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

looksee

Come on now New Home, pay attention! The Titanic didn't have oil lamps! (well possibly except for a few mobile crew lights, which are not relevant to this question).

New Home

looksee wrote: »

Come on now New Home, pay attention! The Titanic didn't have oil lamps! (well possibly except for a few mobile crew lights, which are not relevant to this question).

Not even in third class? Ok then, they were in charge of cleaning the chandeliers... :P

Steve

There were no oil lamps on Titanic, she was super modern.. they were all electric.

The comments about trimming the wick are correct, this was an actual skilled trade in the 1900's. So 50% of my question has been answered.

Quazzie

So were the lamp trimmers the electricians on-board in charge of looking after the lights?

feargale

Steve wrote: »

There were no oil lamps on Titanic, she was super modern.. they were all electric.

The comments about trimming the wick are correct, this was an actual skilled trade in the 1900's. So 50% of my question has been answered.

Barber?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I'm thinking perhaps as oil was replaced by electricity they went on to be responsible for the electrics. Coal trimmers went on to be engineers on ships, so the same logic may apply.

New Home

Although... it says there that the first person to realise the ship was sinking was a lamp trimmer, so he must've been either very high up, or very close to the gash made by the iceberg, or he must've been near liquids to see that the ship wasn't level. Hmmm. Or maybe even close to flames that weren't going straight up. How was the ship heated? Oil or gas fireplaces, maybe?

Steve

Quazzie wrote: »

So were the lamp trimmers the electricians on-board in charge of looking after the lights?

Yes, correct, the lamp trimmers were replaced by electricians but still kept the title for many years.

The floor is yours.

New Home wrote: »

Although... it says there that the first person to realise the ship was sinking was a lamp trimmer, so he must've been either very high up, or very close to the gash made by the iceberg, or he must've been near liquids to see that the ship wasn't level. Hmmm. Or maybe even close to flames that weren't going straight up. How was the ship heated? Oil or gas fireplaces, maybe?

He lived just below the top deck on the bow, just beneath where Leo and Kate did the 'flying' scene..
The ship was heated by steam from the boilers I believe.

His name was Samuel Hemming, he survived the sinking. His testimony is an interesting read.

http://www.titanicinquiry.org/USInq/AmInq07Hemming01.php

Quazzie

Who were the first county to have an All-star in both codes (hurling and football) in every position on the field?

feargale

Quazzie wrote: »

Who were the first county to have an All-star in both codes (hurling and football) in every position on the field?

Offaly?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Only 30 more potential guesses from me (GAA knowledge = zero).

Galway?

Quazzie

feargale wrote: »

Offaly?

Correct. Thought the likes of Cork would've been guessed first

feargale

Quazzie wrote: »

Correct. Thought the likes of Cork would've been guessed first

You reckoned without the erudition of a fíor Gael. Offaly was at the back of my mind. How the mighty have fallen!



At or near which city on 9th April 2016 did a mouse rule the world?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

You reckoned without the erudition of a fíor Gael. Offaly was at the back of my mind. How the mighty have fallen!



At or near which city on 9th April 2016 did a mouse rule the world?

Only because I heard this before: Liverpool . Aintree Grand National winner was rule the world and ridden or trained by Mouse Somebody

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Only because I heard this before: Liverpool . Aintree Grand National winner was rule the world and ridden or trained by Mouse Somebody

Bravo, Autumn Harsh Cloud. I thought that would last a long time. Mouse Morris was the trainer (son of Lord Killanin.) Having that level of knowledge you should try your luck with the bookies.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

Bravo, Srameen. I thought that would last a long time. Mouse Morris was the trainer (son of Lord Killanin.) Having that level of knowledge you should try your luck with the bookies.

I've never placed a bet in my life.

What connects.

Baseball player Joe DiMaggio
Strictly Judge Bruno Tonioli
and
Engineer & Car Maker Karl Benz.

IrishZeus

IrishZeus wrote: »

I owe a question.

What was unusual about the scene in pulp fiction where Uma Thurman was having an overdose?

Bumpity bump.

everlast75

IrishZeus wrote: »

Bumpity bump.

It was filmed in reverse. Travolta started with the needle at her chest and then brought it back up.

The director then reversed the footage and so it looked like he stabbed her with the needle.

IrishZeus

everlast75 wrote: »

It was filmed in reverse. Travolta started with the needle at her chest and then brought it back up.

The director then reversed the footage and so it looked like he stabbed her with the needle.

Correcto. Your question.

Rubecula

what has miss violet Jessop had to do with Harland and wolff..

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

I've never placed a bet in my life.

What connects.

Baseball player Joe DiMaggio
Strictly Judge Bruno Tonioli
and
Engineer & Car Maker Karl Benz.

This one slipped past it's use by date.

The answer was that, on the date the question was set, it was their shared birthday.



New question so.

What was believed to have happened at 9a.m. on Sunday 23rd of October 4004BC?

keane2097

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

This one slipped past it's use by date.

The answer was that, on the date the question was set, it was their shared birthday.



New question so.

What was believed to have happened at 9a.m. on Sunday 23rd of October 4004BC?

Let there be light?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keane2097 wrote: »

Let there be light?

No.

New Home

The Great Flood?

keane2097

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

No.

Hard to believe the universe was double booked the morning God created the heaven and the earth!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keane2097 wrote: »

Hard to believe the universe was double booked the morning God created the heaven and the earth!

My apologies. It was meant to read 28th October and I was looking for the creation of Adam. But you're right for the date I gave. Your question.

keane2097

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

My apologies. It was meant to read 28th October and I was looking for the creation of Adam. But you're right for the date I gave. Your question.

Ha, pity about the typo - that would have been a sneaky one!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keane2097 wrote: »

Ha, pity about the typo - that would have been a sneaky one!

It was meant to be. I'll do better next time.

keane2097

Probably an easy one:

What connects Lord Kitchener, Ernest Shackleton, CS Lewis and Kenneth Branagh?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keane2097 wrote: »

Probably an easy one:

What connects Lord Kitchener, Ernest Shackleton, CS Lewis and Kenneth Branagh?

They are all Irish, but there may be something else.