Author Topic: Pop quiz (Read 175243 times)

Redlight · « **Reply #1425 on:** 13 April, 2010, 07:27:12 pm »

No idea who Henry Cotton is but did Alliss design a course either on the Kintyre peninsula or for one of the Vanderbilt residences?

Jaded · « **Reply #1426 on:** 13 April, 2010, 08:28:20 pm »

It is a Henry Cotton designed course. So that is the link part with Perter Alliss. Now for the link at the other end. Nothing to do with Dull of Kintyre!

clarion · « **Reply #1427 on:** 14 April, 2010, 10:16:20 am »

Only one I can find designed by Cotton (tho I see he did a few) is Le Meridien-Penina.

Jaded · « **Reply #1428 on:** 14 April, 2010, 10:27:47 am »

Finally you are getting somewhat warmer.

clarion · « **Reply #1429 on:** 14 April, 2010, 11:03:03 am »

Ah ya bugga! McCartney recorded a song called Penina!

clarion · « **Reply #1430 on:** 14 April, 2010, 12:34:06 pm »

And it seems that Alliss played a game against Doug Sanders at Penina in 1968. Not sure what it was, but the video is pretty popular.

Jaded · « **Reply #1431 on:** 14 April, 2010, 01:00:16 pm »

The Henry Cotton/Peter Alliss friendship was in there to throw you slightly off scent.

clarion · « **Reply #1432 on:** 14 April, 2010, 01:03:43 pm »

Can haz win?

Jaded · « **Reply #1433 on:** 14 April, 2010, 01:07:41 pm »

Winna

clarion · « **Reply #1434 on:** 14 April, 2010, 05:13:52 pm »

After an awful lot of prompting, I have to confess.

Anyway, here's your new question.

How does Miranda connect Richard Ashcroft, Motorhead, Iron Maiden and Charlotte Church, by way of the grandson of a Bulldog and Essex?

Redlight · « **Reply #1435 on:** 14 April, 2010, 10:25:21 pm »

This is going to be a long one....

Miranda... as in the Tempest?

clarion · « **Reply #1436 on:** 14 April, 2010, 11:40:23 pm »

Yep. Miranda as in The Tempest.

It'll be pretty quick when the dominoes start falling.

Jaded · « **Reply #1437 on:** 15 April, 2010, 10:41:23 am »

Well, it must be a Churchill at the end?

clarion · « **Reply #1438 on:** 15 April, 2010, 10:45:19 am »

No. Someone else's Bulldog. That bit is not music-related. More biological/zoological.

jogler · « **Reply #1439 on:** 15 April, 2010, 12:55:59 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 15 April, 2010, 10:45:19 am

No. Someone else's Bulldog. That bit is not music-related. More biological/zoological.

did General Montgomery of El Alamain fame have a bulldog

clarion · « **Reply #1440 on:** 15 April, 2010, 12:57:14 pm »

I don't know, but this is a Victorian Bulldog.

jogler · « **Reply #1441 on:** 15 April, 2010, 01:00:04 pm »

I was obviously thinking of the bulldog belonging to Monty's dad

clarion · « **Reply #1442 on:** 15 April, 2010, 01:06:21 pm »

The Bulldog in question was actually a biologist, and the grandson had brothers who were a biologist and a zoologist, but wasn't in that line himself.

btw, the question reads better if you put a comma before 'and Essex', like this

Quote from: clarion on 14 April, 2010, 05:13:52 pm

How does Miranda connect Richard Ashcroft, Motorhead, Iron Maiden and Charlotte Church, by way of the grandson of a Bulldog, and Essex?

Tim Hall · « **Reply #1443 on:** 15 April, 2010, 02:00:59 pm »

Sir! Sir!

Huxley, T was Darwin's Bulldog.

Unfortunately Aldous (presumed grandson) didn't stand in for Lemmy.

(thinks)

Brave New World apart from being by Aldous Huxley is a line from Shakespeare.

(goes to make coffee and think some more)

Pingu · « **Reply #1444 on:** 15 April, 2010, 02:02:08 pm »

Anything to do with Jim Morrison?

clarion · « **Reply #1445 on:** 15 April, 2010, 02:08:35 pm »

*waits for Tim to come back from his coffee break to pursue fruitful line of thought*

Pingu, only tangentially.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1446 on:** 15 April, 2010, 03:09:15 pm »

Did Lemmy play on Lucky Leif And The Longships, which includes a track yclept Brave New World?

Googles

No, he didn't. Blast.

clarion · « **Reply #1447 on:** 15 April, 2010, 03:29:49 pm »

Not just Lemmy, I said Motorhead.

clarion · « **Reply #1448 on:** 16 April, 2010, 10:58:34 am »

Oi! Tim! That's a very long coffee break

Quote from: Tim Hall on 15 April, 2010, 02:00:59 pm

Huxley, T was Darwin's Bulldog.

Correct!

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...Aldous (presumed grandson)

Correct!

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...didn't stand in for Lemmy.

Um...also correct, but irrelevant.

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Brave New World apart from being by Aldous Huxley is a line from Shakespeare.

Correct!

Almost there.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #1449 on:** 16 April, 2010, 12:13:08 pm »

Oops! Sorry!

Another coffee on the go (FSVO coffee - Nestle (spit) Gold Blend and what could be Tippex, it certainly ain't milk).

Anyway, mulling this over as I rode to work today, didn't Essex, D have a song called Brave New World? From that War of the Worlds thing?

If so, is it they all had songs (or in Huxley's case a book) called Brave New World?

I must say I haven't heard of Richard Ashcroft.