YORE MAs pub quizz thread [NO CHAT!]

robtri

villager wrote: »

ok will give M1 to you as it was first full length but actual first motorway was preston by-pass

which I believe is the M6...

http://www.madeinpreston.co.uk/Road/M6.html

Latchy

villager wrote: »

ok will give M1 to you as it was first full length but actual first motorway was preston by-pass

And I was only recently watching a documentry about the history of British motorways which included the many thousends of irish navvies who built them .

Question time ..bare with me ......

Latchy

This american actor was born March 5, 1927 –He never became the big star he wanted to be having to settle mainly for bit parts in films.His second wife was a famous actress herself but it was his son who went on to acting fame and also became a big pop sensation in the 70s .

Who was this american actor ?

OldGoat

latchyco wrote: »

All two of us ?

[Lurk Mode Off] I'm here too, just don't know film trivia. [Lurk Mode On]

rojerdandry

Father of David.

rojerdandry

As a young boy in Eastern Europe he enjoyed soccer, in the position of goalkeeper, and went to drama-school for a period. He learned perhaps ten languages before he died.

rojerdandry

Oh yeah... WHO IS HE?

trout

The late Pope John Paul II ?

Latchy

rojerdandry wrote: »

Father of David.

Congrats .....

trout wrote: »

The late Pope John Paul II ?

I think it's him to .

rojerdandry

Nicely done.

trout

OK ... my question.

How long does it take for a big toe-nail to grow back, once it has been completely ripped out ?

For the sake of completeness ... the big toe-nail on my right foot (size 10).

This is a genuine question - genuine answers are all that's required.

OldGoat

Nail growth depends on many things including gender, age, hormonal flux and a host of other criteria, but the avarage growth rate is 1/8th inch a month. So, if your nail is 1 inch long then roughly 8 months to re-grow.
(My kid did a school project on this a few months ago )

OldGoat

[In anticipation of a correct answer I'll pose a question]

The origins or the motorbike are argued about and disputed over but the general consensous is that it was developed by two Germans. Name the two gentlemen.

Latchy

OldGoat wrote: »

[In anticipation of a correct answer I'll pose a question]
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Yeah Rojerdandry anticipated his answer was correct and just went ahead anyway

(dont know answer to yours yet)

robtri

OldGoat wrote: »

[In anticipation of a correct answer I'll pose a question]

The origins or the motorbike are argued about and disputed over but the general consensous is that it was developed by two Germans. Name the two gentlemen.

I believe that you are thinking of daimler and otto, can't rememebr first names... (but personally I believe it was an american caled roper, he made a coal and steam powered bike)

OldGoat

Gottilieb Daimler was one half of the duo.
Otto is not the person I was thinking off, or should I say that I really meant petrol engines rather then steam. Having said that I did see a working model of the Roper steam bike and it scared the bejebus outta me LOL

The second German engineer has had a car named after him and they have been building them again since 2002.

Latchy

OldGoat wrote: »

The second German engineer has had a car named after him and they have been building them again since 2002.

The name volkswagen springs to mind but probably not that .

Steve

Wilhelm Maybach?

robtri

OldGoat wrote: »

Gottilieb Daimler was one half of the duo.
Otto is not the person I was thinking off, or should I say that I really meant petrol engines rather then steam. Having said that I did see a working model of the Roper steam bike and it scared the bejebus outta me LOL

The second German engineer has had a car named after him and they have been building them again since 2002.

yeah scary piece of work that.
the second one is then Maybach.... they created the first petrol engined one, but daimler and otto made the first gas engined one..

OldGoat

SteveC wrote: »

Wilhelm Maybach?

It was indeed Herr Maybach.

So what happens when two posters get a correct name each? Does that mean we get TWO questions posed? (Fingers Crossed)

Steve

Hehe, can't think of an interesting question so robtri can take the victory..:)

robtri

ok....
Try this one

no.85 had a significent meaning for this person
born 1899
midle name is gabriel....

who is this person??

one clue - not an actor/actress

OldGoat

Antonio Ascari? Racing driver, father of Alberto, both of whom died on the track. He's the only driver I can think of around from around that era without hitting the books.

robtri

OldGoat wrote: »

Antonio Ascari? Racing driver, father of Alberto, both of whom died on the track. He's the only driver I can think of around from around that era without hitting the books.

think you got to hit the books....
afraid your wrong...

rojerdandry

Alcatraz prison number AZ-85.
Won't pre-empt with a question this time...

robtri

rojerdandry wrote: »

Alcatraz prison number AZ-85.
Won't pre-empt with a question this time...

you should have pre-empted it.... you are correct

rojerdandry

This small country's population listing has grown by at least 2.8 million in the last hundred years. It went from being a British possession to being eyed by another power in the last century. What country?

Orion

Hong Kong?

rojerdandry

Hong Kong's grown by at least 6 and a half million people. Good guess though.

OldGoat

Tibet? Perhaps not a British 'possesion' but did have trade agreements signed by force of arms.

Good question. I thought the answer might have been Ireland being watched over by them sneeky 'murcans, taking us over by stealth and a slow proscess of assimilation utilising The Television Box, but thats just the paranoid in me ranting.