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

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

We had BBC and UTV and, having looked this up, we never saw it.

Toughy.

OldGoat

Rubecula wrote: »

OK here is one.

In the kiddies show of the 50's and 60's what was the name of the monkey in Supercar?


(Google is acceptable if you don't know the answer of your own memories.)

Mitch the monkey. Big fanboy of all things Gerry Anderson here.

Question:
Also on an unlikely car theme...
What was the name of the only Irish production roadcar?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

Mitch the monkey. Big fanboy of all things Gerry Anderson here.

Question:
Also on an unlikely car theme...
What was the name of the only Irish production roadcar?

That depends. Define Irish. We made Heinkel in Dundalk after the GNR closed in the 50s but there was a short lived Alesbury or someting like that in the early 1900.

red sean

There was Shamrock and DeLorean, both aimed at the US market. Did you mean for the Irish/GB/Euro market?

OldGoat

I guess I shoulda done some research before posing the question.
Mia Culpa, I never knew about the Alesbury and I never considered the Heinkel as being Irish. Thanks for bringing that to me Srameen, a pleasant day of research ahead of me now.

I did mean The Shamrock so I'll pass the batton on to Red Sean for being the first to mention the car I was thinking of.

looksee

The Shamrock, doesn't exactly sound speedy or comfortable or cool!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

looksee wrote: »

The Shamrock, doesn't exactly sound speedy or comfortable or cool!

It wasn't.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

I guess I shoulda done some research before posing the question.
Mia Culpa, I never knew about the Alesbury and I never considered the Heinkel as being Irish. Thanks for bringing that to me Srameen, a pleasant day of research ahead of me now.

I did mean The Shamrock so I'll pass the batton on to Red Sean for being the first to mention the car I was thinking of.

Good idea for a new quiz - What am I thinking of?

OldGoat

It's Monday and that's the excuse I'm sticking with.

red sean

Continuing the car theme, The car manufacturer DKW is now known by what name?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

red sean wrote: »

Continuing the car theme, The car manufacturer DKW is now known by what name?

I thought Audi bought them out and disbanded them long ago.
Interesting!

red sean

You're close enough Srameen.
They and Wanderer merged to form the old Auto Union, later bought by VW and re-branded as Audi.

garancafan

red sean wrote: »

Continuing the car theme, The car manufacturer DKW is now known by what name?

Ahhh DKW. I loved them. Usually seen through clouds of blue smoke. Remember the 3=6?

Supplementary question: What did the 3=6 purport to convey?

feargale

"garancafan wrote: »

Supplementary question: What did the 3=6 purport to convey?

I believe they pioneered the piston which consisted of a triangle within a circle. I forget what it was called, but it didn't take off.

garancafan

You're probably thinking of the Wankel engine pioneered by NSU. No the question relates to cylindrical piston engines.

Rubecula

Multi valve engines?

OldGoat

You said "Wankel"
/sniggersnort

garancafan

OldGoat wrote: »

You said "Wankel"
/sniggersnort

It turned out to be aptly named - remember the NSU Ro80? - a classic case of being a great idea in theory but a disaster in practice.

garancafan

Rubecula wrote: »

Multi valve engines?

Erm...No.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Is this a quiz or the motoring forum? And I thought the next question was mine.

red sean

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Is this a quiz or the motoring forum? And I thought the next question was mine.

Should be.
No respect for old people round here anymore

garancafan

I wonder sometimes is it a biology forum . We decided some time ago to try running a small number of questions at the same time. Be assured that you are clear to go. (Hope I'm not back-seat modding).

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

As we have just had the oscars, which of these is the odd one out in an Oscars way and why?

Angelina Jolie, Anjelica Huston, Susan Sarandon

OldGoat

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

As we have just had the oscars, which of these is the odd one out in an Oscars way and why?

Angelina Jolie, Anjelica Huston, Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon - because of Alliteration...or more probably because she doesn't come from Hollywood lineage.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

Susan Sarandon - because of Alliteration...or more probably because she doesn't come from Hollywood lineage.

And where do the Oscars fit in?

OldGoat

DOH!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

DOH!

Not at all! I'm just being hard on you. You're on the right lines.

samsid

while all three won an oscar, jolies father jon voight & hustons father john huston also won oscars , sarandons father was a tv exec so susan sarandon is the answer, a trivial point john huston also directed his father and his daughter in oscar winning roles treasure of sierra madre &prizzi's honour respectively

feargale

Susan Sarandon is the answer. She's the only one who doesn't have an angelic name.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

samsid wrote: »

while all three won an oscar, jolies father jon voight & hustons father john huston also won oscars , sarandons father was a tv exec so susan sarandon is the answer, a trivial point john huston also directed his father and his daughter in oscar winning roles treasure of sierra madre &prizzi's honour respectively

That's it precisely.

You're up.