The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

BrensBenz

OK, a clue:
Its first visitor isn't expected until next month despite having left home in January 2006, with no stops, detours or breakdowns on the way!

WildWater

Travelling since 2006! Some thing in space? Pluto was demoted. Not sure of anything else.

BrensBenz

WildWater wrote: »

Travelling since 2006! Some thing in space? Pluto was demoted. Not sure of anything else.

Correct - Well Done!

Because the definition of a planet was changed, poor old Pluto is no longer a planet. It's only a "dwarf planet" and a "plutoid" because a planet's gravity "sweeps its area in space and absorbs other objects." Pluto hasn't yet

The New Horizons space craft, the first to visit Pluto, is almost there, on its way to the Kuiper Belt.

WildWater

Keeping it in space: Who was the last man to arrive on the moon?

Samaris

WildWater wrote: »

Keeping it in space: Who was the last man to arrive on the moon?

I think that's Apollo 17 in the '70s, but there were two astronauts. One of them has the moderately awesome name Harrison Schmidt. Not sure which was first/last though.

WildWater

Samaris wrote: »

I think that's Apollo 17 in the '70s, but there were two astronauts. One of them has the moderately awesome name Harrison Schmidt. Not sure which was first/last though.

Apollo 17 Dec 1972 and yes Harriso Schmidt was onboard the LEM the other one was Gene (Eugene) Cernan. But which was last to arrive? And for a bonus point what was different about him compared to the other astronauts?

BrensBenz

Schmitt went for his walk first. Cernan was last in, so he hoisted the drawbridge. 17 was Cernan's second trip - he was aboard 10 as well.

WildWater

BrensBenz wrote: »

Schmitt went for his walk first. Cernan was last in, so he hoisted the drawbridge. 17 was Cernan's second trip - he was aboard 10 as well.

Cernan was last to leave the moon but the question was who was last to arrive? When they arrived who was second to leave the LEM?

BrensBenz

WildWater wrote: »

Cernan was last to leave the moon but the question was who was last to arrive? When they arrived who was second to leave the LEM?

Emmm, Schmitt climbed out first; Cernan climbed out second(?)

WildWater

BrensBenz wrote: »

Emmm, Schmitt climbed out first; Cernan climbed out second(?)

Actually no. Cernan was commander and climbed out first (and climbed in last) thus making Schmitt the last man to arrive on the moon. He was also the only scientist to go on a moon mission.

BrensBenz

WildWater wrote: »

Actually no. Cernan was commander and climbed out first (and climbed in last) thus making Schmitt the last man to arrive on the moon. He was also the only scientist to go on a moon mission.

Yes, my error. I was thrown by the word "arrived" because the lander "arrived" with two passengers, at the same time! or sump'n. It's late!

Samaris

I mentioned the name above, but tbh, it was really by luck! Want to ask another?

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

I mentioned the name above, but tbh, it was really by luck! Want to ask another?

Samaris, it looks like a "no" from WildWater so, since you were closest, would you like to set the next question?

Samaris

Grando!

Hrm...Mickey Mouse was designed by Ube Iwerks as a replacement for another, older flagship character after the ownership dispute was used by distributors Universal Studios as leverage to try get Disney to take a budget cut on their cartoons. Some eighty years later, he was traded back to Disney and now fully belongs to the Disney Corporation. What was the name of that first character?

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

Grando!

Hrm...Mickey Mouse was designed by Ube Iwerks as a replacement for another, older flagship character after the ownership dispute was used by distributors Universal Studios as leverage to try get Disney to take a budget cut on their cartoons. Some eighty years later, he was traded back to Disney and now fully belongs to the Disney Corporation. What was the name of that first character?

Seem to remember my Granda remarking, when trying to lighten the mood for us kids, that the man in the news at the time, Lee Harvey Oswald, was related to Mickey Mouse. "Whoh" we said. "Oh Yes, he was Mickey Mouse's father." Probably not forensically correct but was there an Oswald Wabbit?

Samaris

BrensBenz wrote: »

Seem to remember my Granda remarking, when trying to lighten the mood for us kids, that the man in the news at the time, Lee Harvey Oswald, was related to Mickey Mouse. "Whoh" we said. "Oh Yes, he was Mickey Mouse's father." Probably not forensically correct but was there an Oswald Wabbit?

You're a menace at this, Brensbenz!

Yes indeed, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Recently returned to Disney in 2013.

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

You're a menace at this, Brensbenz!

Yes indeed, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Recently returned to Disney in 2013.

First sign of dimentia - detailed recollection of ancient data but can't remember if I took my medication this morning!

On a similar vain, Sgt. Bilko and Top Cat had a lot in common. For instance, Bilko's gang included the not-so-bright Doberman, while TC's gang included the not-so-bright Benny. What have Doberman and Benny actually got in common?

garancafan

Their voices.

BrensBenz

garancafan wrote: »

Their voices.

9.9 / 10 but, for perfection, what have the voices of Doberman and Benny (the Ball) got in common?

Oh, wait! That question gives it away. Benny's voice was supplied by the actor who played Doberman, Maurice Gosfield.

So, well done. Your turn.

garancafan

Wimbledon starts next week, so here is a topical one: In what circumstances in a game of tennis may a player win a set by a score of 6 games to 5?

Samaris

Hah, I have no chance with tennis questions! /bows out gracefully

garancafan

garancafan wrote: »

Wimbledon starts next week, so here is a topical one: In what circumstances in a game of tennis may a player win a set by a score of 6 games to 5?

While it was formerly possible in Ireland it is not (sadly) currently so.

looksee

If it starts raining? (I really have absolutely no idea, not even sure how tennis scoring works!

Pulsating Star

garancafan wrote: »

While it was formerly possible in Ireland it is not (sadly) currently so.

So something we had, don't now have, but may again?
Can this only happen in a ranking or professional tournament ?

garancafan

Pulsating Star wrote: »

So something we had, don't now have, but may again?

Correct.

garancafan

Pulsating Star wrote: »

Can this only happen in a ranking or professional tournament ?

This arises at all levels of the game.

garancafan

Given the somewhat arcane nature of this question I think that - with the moderator's agreement - full recourse may be had to all sources of information.

Pulsating Star

Is this scoring only possible in "Real Tennis"

I see the only courts built here are either being restored or unplayable at present.

looksee

Look the mods are not governing how this game is played, its working on a consensus basis for rules Unless yez get totally out of control that is!

BrensBenz

garancafan wrote: »

Given the somewhat arcane nature of this question I think that - with the moderator's agreement - full recourse may be had to all sources of information.

"Phew", I thought. "That would help". But it didn't! The explanations I found just now were written BY experts, FOR experts. Think you may get a cut and pasted answer!

I thought maybe a 6-5 set is fairly new, as is mandatory grunting. So I thought maybe a 6-5 would be allowed if, say at 5-5, the grunts from one player were dropping below the required decibel level. Strangely though, the sites I checked didn't mention grunting at all! That was my best guess!