Author Topic: The YACF Pub Quiz Thread (Read 45337 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #300 on:** 03 January, 2016, 02:39:43 pm »

Any self-respecting antipopery question would surely mention Brentford?

tiermat · « **Reply #301 on:** 03 January, 2016, 03:14:18 pm »

Quote from: PeteB99 on 03 January, 2016, 12:55:43 pm

Quote from: tiermat on 03 January, 2016, 10:05:21 am
I thought we had a thread for this, but it appears not to be!

Similar to "Guess the Place" or "Pop Quiz", the poster that gets the question right sets the next one.

I'll kick it off with:

What connects Perpignan with Paris and St Andrews, via Avignon but most definitely not Rome?

Antipopes?

Generically correct, but I was looking more specific than that, maybe I should have said who, rather than what.

PeteB99 · « **Reply #302 on:** 03 January, 2016, 03:33:14 pm »

Quote from: tiermat on 03 January, 2016, 03:14:18 pm

Quote from: PeteB99 on 03 January, 2016, 12:55:43 pm
Quote from: tiermat on 03 January, 2016, 10:05:21 am
I thought we had a thread for this, but it appears not to be!

Similar to "Guess the Place" or "Pop Quiz", the poster that gets the question right sets the next one.

I'll kick it off with:

What connects Perpignan with Paris and St Andrews, via Avignon but most definitely not Rome?

Antipopes?

Generically correct, but I was looking more specific than that, maybe I should have said who, rather than what.

Are google or similar search engines allowed?

If not Avignon and Paris both had antipopes. I assume Perpignan did too. No idea about St Andrews.

tiermat · « **Reply #303 on:** 03 January, 2016, 03:49:07 pm »

You may fall lucky with a Google search, but I wouldn't bet on it! One person links all 4 and you can throw in a link to Valencia and the moon (!)

T42 · « **Reply #304 on:** 03 January, 2016, 09:52:38 pm »

George Orwell? Lived in Paris, went through Perpignan to Spain during Civil War, charges laid against in Valencia, and there's a St. Andrew's church in Orwell, Cambridgeshire. He probably mentions Avignon at some point in histravels, I haven't looked yet. Wrote 'Moon under Water'.

PeteB99 · « **Reply #305 on:** 24 July, 2017, 03:45:20 pm »

Give this thread another airing.

KWC style 10 questions with a common theme.

Rules
No googling (Baby Jesus will see you google and your afterlife will consist of wet roads covered in leaf mulch and diesel and populated by angry White van drivers)
Exact answers only
No more than 3 answers at a time to give everyone a chance. Leave a little time between posts.

Who drove?

1 A bright orange Ford Cortina estate
2 A Ford Gran Torino
3 A Peugeot 403 cabriolet
4 A red MK2 Jaguar
5 A burgundy Triumph roadster
6 A Red blue and green Porsche 356 speedster
7 A Messaro-Gratz
8 A Daimler Double Six
9 A White Escort RS2000
10 A Cortina Mk3 GXL

Tim Hall · « **Reply #306 on:** 24 July, 2017, 03:49:45 pm »

4. Morse
9. Ray (? ) Doyle in The Professionals.

jsabine · « **Reply #307 on:** 24 July, 2017, 03:53:05 pm »

3. Columbo
5. Bergerac

(I suspect Walt Kowalski isn't the answer to no.2 that Pete wants)

Jakob W · « **Reply #308 on:** 24 July, 2017, 04:25:58 pm »

2. Starsky and Hutch?

Little Jim · « **Reply #309 on:** 24 July, 2017, 04:39:16 pm »

10. Jack Regan - The Sweeney

PeteB99 · « **Reply #310 on:** 24 July, 2017, 04:42:44 pm »

Tim Hall - Yes and Yes
Jsabine - Yes and Yes
Jakob - More precision required
Little Jim - No

Vince · « **Reply #311 on:** 24 July, 2017, 05:48:21 pm »

6. Doc Holiday
8. Arthur Daily.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #312 on:** 24 July, 2017, 06:12:10 pm »

2: The Tomato was Starsky's car. Hutch drove a terrible four-door sedan-cum-rubbish-tip which, mercifully, was rarely seen on the anbaric distascope.

Polar Bear · « **Reply #313 on:** 24 July, 2017, 06:27:35 pm »

1: Shoestring
2: Starsky
4: Morse
5: Bergerac
8: Arthur Daly
9: Doyle

I recall seeing a blue Cortina in The Sweeney so wonder if it was Carter's car.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #314 on:** 24 July, 2017, 08:27:38 pm »

2 - Starsky & Hutch
9 - my uncle Tommy

PeteB99 · « **Reply #315 on:** 24 July, 2017, 08:30:44 pm »

Answers so far

Theme

1 Eddie Shoestring - PB
2 Starsky - MrL/Jakob
3 Columbo - jsabine
4 Morse - Tim Hall
5 Bergerac - jsabine
6
7
8
9 Doyle - Tim Hall
10

mike · « **Reply #316 on:** 24 July, 2017, 11:11:30 pm »

7 - Poirot
10 - Gene Hunt

Torslanda · « **Reply #317 on:** 24 July, 2017, 11:58:25 pm »

Quote from: mike on 24 July, 2017, 11:11:30 pm

10 - Gene Hunt

Right bloody dog's breakfast that was! Interior and dash from MY74 on, as were the indicators. My guess is it was a 2000E fitted with GXL grille & headlights and given a 72/3 reg plate. IIRC the colour was wrong, too.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #318 on:** 25 July, 2017, 04:32:07 am »

8: Lord Peter Wimsey had a Daimler Double-Six. A proper one, not a badge-engineered Jag.

T42 · « **Reply #319 on:** 25 July, 2017, 07:32:29 am »

That'd be the one like a young Bug Royale. A little ostentatious for a gentleman.

Legs · « **Reply #320 on:** 25 July, 2017, 08:54:44 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 25 July, 2017, 04:32:07 am

8: Lord Peter Wimsey had a Daimler Double-Six. A proper one, not a badge-engineered Jag.

OMFG you've just reminded me of those dreadful stories. What a complete bag of shite that Dorothy L Sayers wrote!

T42 · « **Reply #321 on:** 25 July, 2017, 09:42:51 am »

Ah go on. "I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight" is one of the best lines in English literature.

PeteB99 · « **Reply #322 on:** 25 July, 2017, 10:43:31 am »

Update

Theme

1 Eddie Shoestring - PB
2 Starsky - MrL/Jakob
3 Columbo - jsabine
4 Morse - Tim Hall
5 Bergerac - jsabine
6
7 Poirot - Mike
8 Lord Peter Wimsey - Mr L
9 Doyle - Tim Hall
10 Gene Hunt - Mike

So with just the driver of the multicoloured Porsche to go the scores are

jsabine, Mike & Tim Hall all 2
Mr L 1.5
PB 1
Jakob 0.5

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #323 on:** 25 July, 2017, 10:52:50 am »

6. James Dean

PeteB99 · « **Reply #324 on:** 25 July, 2017, 10:57:17 am »

James Dean doesn't really fit with the rest of the names does he?

A Few clues

She's a fictional resident of Swindon and one of her work colleagues was the U.A.W. Cat.