Europe are famous for is "The Final Countdown", I'll go for countdowns, although where Ginger Baker comes in, I'm not sure. Did he count at the beginning of Cream songs, John Bonham-style?

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1351 on:** 04 April, 2010, 01:25:48 pm »

Part of the link is in Roger's answer, but not in the way he proposes

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1352 on:** 05 April, 2010, 01:50:38 am »

Clue time. Novelist and band.

Redlight · « **Reply #1353 on:** 05 April, 2010, 02:05:21 pm »

Is Cornelius Brunner a character from a Michael Moorcock novel? In wihch case we have a Hawkwind connection, perhaps.

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1354 on:** 05 April, 2010, 04:50:19 pm »

Almost there

clarion · « **Reply #1355 on:** 05 April, 2010, 08:15:16 pm »

Final Programme
Final Countdown

and

er...

Can't get Ginger Baker in there.

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1356 on:** 05 April, 2010, 09:59:08 pm »

You may be surprised. FinalCountdown, Final Programme, Michael Moorcock, Jerry Cornelius (who merged with Miss Brunner), Hawkwind (long time Moorcock associates), all there. You just need Ginger

nicknack · « **Reply #1357 on:** 05 April, 2010, 11:43:46 pm »

Anything to do with Graham Bond?

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1358 on:** 06 April, 2010, 12:42:42 am »

nO. Far,far simpler

Woofage · « **Reply #1359 on:** 06 April, 2010, 12:02:41 pm »

Ginger Baker was Hawkwind's drummer for a while but I'm not sure that's the connection you're after.

clarion · « **Reply #1360 on:** 06 April, 2010, 12:17:44 pm »

Was there a Hawkwind song called 'Final..' something that Ginger recorded?

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1361 on:** 06 April, 2010, 12:38:26 pm »

Woofage has the Final bit. Ginger played with them, Moorcock "sang" with them and wrote a lot of words for them, he also wrote Cornelius Brunner into the Final Programme,and Europe finally counted down.

I think on balance Clarion and Rob got most of it, so a point divided between them

Woofage · « **Reply #1362 on:** 06 April, 2010, 12:51:43 pm »

Quote from: Tourist Tony on 06 April, 2010, 12:38:26 pm

Woofage has the Final bit. Ginger played with them, Moorcock "sang" with them and wrote a lot of words for them, he also wrote Cornelius Brunner into the Final Programme,and Europe finally counted down.

I think on balance Clarion and Rob got most of it, so a point divided between them

Indeed. I wouldn't claim any credit for my tiny contribution

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clarion · « **Reply #1363 on:** 06 April, 2010, 01:00:07 pm »

OK then. Quick one from me:

Which is the odd one out from Airrace, the Waterboys and the Wallflowers?

Basil · « **Reply #1364 on:** 06 April, 2010, 01:07:37 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 06 April, 2010, 01:00:07 pm

OK then. Quick one from me:

Which is the odd one out from Airrace, the Waterboys and the Wallflowers?

The Waterboys is the odd one out on the grounds that I've not heard of the other two.

clarion · « **Reply #1365 on:** 06 April, 2010, 01:09:28 pm »

That's one answer, but not *quite* the one I was after. Let's see if anyone gets closer

Jaded · « **Reply #1366 on:** 06 April, 2010, 01:21:57 pm »

Airrace

It starts with an 'A' and the others start with a 'W'.

clarion · « **Reply #1367 on:** 06 April, 2010, 01:23:31 pm »

And it's the only one that doesn't have a 'the'

PaulF · « **Reply #1368 on:** 06 April, 2010, 01:36:32 pm »

By a process of elimination it must therefore be the Wallflowers then

clarion · « **Reply #1369 on:** 06 April, 2010, 01:41:17 pm »

d'Oh!

Actually, it is. But do you know why?

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1370 on:** 06 April, 2010, 01:50:11 pm »

I was going to say Waterboys because the other two have "sons of" in their line up

clarion · « **Reply #1371 on:** 06 April, 2010, 01:52:15 pm »

Interesting line. Perhaps you should expand on that. But no, The Waterboys are not the odd one out.

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1372 on:** 06 April, 2010, 02:00:56 pm »

Jason Bonham and Jakob Dylan, I believe.

clarion · « **Reply #1373 on:** 06 April, 2010, 02:01:46 pm »

OK. Who else might there be from The Waterboys? And The Who, as it happens?

PaulF · « **Reply #1374 on:** 06 April, 2010, 02:05:43 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 06 April, 2010, 01:41:17 pm

d'Oh!

Actually, it is. But do you know why?

No idea