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

looksee

Connaught and Ulster?

Is that how you spell Connaught? It does sound a bit familiar come to think of it

BrensBenz

looksee wrote: »

Connaught and Ulster?

So close but No. It's a one-word + "Bank of Ireland".
Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht are.......? Oh, OK.... the name was "Provincial Bank of Ireland".

What animal will pretend to bury food at a particular location, only to bury it elsewhere while "bandits" are excavating the false site?

garancafan

BrensBenz wrote: »

Completely ignoring the insinuation that my questioning skills are waning, yes, one was called the Royal Bank of Ireland. The third and final bank was also called "Something" Bank of Ireland. Perhaps "Munster and Leinster" would give you a clue!

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BrensBenz

Rubecula wrote: »

No

Rubecula wrote: »

I am sure I am right. you asked IF I can remember the names, I answered NO so surely I am right

garancafan wrote: »

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Yiz hafta be fierce careful around here - mantraps all over the place - doublecheck everything and then check it again!

looksee

Squirrel?

BrensBenz

BrensBenz wrote: »

What animal will pretend to bury food at a particular location, only to bury it elsewhere while "bandits" are excavating the false site?

looksee wrote: »

Squirrel?

Yes, correctamente. My buddy Cyril the Squirrel would regularly put on an Oscar-winning performance beside my boatshed.

looksee

One minute, must be a record!

looksee

Hm, still forgot to post a new question, ok then...

The first commercial jigsaw puzzles are credited to John Spilsbury in 1766, what was the subject matter of the early puzzles? Have a guess, its a bit obvious really!

OldGoat

Gotta guess at a watercolour landscape.

looksee

No, OG, not that

garancafan

A jig-saw?

looksee

garancafan wrote: »

A jig-saw?

Hmm. No!

Pulsating Star

A certain Mr John Spilsbury?

looksee

No!

Goodness I thought this would be easy...what would you cut up into shapes to usefully reassemble? He considered his jig-saw puzzles educational.

garancafan

A world map.

looksee

Yay! you have it! In fact I think he started with either English counties or European countries, he ended up doing quite a few of different maps.

garancafan

A shot in the dark.

This car was popular in Ireland in the late 50s / early 60s. Show your O 'n' O credentials and name it.

BrensBenz

garancafan wrote: »

A shot in the dark.

This car was popular in Ireland in the late 50s / early 60s. Show your O 'n' O credentials and name it.

Seriously ugly car! Would it be a Triumph? Maybe "Mayflower"? Before they learned how to design things of beauty?
One of my primary school teachers had a car as ugly as this but I forgave him when, one day, he arrived in a magnificent, two-tone Herald.

Jellybaby1

garancafan wrote: »

A shot in the dark.

This car was popular in Ireland in the late 50s / early 60s. Show your O 'n' O credentials and name it.

That one in the photo doesn't have a running board. Why do I know that? Weird! Wild guess at a Rover but I'm 101% sure it isn't.

garancafan

BrensBenz wrote: »

Seriously ugly car! Would it be a Triumph? Maybe "Mayflower"? Before they learned how to design things of beauty?
One of my primary school teachers had a car as ugly as this but I forgave him when, one day, he arrived in a magnificent, two-tone Herald.

Yes - the Triumph Mayflower it is and was the Triumph that immediately preceded the iconic Herald. The Mayflower boasted a 1250cc sidevalve engine and could achieve 0 - 50 mph in 26 sec. Top speed 65 mph - a real flyer!

BrensBenz

garancafan wrote: »

Yes - the Triumph Mayflower it is and was the Triumph that immediately preceded the iconic Herald. The Mayflower boasted a 1250cc sidevalve engine and could achieve 0 - 50 mph in 26 sec. Top speed 65 mph - a real flyer!

A few years ago, I almost bought a TR6 but I didn't think my self-acquired mechanical skills could keep it on the road. But what a thing of beauty! I was particularly impressed by it's huge, spoked wheels!

Right, new question:

Which musical instrument did Beethoven (allegedly) regard as the "Voice of God"?

looksee

Cello?

OldGoat

Kettledrums!

Samaris

Violin?

garancafan

Harp? Or was that just angels?

BrensBenz

looksee wrote: »

Cello?

OldGoat wrote: »

Kettledrums!

Samaris wrote: »

Violin?

garancafan wrote: »

Harp? Or was that just angels?

Nope, Nope, Nope and emmmmm Nope! This factoid surprised me but, given the problems that Beethoven had with his ears, maybe it's not so strange.

Hint: The instrument is little changed from its ancestor, the sackbut! Deh whoh, Joe? Deh sackbut.

Rubecula

grand piano

Jellybaby1

A SACKBUT! Never 'eard of it.

Steve

Trumpet / Trombone?

Was that a reference to 'Joey the lips'?

garancafan

Despite wandering (or more latterly, shuffling) in musical circles for much of my life I have yet to meet a sackbutist.

For me the most superhuman sound in a symphony orchestra is that of the oboe but it is the oboe's deeper cousin - the cor anglais that is the most god-like.