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ladyella · 16-05-2015 10:08pm

What was the name of the main character in late 70s tv show Citizen Smith?

BrensBenz · 16-05-2015 10:12pm

ladyella wrote: »

What was the name of the main character in late 70s tv show Citizen Smith?

"Wolfie"????

ladyella · 16-05-2015 10:15pm

BrensBenz wrote:

"Wolfie"????

Gold star for you! Bonus kudos for the actor who plays him (purely because I was surprised when I copped who it was after watching it many many moons ago then stumbling upon it recently)

BrensBenz · 16-05-2015 10:18pm

ladyella wrote: »

Gold star for you! Bonus kudos for the actor who plays him (purely because I was surprised when I copped who it was after watching it many many moons ago then stumbling upon it recently)

The very talented Robert Lindsay.

Rubecula · 16-05-2015 10:18pm

Robert Lindsey one of my favourite actors
watched him tonight in Atlantis

ladyella · 16-05-2015 10:26pm

Correct :-)

Rubecula · 16-05-2015 10:28pm

how many yards in a mile?

BrensBenz · 16-05-2015 10:29pm

1760 (or 2240 in an "Irish mile)

When Elvis recorded "That's Alright Mama", things changed! But what was on the B side?

Rubecula · 16-05-2015 10:30pm

gawd knows lol

BrensBenz · 16-05-2015 10:37pm

Rubecula wrote: »

gawd knows lol

Well, Mr. McCartney recorded his version of it on his 1991 "unplugged" session. It was written by Bill Munroe, who, according to Mr. McCartney during some mid-song chatter, was Matt Munro's dad. (But not really!)

OldGoat · 18-05-2015 10:07am

ladyella wrote: »

What was the name of the main character in late 70s tv show Citizen Smith?

Loved that show. What was the movement called again, "The Tooting Peoples Popular Front"?

As for the Matt Monroe song, no idea whatsoever.

BrensBenz · 18-05-2015 4:16pm

BrensBenz wrote: »

When Elvis recorded "That's Alright Mama", things changed! But what was on the B side?

OK, clue time:

The title has four words:

1st. A well-known colour;
2nd. First visited in July 1969;
3rd. A possessive preposition (I think);
4th. Home of Colonel Sanders fried chicken.

garancafan · 18-05-2015 4:26pm

Blue Moon of Kentucky.

looksee · 18-05-2015 4:35pm

I got as far as blue, though red, yellow and green were possible alteratives. The 1969 bit didn't make any impression on my brain (find that happening lot recently) and I had no idea where Col Sanders chicken came from, though on reflection that was my brain failing to be in gear again

BrensBenz · 18-05-2015 4:38pm

garancafan wrote: »

Blue Moon of Kentucky.

Correctamente!

Now, your turn to set a question.

garancafan · 18-05-2015 5:28pm

garancafan wrote: »

Blue Moon of Kentucky.

Recorded (don't they say "covered" nowadays?) in more recent years by which notable Irish artist.

muffler · 18-05-2015 5:38pm

Can I jump in here with a bit of mental arithmetic for those whose brains are still working

What part of three is the one third of 2?

No pen or paper allowed now

looksee · 18-05-2015 5:59pm

muffler wrote: »

Can I jump in here with a bit of mental arithmetic for those whose brains are still working

What part of three is the one third of 2?

No pen or paper allowed now

Wha?

muffler · 18-05-2015 6:19pm

looksee wrote: »

Wha?

The easy quiz? Yeah?

Im in the right thread I think.

garancafan · 18-05-2015 7:41pm

muffler wrote: »

Can I jump in here with a bit of mental arithmetic for those whose brains are still working

What part of three is the one third of 2?

No pen or paper allowed now

11/50

muffler · 18-05-2015 7:48pm

garancafan wrote: »

11/50

Close but unfortunately incorrect. You're on the right lines though

muffler · 18-05-2015 7:52pm

muffler wrote: »

What part of three is the one third of 2?

I thought that was a fairly simple question to throw in here but as its being questioned by a mod I shall retreat gracefully.

looksee · 18-05-2015 7:58pm

muffler wrote: »

Can I jump in here with a bit of mental arithmetic for those whose brains are still working

What part of three is the one third of 2?

No pen or paper allowed now

I can only make it two thirds but i'm sure that's not right (was never any use with numeracy). My brain is about to fuse.

- sorry I don't know the Blue Moon of Kentucky modern singer either

Bit useless really

looksee · 18-05-2015 8:06pm

muffler wrote: »

I thought that was a fairly simple question to throw in here but as its being questioned by a mod I shall retreat gracefully.

Only just seen this. It's not being questioned by a mod, it was being horrified at by me! Mental arithmetic!!! My brain slowly churned it over and...died.

garancafan · 18-05-2015 8:56pm

muffler wrote: »

Close but unfortunately incorrect. You're on the right lines though

The solution is an irrational number i.e. cannot be expressed by a fraction. Since the question implies a solution in the form of a ratio (fraction) "right" or "wrong" depends upon the degree of accuracy required. This has not been specified.

garancafan · 18-05-2015 9:05pm

looksee wrote: »

- sorry I don't know the Blue Moon of Kentucky modern singer either

Not exactly a modern singer. BM of K was on an album released in 2002.
He achieved world-wide acclaim for his instrumental virtuosity rather than his singing. He has since passed away!

looksee · 18-05-2015 9:12pm

Garancafan - this is O&O, 2002 is modern...

The YOPPA · 18-05-2015 9:24pm

What part of Three is the one third of Two....

Surely the answer is>>> T !!

Oneunited · 18-05-2015 9:32pm

muffler wrote: »

Can I jump in here with a bit of mental arithmetic for those whose brains are still working

What part of three is the one third of 2?

No pen or paper allowed now

OK, let's put you all out of your misery - two ninths...

(One third of 2 is 0.66666.....
One ninth of 3 is 0.33333.....
Hence one third of 2 = 2 x one ninth of 3)

Oh, and yes I do have a maths degree...

Oneunited · 18-05-2015 11:25pm

Was going to follow up with the question "what is the square root of minus 1". However, better keep it "easy" and maybe one or two of you will know the answer to this question - who was Ireland's first cycling world champion (anyone from Balbriggan should certainly know the answer!)? No slide rules allowed

garancafan · 19-05-2015 12:56am

Has to be Harry Reynolds.

Oneunited · 19-05-2015 8:42am

garancafan wrote: »

Has to be Harry Reynolds.

Yes the Balbriggan Flyer - 1896 world track championships in Denmark - not sure whether anyone on here remembers them though, but it brought the local pigeon post to a standstill ....

....your turn

OldGoat · 19-05-2015 8:47am

Oneunited wrote: »

Was going to follow up with the question "what is the square root of minus 1".

i know!
-i know too.

Don't tell anyone I know this sciency stuff

As for the cycling question I'm tempted to say Paul Kimmage.

garancafan · 19-05-2015 10:01am

A recording of a live performance of this is found on the posthumous compilation album "wheels within wheels" by Rory Gallagher.

BrensBenz · 20-05-2015 7:51pm

garancafan wrote: »

Has to be Harry Reynolds.

OK. It's confusing but, now that we know what part of three is the one third of 2, I think it's garancafan's honour to set the next question.

garancafan · 21-05-2015 11:44pm

BrensBenz wrote: »

... I think it's garancafan's honour to set the next question.

Apologies - I have been neglecting this thread.

OK, combining the two most recent themes: What was the secret of Lobachevsky's success?

Pulsating Star · 22-05-2015 1:46am

garancafan wrote: »

: What was the secret of Lobachevsky's success?

Did he change his name to one people may actually have heard of?

BrensBenz · 22-05-2015 2:58am

garancafan wrote: »

OK, combining the two most recent themes: What was the secret of Lobachevsky's success?

He was really good at sums - I seem to remember having to endure a couple of extraordinarily tedious lectures about his sums when I was learning logic.

Secret of his success? He ate lots of fish?
Two most recent themes? Oh, so nothing to do with fish!

Hmmmm, he came up what part of three is the one third of 2 while playing a guitar on a racing bike?

OldGoat · 22-05-2015 8:08am

garancafan wrote: »

What was the secret of Lobachevsky's success?

He rescued the cat from the box while Schrödinger wasn't looking?

looksee · 22-05-2015 8:41am

It has some connection to lettuce?

BrensBenz · 22-05-2015 11:58am

OldGoat wrote: »

He rescued the cat from the box while Schrödinger wasn't looking?

looksee wrote: »

It has some connection to lettuce?

Ahh lads, stop! Let's look at this logically:
With a name like Lobachevsky, he's either Polish, Russian or a cast member from an American sit-com. And, apparently he was "successful" so he's famous. AND, the reason for his success is connected to two recent themes of this easy quiz, i.e. racing cyclists and blues guitar legends.

However, not wishing to dismiss your answers out of hand, could we say he was good at sums because he could play guitar while riding his bike in a lettuce field, under a blue moon, with Schrödinger's cat on the crossbar, sniffing at Lobachevsky's Kentucky Fried Chicken?

PS: There's a faint little niggle in my head telling me that he specialised in geometry sums. And there we were, thinking that the ancient Greeks had all of that cr@p done and dusted. "Axiom 1: A point exists; Axiom 2: More than one point exists; Axiom 3: ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz"

looksee · 22-05-2015 12:59pm

The lettuce suggestion is actually a serious point about him, ok I looked him up, never heard of him, but I will tell you what the lettuce connection is when he has been guessed.

Jellybaby1 · 22-05-2015 2:13pm

Before I looked it up I was going to suggest that he was a woman, but now I know that is stupid, so forget I said it. I am still waiting for someone to post here who actually knows the answer without looking it up. It seems to me that 'easy' is the new 'bluddy difficult'!

Rubecula · 22-05-2015 3:54pm

I think he was a Russian mathematician? Trigonometry or geometry or something like that. Not too sure though as it is a very long time since my Uni days.

garancafan · 22-05-2015 4:04pm

Some entertaining attempts, thank you all.
The two themes I was referring to were music and mathematics.

looksee · 22-05-2015 8:26pm

Ok, so the link with lettuce. Our man was something to do with hyperbolic geometry, and hyperbolic planes are found in things like lettuce and kale and coral. Its the wiggly edges. I know this because I am mildly interested in crochet and found out that prty well the only way of creating a hyperbolic plane is by use of crochet, there was a very nice exhibition of hyperbolic crochet mostly in the form of coral reefs doing the rounds a couple of years ago. Pics here https://www.google.ie/search?q=hyperbolic+crochet+coral+reef&rlz=1C1AVNC_enIE603IE603&espv=2&biw=1009&bih=555&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=SYJfVfbND4H4UszWgOgC&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

Jellybaby1 · 22-05-2015 9:35pm

Well aren't you the clever one, Looksee! I have actually seen an art exhibition in Dublin a while back just like that. It was a coral landscape and amazingly all in crochet by the art students from one of our University art departments. Couldn't believe my eyes!

BrensBenz · 23-05-2015 12:18am

garancafan wrote: »

Some entertaining attempts, thank you all.
The two themes I was referring to were music and mathematics.

OK, so nothing to do with riding bikes while guitar playing. But he was a summist and the key to his success was something to do with music and maths.
Hmmm, did he figure out the frequency of musical notes? Harmonic frequencies, etc. No, that was Pythagoras.
As looksee suggests, did he figure out the mathematical formula used by Nature to turn kale into curly kale? If he did, who would care?
Did he arrange for Scottish bagpipes to be unable to quite reach the top note? No, that was the Egyptians.
Did he figure out the distance between the frets of a balalaika? No, the frets of many balalaikas are moveable.

Oh, I give up. I do hope that the secret to his success is not some ancient in-joke that has been passed down through generations of summists!

Mods: Jellybaby1 said bluddy. Should be banned or, at least, put on fecquing probation.

Jellybaby1 · 23-05-2015 12:43am

I did, so I did, and I not one for d'cursing atall atall. Gawsh!

Rubecula · 23-05-2015 9:06pm

BrensBenz wrote: »

Mods: Jellybaby1 said bluddy. Should be banned or, at least, put on fecquing probation.

I will put her over my knee and give her a damn good spanking....... or maybe not if her OH is already doing it ....:D

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